Thread: Auto rotation will eat battery life
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2010-04-17 , 07:00
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@slender , apologies if this comes across as alarmist. not meant to be. just a reminder.
as a developer who is about to add potrait support to my apps I thought it might be useful to remind people that there is an impact. as usual when it comes to battery YMMV.

Heres the warning from the dev Qt4.6 dev guide.

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Note: The device's rotation sensor will be enabled when auto-orientation is switched on, which will drain extra battery power.
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