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We asked, you told us: Phones still need aggressive battery management
July 24, 2025
Smartphone batteries are growing ever larger. Some ofSamsung‘s mid-range phones regularly push the 7,000mAh threshold. Other brands coming close to this figure, too. However, a large battery doesn’t always guarantee lengthy battery life.
Software management also plays a part. That said, Samsung has also recently been slated by theDontKillMyApp teamfor One UI’s aggressive culling of apps in the background. While this improves power consumption, it also leads to missed notifications and longer app loading times for users.
With this balancing act in mind, we wanted to know from our readers if phones in 2021 really still need aggressive battery management tactics. Here’s what you told us.
Do phones still need aggressive battery management?
We posed this question acrossYouTube,Twitter, and a poll on our website. All three platforms provided similarly slanting answers.
Over 39,000 votes were cast on YouTube. 72% of respondents believing that battery management still has a place on modern phones. Twitter garnered over 3,600 votes. Just under 68% of readers sided with the YouTube crowd.
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Notably, respondents on the website poll were less appreciative of battery management. We saw just 56% side with the rest, but a larger portion of this crowd didn’t feel aggressive battery management had a place on smartphones. Looking through the comments, a number of these users also believe battery management should be done by the user.
Here’s what you told us
That’s it for this poll. Thanks for your votes and comments. If you have any additional thoughts about aggressive battery management on phones or the results of this poll, drop them down below.
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