With a new device that researchers managed to get the energy consumption of phones that use 3g to decrease by 74 percent. The device acts as a proxy that 3g connections are also efficient lwa nter.
The proxy for the smartphone connection to the internet and also deals with the most data traffic. Because this part out of your hands is taken, users can have mobile internet with low power consumption, claim Finnish researchers from Aalto-university. The research is still in the testing phase, with no plans for the roll-out were released.
With the device of focus, the creators focus is mainly on African countries. The growth of the use of 3g smartphones would be slower, because users have less access to a power supply. The scientists can see opportunities for 3g in Africa, because very few people have access to a fixed internet connection, but already exist in many areas, access to a mobile network.
About the device itself was little specific information provided. So the exact effect is unclear, and it is not known which dimensions it has. In addition, it made the scientists not known whether such a concept even for the Western world is developed.