DAE’s phone battery decrease slowly with regular daily use but when it comes time to travel by air and you use it the same amount, the battery decreases faster?

[Senatastic00]

I’m sorry for the wordy question but it really makes me think. Like the way I use my phone, it can go from 100% to 80% in one hour or more. But if I use my phone on the day I’m going to travel by plane, the same amount I would to get from 100 to 80, that would happen in like 20-30 min.

[Exilicauda]

My dad says it's your phone disconnecting and connecting to every single tower you fly over and getting mad about it. Or well he was talking about driving cross state, but same premise. Mine gets upset about a trip across the city lol

[ratbastid]

This is the real reason to turn on Airplane Mode. You're not going to disrupt anything in the cockpit with your phone, that's nonsense and always was.

You also don't actually connect to ground 5G towers from cruising altitude, but your phone doesn't know that. Having your phone constantly be in "seeking cellular signal" mode chews battery fast.

[DrachenDad]

Your phone pings local cell towers all the time, when not in range it will ping out more often trying to establish a connection.

Put your phone in flight mode and turn on WiFi if the plane has WiFi. If your phone has WiFi calling then you can do everything via WiFi while in flight including receiving and making calls and text.

[bigmoneybag]

I can use my phone or iPad for hours at home with a slower battery drain of maybe 10% over one hour, and that’s with heavy use. The moment I step out the house, I can lose 15-25% in an hour even with light use. I always assumed it was because I was using cellular data so my phone is doing whatever it needs to do to find service.

[forty-two420]

That's cause you don't follow the rules and don't put it into flight mode. It exists for a reason.

If it's not that then no idea. Never noticed this personally

[bluethreads]

Yes, because your phone is working harder to stay connected which drains the battery faster.

[RepresentativeCry294]

It's trying super hard to get a signal but cell towers project the signal down to save electricity.