Wi-Fi Calling and battery life

[PACWEST]

I had the HTC One S And while home it was connected to Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi calling turned on. But it would just kill the battery. Which apparently HTC and TMO are aware of.

But I know the Samsung Galaxy S3 has a bigger battery. But I was wondering if Wi-Fi calling kills the battery of the S3 as it does on the One S?

Anyone have personal experience with the S3 and Wi-Fi calling?

Thanks

[DRNewcomb]

No but WiFi is generally a battery-killer and Android phones don't have a good rep for battery life. Put the two together and you don't have a good combination. My wife pretty much keeps her Android phone plugged in whenever possible.

[Guest 282]

In general, WiFi should be less of a battery killer than being on a cellular network as the WiFi signal should be more consistent and stronger.

[xur17]

No but WiFi is generally a battery-killer and Android phones don't have a good rep for battery life. Put the two together and you don't have a good combination. My wife pretty much keeps her Android phone plugged in whenever possible.

I have found that I get better battery life on wifi. It really depends on the device though. Some have poor wifi drivers that don't properly go to sleep, but both of my Nexus devices have had better battery life on wifi than on 3g.

[danska]

In my experience, the type of router can sometimes make a difference. My amaze and my old netgear router sucked. You can watch the battery die. I got a new dual band N router and its much much better.

[MasonDoctorJT]

I have WiFi on all the time and my battery is fine. On my defy it will last 2-3 days with WiFi calling on 24/7

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