Originally Posted by
dr_lha
I agree that using the phone as a screen severely affects battery life, but I've had people argue that even in the back pocket, a phone fails due to battery life.
That certainly used to be the case a couple of years ago. I remember when MapMyRide would kill my iPhone4 battery in like two hours. Today however, the drain is relatively minimal if you're just tracking (with Strava at least...I stopped using MMR a long time ago).