The moment you think it’s time to start charging your smartphone is probably as personal as your hairstyle. I doubt someone fully agrees with when to join, except when you are completely out of juice. While some may feel comfortable with 50% in the middle of the day, others can panic, just a little when they hit 38%. At least that’s what a new study from Talker Research says.
In a study of 2000 people in the United States, scientists found that 38% are when the concern crawls in and most of the smartphone owners start searching for a charge.
One -third of the respondents are waiting until, for example, their iPhone warns them that the battery is low (20% or less) and 13% are willing to wait until power drops below 10%.
I’ve seen people take far more risky approaches, with as little as 1% left on their phone, and somehow they seem carefree. Maybe they always have an extra battery security copy in their back pocket.
However, the research indicates that there may be some generational differences in our battery approach. Gen Zers reaches out to a charging cable long before their millennium, Gen X and Boomer colleagues who join as soon as 44%.
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In my own anecdotal study of X, I found that the majority began to worry about the life of the battery when it reaches 20%. It’s even more than those who seem to be concerned about 10%.
This makes sense to me. 20% have long been my trigger, which means I connect and rarely see 10% or less. By the way, there is a small quota that is charged when the life of the battery hits 60%. They are, I know, part of “ABC” (always charges).
I got a few comments on X that told me that there was no need to “get panic” and that they found that some phones, like the Samsung Galaxy series, had good enough battery life that they rarely worry.
What you can do
The thing is, you have far more control over life and life for your smartphone battery than you might think.
First of all, Android and iOS, together with hardware -based AI and machine learning, make their fair share to control the life of the battery, especially the life of the battery. Therefore, your battery does not always charge 100%. The system must control the health of the battery so that the 100% battery life you experience when you first buy the phone is not radically different from the 100% battery life you get six months later.
Under Settings/Battery you can see the health of your battery and the percentage it can actually charge (95% capacity, 80% capacity, etc.)
In daily battery life, there are a handful of well -worn tips for both iOS and Android that can significantly extend your charging while having minimal influence on the phone’s operation.
So instead of panicing about 38% battery life, you can take responsibility and maybe show friends who let the battery life fall to 10% what to do so they can handle it through the rest of the night without being bound to an outlet.
iPhone battery tips
- Dimming your brightness (under control center)
- Turn on Auto -Lights strength (Under Settings/Availability)
- In WiFi settings, turn off Cell Service
- Enable low power mode (under settings/battery)
- Turn off background activity (Settings/General/Background App Update)
- Adjust E -Mail -Henting Intervals (Settings/Accounts and Passwords/Download New Data)
- Turn off location services on an app-by-app basis (Settings/Privacy/Location Services)
- TAMP DOWN NOTIFICATIONS (Settings/Messages)
Android battery tips
- Reduce the screen lighting (pushed down from the top to access control)
- Adjust your Settings of Screenshots (usually under Settings/Display)
- Use dark mode (usually under Settings/Display)
- Turn off keyboard vibrations and sounds (settings/sounds and vibrations)
- Turn on Power Saver (Settings/Battery)
- Turn on to put unused apps to sleep (Settings/Battery/Background Boundaries)
- Turn off cell service in WiFi -Situations (Settings/Connections)
There are several ways to control the life of the battery, and especially in Android phones has battery-saving features that are specific to each manufacturer. I suggest you dig in your settings to see what you can adjust.
If everything else fails, it is always a good idea to travel with a cable and charge adapter and also a portable charger.
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