The more applications installed, the bigger the effect of Battery STAMINA Mode.

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Apps can be white-listed to ignore Stamina mode if required.

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Xperia ZL also includes Battery STAMINA Mode that significantly improves the battery standby time by automatically shutting down battery-draining apps whenever the screen is off and starting them up again when the screen is back on.

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