Is Streaming radio battery intensive?

At this point everything is Battery Intensive with the battery issues going on. Just scroll the forum every other thread is a Battery Issue Thread.

Yes, it drains your battery more than most apps.

HowardH wrote:
I was wondering if streaming radio through an app such as pocket tunes or pandora is considered to be very hard on the battery?

Likely, particularly with 3G. But I was able to use Pandora and such with my 2G (EDGE only) phone without resorting to wi-fi. So likely you could turn off 3G if you want to stream radio for long periods.

Phil

I use AOL radio app and listen over 3G during my lunch hour , I only notice a little bit off battery drain as opposed to watching a preloaded video or game . It's not that intensive , at least not the AOL radio app I don't know about Pandora . I had XM radio on another cell phone before and it would drain the battery considerably . So it may be the app . Try a couple and see wich one works for you . Hope this helps .

I listen to Pandora on a 3G and with the screen asleep, I don't find it very battery intensive. The screen being on is what really cuts into battery life.

I stream Pandora, Last.fm, iHeart Radio, AOL over 3G most of the time and I notice little battery drain.

How do you figure that? Or do you leave the screen turned on all the time?

Tamara wrote:
How do you figure that? Or do you leave the screen turned on all the time?

No, I don't leave the screen on. It just drains faster than most apps for me. I guess I'm mostly comparing it to local music on the ipod and other apps that don't require a constant stream. No bust on Pandora, it's an excellent app.