No doubt, iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the
world. However, despite the phone’s amazing functionality and impressive
hardware, iPhone battery life can run out pretty quickly if you leave some
features running all the time. So here are ten simple tips to help you get the
most out of your iPhone battery life.
Don’t play music
To extend your iPhone battery life, you’ll want to minimize
the amount of work your iPhone is performing. The first and easiest way to do
this is to turn off your music. Even when your screen is off, playing music
drains your battery fast. If you can’t get to a charger and need to get every
minute possible out of your battery life, turn off your music player.
Turn Down screen brightness
Another simple way to extend your iPhone battery life is to
turn your screen brightness down. Yes, your iPhone’s screen is crisp and
saturated, but all that beauty does a number on your battery. To minimize this
drain on your battery life, open the command centre by swiping up from the
bottom of your iPhone screen. You can do this with your iPhone unlocked or from
the lock screen. Once the command center is open, slide the brightness toggle
all the way to the left.
Turn off background motion
One of the newer features on your iPhone is that fancy
parallax motion. In English, this refers to the way your iPhone background pans
to show more of the photo when you tilt your phone. While a sleek addition to
iOS’s design, parallax motion also contributes to a short iPhone battery life.
To turn off background motion, go to Settings>General>Accessibility and
toggle Reduce Motion to “on”.
Limit your location tracking
One highly useful feature on your iPhone is location
monitoring. This feature allows you to use mapping apps, track exercise, check
social media platforms, and search for services nearby. While these are all
useful smartphone features, constantly refreshing your location keeps your
iPhone battery life short. To manage your location tracking, visit
Settings>Privacy>Location Services. Here, you can turn off location
monitoring altogether, or switch off certain apps one at a time.
Turn off Wi-Fi
Another simple way to extend your iPhone battery life is to
turn off wi-fi features. With wi-fi turned on, your iPhone scans every five to
ten seconds to detect new wi-fi connection points. This constant scanning is
part of the reason your iPhone can automatically detect and connect to wi-fi
points you’ve used before. While this feature is immensely useful, it’s another
function that quickly drains your battery life. To toggle wi-fi off, simply
open the command center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, then tap
the button with the wi-fi symbol. You can also visit Settings>Wi-fi to turn
your wi-fi on and off.
Turn off Bluetooth
Much like leaving your wi-fi on, keeping Bluetooth on when
you’re not using it will deplete your battery faster than normal. You can also
switch Bluetooth off in the command center by tapping the button with the
Bluetooth symbol. Even if you have a Bluetooth device connected to your iPhone,
it’s a good idea to disconnect and power off your Bluetooth device if you need
to stretch your battery life until the next recharge.
Turn off cellular data
Another simple way to extend your iPhone battery life is to
turn off cellular data. This won’t interrupt your ability to text or call your
contacts, but it will prevent you from browsing the web, using data, or sending
and receiving picture text messages. However, if you need your battery life
more than you need to text multimedia or use the Internet, this is an effective
option to extend your battery life. To turn off cellular data, navigate to
Settings>Cellular and hit the button that says “Cellular Data”.
Kill apps
Additionally, an easy way to extend your iPhone battery life
without interrupting your communications is to “kill” your apps. Whenever you
open an app, your iPhone leaves it running in the background so the app starts
faster should you want to switch back to it. While convenient, this feature is
misunderstood by many iPhone users, so they don’t know they need to properly
exit apps when they’re finished using them. To see all the apps currently open
on your phone, hit the menu button twice in a row. You can scroll through the
open apps by swiping left and right, then exit an app by putting your finger on
the window you want to close and swiping up.
Turn on airplane mode
Similarly, turning airplane mode on will drastically extend
your battery life. Unfortunately, this will interrupt your ability to
communicate with your contacts. With airplane mode on, your phone will not
transmit any signals, which means you won’t be able to make or accept incoming
calls, send or receive texts, or use the Internet. For this reason, turning on
airplane mode to extend your battery life is best used only in emergencies.
Stop fetching data
Finally, another easy way to extend your iPhone battery life
is to stop your phone from fetching data. This happens on apps that
automatically download new information. Fetching data is most common on email,
but can also be turned on for other services, like Calendar and iCloud. Instead
of letting your phone constantly update your messages, photos, dates and
reminders, just check your apps manually for new messages or content. Navigate
to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Fetch New Data and switch off data
fetching and push data to extend your battery life.
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