While mobile phones continue to get longer-lasting batteries, we continue to find ways to use that power...
As screens and screen resolution increases, CPU speeds increase, and the number of networking methods grow, we find ourselves using what battery we have as fast if not faster than we did in previous models. Here are some helpful tips to keep your phone running longer.
Quick tips to maximise your mobile battery life...
1. Minimise screen time
One of the biggest users of battery power is the display. While you need the display to use most of the features on a smartphone, keep in mind that every minute of use of your display is a battery-intensive function.
2. Turn on battery-saving mode
iPhones and Android phones have the ability to use a number of settings to conserve battery power, often with little to no inconvenience for the user. There are also more extreme settings that help conserve battery power, but will affect the convenience of the device. Usually the extreme settings are for when you know you it will be awhile before you can recharge, or when you're already on the last 10% or less of your battery reserve.
3. Disable idle connectivity
Most modern smartphones can communicate by GSM (cellular), WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC (Near Field Communications [touch transfer]). All of them drain battery whether they're transmitting or not, while they listen for any incoming data. Disable these features whenever you can do without them for a few hours.
4. Disable vibration
Vibration is great for being notified when your attention is required while your phone is on silent, but vibration (haptic feedback) is a big battery drainer. Disable vibration completely or at least for notifications that aren't critical.
5. Disable unnecessary notifications
By having notifications turned on, the application stays in memory and waits for a push notification to pass on to you. This uses battery where an application left off until you need it uses none.
For best battery performance - don't overcharge or undercharge
Modern phones should automatically revert to an occasional trickle-charge to avoid overcharging when they reach 100%. For best battery performance, avoid having your phone at or near 100% most of the day, and don't let it get below 30% too often before recharging. Letting batteries drain to 0% before recharging is a legacy of nickel-cadmium (NiCad) batteries and is a practice that is damaging to modern lithium-ion batteries.
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