It Costs About $0.41/Year to Charge the iPhone 5

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Posted September 27, 2012 at 3:18pm by iClarified

Opower has calculated how much electricity it takes to charge the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III. The iPhone 5 was found take cost about $0.41/year to charge where as the Samsung Galaxy S III cost a bit more at $0.53/year.

Using a Watts Up Pro Electricity Consumption Meter, we measured how much electricity it took to charge each phone from 0% to 100% full. Taking those results and modeling them across a year (see Methodology), we found that on an individual basis, the latest smartphones use a trivial amount of electricity. Yes, the Galaxy costs 12 cents more to charge than the iPhone 5, primarily because of the Galaxy's larger battery. The paramount point here though is not the difference between the two phones, but rather their striking similarity: the energy consumption of a modern smartphone is minuscule.

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It Costs About $0.41/Year to Charge the iPhone 5

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King - September 27, 2012 at 8:55pm

Lol, x-box is a dollar something cheaper than a tv. I wonder if ps3 uses less? Anyone know?

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Apple freak - September 28, 2012 at 11:59am

Slim PS3 is equivalent to refrigerator. Fat PS3 is even worse.

Nick Dia - September 27, 2012 at 6:34pm

Damn that's cheap!

Darklord - September 27, 2012 at 4:05pm

This article striking Samsung's adv against iPhone5 :D

Iphonehack - September 27, 2012 at 4:02pm

I don't get people who doesn't like the info and post negative comments. Read the tile If It doesn't interest you DON'T read it! Why blame to iclarified if you don't like it? If you don't like the web site, don't read it! If you read it and don't like it, You should blame your finger, what clicked the mouse?

Darryn - September 27, 2012 at 3:38pm

I thought it was informative. Stop hating iClarified. Find another source for your news.

Will - September 27, 2012 at 3:24pm

Who cares!? It's $0.12 a year! Is this really what you've sunk to: one of the reasons the iPhone 5 is the best smartphone on the market is because its 12cents cheaper a year to charge?! Who chose to run this article!?