{"id":53405,"date":"2014-10-04T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=53405"},"modified":"2014-10-03T17:52:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T17:52:43","slug":"these-8-popular-games-totally-kill-your-phone-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/these-8-popular-games-totally-kill-your-phone-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"These 8 popular games totally kill your phone battery"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s all fun and games until your\u00a0smartphone<\/a>\u00a0battery dies.<\/p>\n Whether you’re passing time or procrastinating,\u00a0mobile games<\/a>\u00a0offer endless hours of entertainment. But with advanced graphics, special effects and more, games can sharply cut your device’s battery life and quietly eat up your data plan.<\/p>\n From\u00a0Angry Birds<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0Candy Crush Saga<\/a><\/em>, many of the culprits include games we all love and play regularly \u2014 especially when we keep them running in the background. To get the most out of your phone’s last charge, it’s best to exit out of battery-hogging\u00a0apps<\/a>\u00a0when you’re not using them.<\/p>\n Here’s a roundup of eight popular games that can take a huge toll on your smartphone’s battery.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Angry Birds<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Who knew flinging birds across a screen could be such a huge battery suck?\u00a0Pop-up advertising on free versions of apps<\/a>\u00a0like\u00a0Angry Birds<\/em>\u00a0are known for eating up battery. This all-time favorite game has the fourth-highest background battery drain rate (185 megawatts) on\u00a0App Monitor’s list<\/a>\u00a0of the most popular\u00a0Android<\/a>\u00a0games.<\/p>\n Android batteries aren’t the only ones suffering from\u00a0Angry Birds<\/em>. On a MacRumors.com message board,\u00a0user TheGarreth says<\/a>\u00a0when he plays the game, the battery of his\u00a0iOS<\/a>\u00a0device loses 10% every 25 to 30 minutes.<\/p>\n Angry Birds<\/em>\u00a0is free to download and available for\u00a0iOS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Android<\/a>\u00a0devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fruit Ninja<\/em>, which creator Halfbrick Studios dubbed “the greatest fruit-slicing game in the world,” is another game that sucks up battery juice on iOS and Android devices. In\u00a0KS Mobile’s report<\/a>\u00a0on battery-draining Android apps,\u00a0Fruit Ninja<\/em>\u00a0lands in ninth place.<\/p>\n Fruit Ninja<\/em>\u00a0is free to download and available for\u00a0iOS<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Android<\/a>\u00a0devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n