Improving your phone's battery availability

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We analyzed the power consumption of different smartphone components in a series of typical scenarios.

We concluded that there are some simple software and hardware strategies that can be used to extend battery life.

✱ Reduce screen brightness. The easiest way to extend battery life while maintaining full functionality is to reduce screen brightness. For devices with organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, you can also use the "bright when dark" option to see.

✱ Turn off cellular networks or limit talk time. The connection to the cellular network uses the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module. GSM is the primary energy-consuming component of the phone, so it is beneficial to turn it off completely or at least limit talk time.

✱ Use Wi-Fi instead of 4G. Wi-Fi uses up to 40% less power for Internet browsing compared to 4G, so turning off cellular data and switching to Wi-Fi will help extend battery life.

✱ Limit video content. Video processing is one of the most power-hungry operations on a mobile device.

✱ Turn on smart battery mode. All modern mobile devices have smart battery saving modes (for example, Android has a power saving mode and iOS has a low power mode). These are software features that modify central processing unit (CPU) usage for different applications, screen brightness, notifications, and various hardware options to reduce energy consumption.

✱ Use Airplane mode. This mode typically disables the GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS features on your device. When all of these secondary features are turned off, the device will only use up to 5% of its usual energy consumption with the screen off. In contrast, simply leaving your device idle can still use more than 15%.

 

Improving your phone's battery availability requires a combination of limiting the use of power-hungry hardware and software, as well as handling the mobile device to maximize charging capacity and minimize battery degradation. By employing these simple strategies, users can extend battery life by more than 40% on any given day while maintaining more consistent battery capacity throughout the life of the device.

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