The apps that drain your smartphone battery

By Mahesh Sharma
Updated May 1 2014 - 12:27pm, first published 12:00pm

Messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are some of the biggest smartphone battery and data hogs because they frequently connect to the internet to check for updates.

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