NOWADAYS, WE ALL have little mini computers in our back pockets at all times.
The chances are, you’re even reading this article on your a smart device. But are you taking care of it as best you can?
Well, not dropping your phone aside, there are some things you can do to keep your pride and joy in good nick – particularly when it comes to battery life.
Your battery life will last longer if you keep your phone charged between 40% and 80%. That means you don’t have to wait until your phone is fully dead to charge – but, equally, you don’t need to charge to 100% every single time either.
Although modern batteries are smart enough to know when to stop charging when they are full, experts do say that short starts of charge are better in the long run than extended periods of time.
When you’re scrabbling around, looking for a charger, sure your juice is going to die – do you shut down your apps to save battery life? Well, if you’re using iOS, you could actually be doing more harm than good.
Former Genius Bar technician Scotty Loveless says that “doing this on a regular basis… is actually making your battery life worse”. This is because, by closing the app, you’re taking it out of the phone’s RAM. When you open it again the next time, your device has to load it back into memory all over again. All this loading and unloading stresses out your poor phone more than just leaving it alone.
In addition, he says that “iOS closes apps automatically as it needs memory” so your intervention is actually unnecessary. (Unless you have Background App Refresh turned on, that is.)
Another big battery-charging myth out there surrounds electric cars – and they couldn’t be more wrong. On fast charge, the Nissan Leaf can charge to 80% in just half an hour. Not only that, but the Leaf can charge while you sleep and will stop charging when its full. Plug it in at 8pm, tell it to charge to 100%, and its smart configuration will do the maths on when to start and stop.
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