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Verizon Calls Out Battery-Draining Apps
Want to keep your phone running? Stay out of Grand Theft Auto III and more.
Verizon may have gotten rid of its own App store [3] (and subsequent reviews that go with it) in Nov. 2012, but the company hasn't gotten out of the business of rating apps. In a new blog post [4], as Businessweek first noted, the company listed which apps are most likely to drain your phone's battery [5] and have the highest security risk.
Among the biggest offenders are Asphalt 7:Heat, a car game that according to Verizon can drain a user's phone battery [6] more than twice as fast as it would drain without playing it; Doodle Jump (which Kevin Durant will be happy to hear); Wreck It Ralph, Jail Escape, Grand Theft Auto III and more.
The company isn't totally on a rampage against apps [7] though. In another blog post [8] it listed the 20 must-have apps which include DropBox, eBay, Evernote and TripAdvisor.
What apps have you noticed draining your phone quickly? Let us know in the comments.
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