With 6.5 billion smartphones in use worldwide, each relying on a battery for key subsystems like display, compute, and cellular connectivity, previous studies on power consumption often used invalidated indirect estimates that failed to isolate specific hardware usage. We address this by utilizing Google's On Device Power Measurement (ODPM) tool for precise power measurements of individual components. Our findings indicate that connectivity (Wi-Fi, 4G/5G) and screen display are the primary power consumers, as shown with the Google Pixel 7A. We also confirmed similar power consumption trends using an energy estimation method on the Samsung S23+. Given the prevalence of smartphones, we discuss the challenges and opportunities for optimizing power usage.
Citation and Bibtex
Gupta, A., Heidari, A., Kalipattapu, A., Jain, I. K., & Bharadia, D. (2024, December). 3 W's of smartphone power consumption: Who, Where and How much is draining my battery?. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (pp. 2248-2250).
@inproceedings{gupta20243, title={3 W's of smartphone power consumption: Who, Where and How much is draining my battery?}, author={Gupta, Agrim and Heidari, Adel and Kalipattapu, Avyakta and Jain, Ish Kumar and Bharadia, Dinesh}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking}, pages={2248--2250}, year={2024} }
