LOW BATTERY? Top 10 Tips to Make Your Phone Battery Last Longer

A number of factors have conspired to reduce gadget endurance over the past several years. Thinner designs with less room for batteries, larger and brighter screens, faster quad-core processors, more software that runs in the background, and power-hungry GPS radios all share responsibility. The move from 3G to 4G networks a few years ago—particularly of the LTE variety—has also taken its toll. It’s always lovely being able to browse the net, play games, watch videos and update your status from everywhere and anywhere, but enjoying your phone too much can turn your phone into a dead weight – at least until you get home and get it plugged in.

I know you’ve often wondered, what difference does increasing the screen make? Do you need to turn off the sound or vibration? Should you be turning GPS and Wi-Fi off, or does it not really matter at all?