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365 times the battery charges you in the year ...
How much is it to charge your smartphone? And every day of the year. The surprising answer about the power costs of iPhone, Samsung Galaxy & Co. we reveal here.
Smartphones are real all-rounders. Surfing the Internet, listening to music, talking on the phone - all no problem - if the battery just would not always go so fast. Then one wishes for a short time the old "bones" of the past, which had to be connected to the electricity only once a week. But how much does it actually cost in the year to charge his smartphone as well as daily?
The software company Opower has dealt with the power costs for the smartphone and tested various devices - from various iPhone models on the Samsung Galaxy SIII on other mobile devices, such as iPad or laptop, to PC and plasma 42 "TV.
The result? The electricity costs for the iPhone 4 amount to just 0.30 euros a year . For the iPhone 5 € 0.32 / year, the iPhone 6 costs € 0.37 a year and the iPhone 6 Plus only € 0.41 a year . You are the owner of a Samsung Galaxy SIII ? That costs you 0, 42 Euro per year . Prices for all other devices: iPad for 1.07 € / year, laptop for 6.54 € / year, PC for 22.21 € / year and plasma 42 "TV for 32.28 € / year .
Honestly, would you have thought that the power costs for the smartphone are so low? For 365 times iPhone 6 recharge a year we only have to shell out 0.41 euros. A real bargain, especially compared to the purchase price of the smartphone ...
