Now that Pokémon Go is available for countries like Mexico and Chile, have been able to corroborate that this popular game is a Devourer of batteries, a reason that, according to NPD Group, has forced people to buy external batteries to increase the life of the device while walking by the street looking for a Pokemon.
The numbers do not lie, and 1.2 million of external batteries, which is double than the last year, as they are running in Recode were sold in the past two weeks. The NPD report says:
As a way to compensate for the excessive use of battery, consumers are buying portable external batteries, to continue playing without interruption.
Pokémon Go uses GPS and motion sensors to work, together with the camera to catch actually increased, they have made that this game is one of the applications that consume more energy in a smartphone.
