Wireless Power and Battery Life Anxiety

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"Mobile apps and operating systems’ power usage continues to rise", Citation please.

It's my understanding that power usage trends are going down on mobile.

Batteries have been getting bigger, hardware has been getting more power efficient- and yet:

Since the first iPhone in 2007, net battery life as measured by iPhone standby time has remained flat

More power-efficient _for the same tasks_. Screens have been getting larger, applications have been doing more.