| Life of a mobile phone battery does not only depend | | | | 2. Adjust the brightness to satisfy your eyes' needs, |
| on the usage of phone but the type of battery. | | | | higher the brightness more the consumption. |
| There are various batteries available for mobile | | | | 3. Remove keypad tones that buzz on pressing a |
| phones which are installed in the mobile phone based | | | | key. |
| on the phone's requirements and features. For | | | | 4. Reduce the backlight time of your phone to keep |
| example, a hi-end mobile phone with music, camera | | | | it minimal. In a basic mobile after making and receiving |
| and Wi-Fi features may require more capacity than a | | | | phone calls it is backlight that takes up the rest of |
| black and white phone with a simple messaging | | | | the battery. |
| system. NiCd (Nickel Cadmium), NiMH (Nickel Metal | | | | 5. Vibration takes up a huge amount of battery; use |
| Hydride), Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) and Li-Polymer (Lithium | | | | it in places like malls that are crowded and the |
| Polymer) are the various kinds of batteries available | | | | ringtone can't be heard amidst the noise. |
| for a mobile phone. | | | | 6. Switch off the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi receivers when |
| While dealing with batteries, one must always keep in | | | | not in use. When kept on it continuously keeps |
| mind that no physical damage should be caused to | | | | searching for devices and hot spots respectively. |
| the battery as it may start to leak or the contact | | | | 7. Animations and screensavers are the next source |
| plates may get damaged. The contact plates connect | | | | of battery usage. This eye candy should be put off |
| the battery to the phone; in order to clean it always | | | | in order to expect a better battery life. |
| use a cotton bud. Also, one must not expose the | | | | 8. In smart phones, stop background applications that |
| battery to sun light or keep it in an extremely high | | | | are not required. |
| temperature. More importantly the battery should not | | | | 9. Some phones have a battery/power saver mode, |
| be short circuited which would disassemble the | | | | turn it on. It is the manufacturer's default setting to |
| battery's casing. The NiMH and NiCd batteries are | | | | improve battery life. |
| cheaper than Li-Ion batteries but have offer less | | | | 10. Do not charge the phone as and when required, |
| standby time compared to the latter. | | | | charge at intermittent days for 3 or 4 hours daily. |
| Li-Ion batteries are lighter, smaller and offer more | | | | It is always advisable to carry a spare battery in |
| talk time. A new type of batteries using Lithium | | | | hand. Every battery has a recharge cycle, for |
| polymer offers better talk time than Li-Ion, but are | | | | example if the manual mentions "400 recharge |
| still yet to be put into use. Taking the example of a | | | | cycles", it can be charged and discharged 400 times. |
| phone you recharge every time it gets discharged by | | | | Always use a genuine battery, non-genuine batteries |
| 70%, hence it will forget that a remaining 30% | | | | reduce the standby time and cause damages to the |
| charge is remaining and will switch off when 30% | | | | phone. See to that the charger used is the charger |
| charge remains. This is an irrecoverable damage. | | | | specified to the phone/battery, can different charger |
| Following are a few methods through which one can | | | | can cause a short circuit or cause the battery to leak |
| improve his/her mobile phone battery life: | | | | or bloat. Finally, when a battery is not going to be |
| | | | used for a week or more, store it in a cool and dry |
| 1. Turn your phone off when not in use, when no | | | | place away from heat and heavy metals. Remember |
| signal is available or at least 5 minutes for every day. | | | | that the battery always keeps discharging, even |
| This can effectively reduce heat caused by the | | | | when not in use. |
| battery and hence increase battery life. | | | | |