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Apple may have the edge over Samsung when it comes to various features, but it lags far behind in battery life.

However, a recent patent could be about to change all that.

Apple's latest application details a system that tracks how a person users their phone using a variety of sensors, and then makes tailored power-saving changes accordingly.


It could also decrease the amount of power being used by the central processing unit (CPU), while increasing the amount of energy needed to power the graphical processing unit (GPU) specifically needed for the game.

To do this, the phone would monitor recharge and discharge cycles.

Meanwhile, various sensors inside the phone, including the gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, and Wi-Fi units, would detect changes in environment and movement.

If the phone detects that the remaining power capacity won't last that long, certain power management actions may be performed.

The application, called Inferring User Intent From Battery Usage Level And Charging Trends, was first filed in September 2012 and was published on Thursday.

Research recently carried out by Which? magazine compared the battery life of eight high-end smartphones including models by Samsung, Apple, HTC, Nokia and BlackBerry in terms of call and web browsing time.