We\u2019ve all found ourselves in a pickle due to a dead smartphone battery, and if not, you\u2019ve been living with a charger perpetually on your person. What is it that kills a smartphone\u2019s battery so quickly?<\/p>\n
As it turns out, a lot of things impact your smartphone\u2019s capability to hold and maintain a charge over time. Let\u2019s run through the list of factors that you could encounter, and how you can address them.<\/p>\n
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Every different model of smartphone varies in terms of the hardware that is used to build the device itself. Take the size of the battery itself, for example. Larger batteries should be able to hold more power, and therefore should be expected to last longer.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also the display that needs to be taken into account. The larger the screen is, the more that needs to be lit, and the more power that will be required to do so. This difference becomes even more pronounced with the display\u2019s brightness set to be higher as compared to lower, and what a device display\u2019s refresh rate is. The various connections that your phone facilitates\u2014like Bluetooth, for instance\u2014also pull from the battery as they are enabled and especially when actively being used.<\/p>\n
A device\u2019s chipset will also impact the battery life. While we don\u2019t plan on getting too far into the weeds, newer chipsets can do the same as old ones could, just doing it faster and with less heat and energy expenditures.<\/p>\n
Essentially, if hardware is involved, it\u2019s going to create some draw on your battery, with this draw becoming more pronounced the more often that this hardware is called upon.<\/p>\n
While you rely on your smartphone\u2019s hardware to enable its functionality, it\u2019s the software that allows you to make practical use of the device. However, your software also creates more of a drain on your battery, largely because it requires your hardware to work. Some apps drain the battery as you\u2019re using them, while others work in the background and leech away your battery life.<\/p>\n
This is all before we even consider how the operating system has an impact, too. Similarly to the situation concerning a device\u2019s chipset, a newer OS will more likely work more efficiently, but there\u2019s still the issue of numerous background tasks all pulling from your battery reserves, all the time. Every time one of these dozens of processes fires off, a little bit of power is expended. Over time, this adds up.<\/p>\n
Finally, it has to be said that newer, fresher devices will work better. Each and every time you charge your phone, you increase its battery life by a second or so. This also is also contributed to by the fact that a hot battery doesn\u2019t work as well as it would at room temperature, along with the unfortunate coincidence that a smartphone heats up as it is used. As such, it pays off to try to keep your smartphone at a moderate temperature as often as possible, and avoid leaving it in a hot car.<\/p>\n
Hopefully, these tips will help you keep your phone active and available for more of your time during the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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