With all the functions that modern smartphones offer nowadays, the battery can hardly keep up. It is often empty after a day – or even faster. But a setting can save energy and thus extend the runtime. TECHBOOK explains how it works.
Our cell phones are in constant use every day. So it’s no wonder that they sometimes lack the necessary energy. But there is a trick that can be used to save energy and increase the battery life of the smartphone. The solution is: Screen off. With a very simple change in the settings, you can change the time the display is shown and thus save energy around the clock.
If you don’t touch the touchscreen of your mobile phone, the display will automatically darken after a certain period of time. How long a display remains active is defined in the settings. The longer the period, the more energy the display consumes – especially when the display is also brightly lit. So, turning down screen time can save energy and increase battery life.
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How to increase battery life
With the iPhone, the time for the automatic display switch-off can be reduced in the phone settings, thus increasing the battery life. In the sub “Display & Brightness“ you will find the “automatic lock” and you can minimize it from one minute to 30 seconds.
On Android devices, users can also change the screen lock time in the settings. In the menu item “Display” you can change the time until the display goes dark and thus saves power in the “Screen timeout” area. The function may also be named slightly differently depending on the device. As a rule, you can choose between 15 seconds and up to 30 minutes.