- Welcome to Quick Fix, the show where I answer your
most commonly asked tech questions in 90 seconds or less.
Today we're busting some battery myths.
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There is so much misinformation about smartphone batteries.
A lot of it is rooted in old advice
that isn't relevant to modern smartphones.
So I figured I'd go over the three worst
pieces of battery advice that I always hear.
Number one, let your battery drain all the way down
to zero before recharging.
No, you don't have to do this.
It's actually worse for lithium ion batteries
to be fully charged or completely discharged,
so the real trick is to keep your battery
somewhere in between.
Number two, leaving your phone charging overnight
harms the battery.
Nope, it doesn't.
Modern smartphones are, well, smart enough
not to overcharge their batteries.
So yeah, there's no trick here.
Just plug your phone in whenever you want,
and for however long you want.
And finally number three, disable features
like Bluetooth, location services, and wifi
to make your battery last longer.
This one is actually kind of true,
but these technologies have gotten so much more efficient
than when they were first introduced.
The battery gains you would see are so small
that it's probably not worth the inconvenience
to constantly be turning these settings on and off.
There's a lot more bad battery advice out there,
but I think the important thing to remember
is that smartphones are designed to be efficient
about battery use, so stop stressing over details
and just use your phone.
It's probably not worth the extra effort
to constantly worry about eking out an extra
few minutes of battery life.
Like a friend of mine always says,
is the juice even worth the squeeze?
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