Trend: Uninstalling Facebook app saves your mobile battery

[bill]

I'm noticing a trend of people reporting that uninstalling Facebook mobile apps is saving significant battery life on their phones. In my case I did not see such a marked improvement in battery life, but it felt good to delete the app anyway. ;)

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/uninstalling-facebook-app-saves-iphone-battery-life [theguardian.com]

Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life

I discovered that uninstalling Facebook’s iOS app and switching to Safari can save up to 15% of iPhone battery life.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/uninstalling-facebook-app-saves-up-to-20-of-android-battery-life [theguardian.com]

Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 20% of Android battery life

I left the Facebook Messenger app installed, but swapped the Facebook app for an app called Metal, which acts as a wrapper for Facebook’s mobile site. Over the course of a day my Huawei Nexus 6P had 20% more battery. This was true on average for every day for the week tried.

[tangor]

E.T. lives on the web. He's always phoning home.

Cute in the movie. Costs money and resources everywhere else!

[sampendleton]

Iphones batt life is really an issue, especially 5th gen below.
I wonder if you delete the facebook app, were you still be able to use the messenger app?