How Managed IT Services in the UK Workplace Aid Productivity
Old batteries used to be 'forgetful'. This meant rumours started – it was believed that smartphone batteries needed to discharge their full capacity before being charged again. This would extend their lifetime and ensure they retained their charge.
Modern smartphones use lithium-ion batteries which don't suffer from 'memory problems' and retain their charge regardless of their usage.
It was also rumoured that charging your smartphone overnight would damage the lifespan of your battery. This is not true, as chargers and smartphones are now intelligent enough to recognise when they are fully charged – thanks to 'trickle charge', your smartphone's battery loses very little of it's overall health.
We all like to think of our mobile phone as a little computer, working away on all its little programmes running in the background. As a result, most people treat them as such. Your home computer may struggle with multitasking or running online platforms all at the same time – it can lead to overheating or even long-term battery damage.
Closing your apps was considered one way to preserve battery life – not true! Apps don't drain your battery life on a smartphone, they simple become frozen. Advanced phone systems like iOS and Android actually takes the time to close apps that you haven't used recently to preserve CPU power.
The final myth is that of additional services – Wifi, Bluetooth and Location Services. Turn all these off and you'll benefit from a much longer battery life right? Wrong.
'Airplane mode' is the holy grail of these battery-saving exercises – but recent research showed that using this mode only squeezed out an extra 30 minutes of battery life, which in the grand scheme of things isn't that much.
All these modes used to drain power quite significantly, but modern smartphones have been tuned to maintain the best possible conditions for your battery at all times.
Ultimately, it is your screen that is the biggest battery killer. If you're truly worried about your smartphone's battery life, put your phone down.
Town & Country Communications are the experts in providing affordable and reliable business mobile phone deals, business phone systems and merchant services. As a family-run business with over 20 years of industry experience, our knowledgeable team can analyse your existing communication contracts and find you the lowest prices with the best possible service.
