Thursday, March 9, 2017

Longer Life For Your Smart Phone Battery




Kiplinger usually vets articles for accuracy, so I am assuming this is factual, and useful.  Here are the tips:

1.     if you discharge your phone battery to zero, it will only last about 500 charging cycles
2.     it is better to not let the charge go below about 40% without recharging, that will increase your ability to recharge the battery to about 1,500 charges
3.     it is OK to leave the phone charging all night (it shuts down charging when it is full).  HOWEVER to get maximum life from the battery, don’t let it fully charge.  That’s certainly hard, so I will ignore that advice.
4.     best to treat the phone like a pet – never leave it in over 95 degree heat, or in cold car overnight.  Temperature extremes seems to reduce battery life. I supposed the more extremes, the shorter the life.
5.     if you are going on a long trip, leave your phone “off” but only 50% charged, not 100 % charged while you are gone (for week or more). Seems to help battery life.
6.     if all else fails, many shops in every big town will replace your battery, but the cost could be $79 or more (or less).  Be sure the replacement battery is genuine and not a lower quality.  Don’t know there is a fire hazard with an off brand battery, but why risk it for a few dollars ? 

Your comments always welcome, maybe you have heard something different about battery life?   I have seen a fall off in how long my older phone batteries held the charges over time.  Longest  have had a phone is 3 years before upgrading, usually only 2 years.  But I keep the old phones for use as iPods, for Pandora and for audio books while walking or riding on trips. 

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