Can you prolong the battery life on your phone?
The battery on any smartphones renders useless over some time. Even with the most efficient phones out there, the continuous use drains the battery slowly but surely and requires replacement. A phone battery has a life of about 2-3 years, 4 years if you use and charge the phone properly. But why does that happen? Why do batteries eventually die?
This is a fascinating thing to think about. Our repair shop receives battery replacement for many different phones every once in a while. You might have noticed yourself on your phone that the battery doesn’t hold as much charge as it did earlier when you first bought the phone. After a year or so, there is some noticeable change in battery life. If this piques your interest, we are here to answer it.
All modern Lithium-Ion or Lithium-Polymer batteries die eventually.
The simple answer to why the battery drains is due to the limited cycle of the battery. A cycle is the process of charge and discharge of the battery. And there are a limited number of cycles on any given battery, no matter its size. There is a simple yet exciting example that perfectly explains why a battery dies.
The Water Cup - Thought Experiment
Imagine transferring water from a cup to another. You might pour the water from one cup to the other very carefully without spilling any water. Although there is always a tiny amount of water left out in the first cup, imagine pouring the same cup of water from one cup to another a thousand times over. Each time there is always a tiny amount of water barely noticeable on the cup we pour. After the thousandth time, the amount of water in the final cup is bound to decrease.
Similarly, over the thousandth time of battery usage, the battery’s capacity is bound to decrease. There are ways you can prolong the life of the battery. You could avoid erratic charging, use battery saver mode on your phone, turn off the screen when not in use and so on. However, we’ll all need to accept the fact that the batteries eventually run out.
