Battery life: How to make your iPhone or Android last longer
There are a number of steps you can take to improve your device's stamina, and they're very straightforward
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Your support makes all the difference.As smartphones have grown increasingly capable, establishing themselves as a crucial part of our daily lives, it seems battery life has gone backwards.
Ask anyone what they find most frustrating about their mobile and the majority will say battery life.
Phone manufacturers know this is the case, but appear hell-bent on making handsets unnecessarily thin instead of improving their stamina.
It's impossible to remove and replace the batteries inside most modern smartphones too.
Fortunately, there are a number of steps you can take to improve your phone's battery life, and they're very straightforward. Simply removing battery-draining apps can help enormously.
Click through the gallery below for tips.
Consumers will be hoping Apple manages to boost battery life with the next iPhones, which are set to launch next month. Here's everything we know about them so far.
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