I wasnt planning to set my phone to edge today, but i had edge from 7h to 15h, and was surpised bu the battery. The difference in power consumption between edge or 3d is indeed huge. On my previous device (android) this was fixable using an app called "juice defender" which worked like charm. On WP we dont have that, and its impossible to write an app like juice defender, so instead i posted a suggestion to the idea box:
Separate "highest connection speed" for standby and unlocked. – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone
This will allow users to mimick the behavior of "Juice defender" on android and will give an impressive battery boost to all WP devices, since 3G uses alot more power than EDGE (especially on devices such as the Lumia 925)
It also makes sense: you want the speed when browsing, and while using apps, but it does not matter that much when syncing mails or updating live tiles.
It cant be more than a couple of lines of code ...
So if you have some votes to spare ...
Separate "highest connection speed" for standby and unlocked. – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone
This will allow users to mimick the behavior of "Juice defender" on android and will give an impressive battery boost to all WP devices, since 3G uses alot more power than EDGE (especially on devices such as the Lumia 925)
It also makes sense: you want the speed when browsing, and while using apps, but it does not matter that much when syncing mails or updating live tiles.
It cant be more than a couple of lines of code ...
So if you have some votes to spare ...