People love their iPhones, there’s no doubt about that. As far as smartphones go, they are certainly the most popular. Although there are a few other brands out there that are plenty capable, just as innovative, and possibly have sleeker designs, the iPhone has captured the imagination of this generation far more than any of its competitors.
As beloved as the iPhone has become and with all that we know about this device, correctly charging the phone seems to be the one element that hasn’t been unanimously figured out. Users today still make common iPhone charging mistakes that are less than ideal for the phone and the iPhone battery. A quick Google search of “charging iPhone best practices” will reveal several discrepancies with how you are likely charging your phone right now.
Luckily, we’ve taken the time to identify the common charging mistakes that are stopping your phone from operating at its finest.
Letting Your Phone Die
iPhone batteries are made from lithium ion. When the battery’s power is drained down to its lowest points, the lithium ion loses some of its life. This means if you continually allow the phone’s charge to be drained close to being dead, you are actually wearing the battery down. What’s interesting to note, however, is that iPhone charging when dead is actually a positive practice if you do it once every month or so. It gives your phone a chance to recalibrate which helps it to function more effectively. But anything more than once a month or even once every 60 days is not a good idea.
Overheating Your Phone Battery
This is as much of a function issue as it is a charging issue. iPhones typically do not function well in any extreme conditions. Leave your phone uncovered next time you go to the beach and see how well it operates once you get back home. It will take a while before it gets back to operating normally. All of this leads to the fact that your iPhone needs to be kept at ideal temperatures in order to do what it does, which is basically be a handheld computer. Apple itself says that its devices, including iPhones, need to be kept at temperatures between 32 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Storing Your Backup Phone Uncharged
Keeping iPhones charged has become such an issue that in addition to carrying around iPhone chargers, people have turned to carrying backup phones. Here’s the thing, though. If you leave your secondary phone tucked away in a bag for days and weeks without ever using it or charging it, you aren’t going to be much better off when it does come time to bring it out. Your backup phone will have some difficulty holding a charge if it is stored without being fully charged. Apple calls this “deep discharge state.” Conversely, storing it fully charged without use also causes some potential functional issues.
Overusing Your Wireless Charger
We have to admit that wireless chargers do serve a purpose. This is 2017, and it’s now the norm for people to be shuffling around throughout their city for work or leisure with their iPhones in their bags or pockets. Charging your iPhone without a cable charger—i.e. doing it wirelessly—conveniently allows for a quick surge of energy when you’ve been on the road all day. However, convenience sometimes comes at a negative long-term cost. In this case, iPhone charging wirelessly causes both the iPhone and the battery itself to heat up. In the short term, this may not be an issue. For the long term, however, having your phone heat up effects the way it operates and can shorten its lifespan significantly.
Using a Non-iPhone Charger
We can all admit to being guilty of using a non-iPhone charger to charge an iPhone. We lose or misplace the charger that was originally packaged with our iPhone, and instead of replacing that charger with an Apple charger, we stop at a convenience store and grab the cheapest replacement with the reasoning that all chargers are the same. However, this grossly incorrect. Buying knock-off chargers can only do damage to your phone and is not worth the convenience. Yes, replacing an iPhone charger will cost you more than you’d probably like to pay, but it will save your phone battery from being burnt out, and it will also keep your iPhone operating the way it should. There’s no debate about this one: cheaper chargers equal death for you iPhone.
Use a Multi-Port USB Charger and Overcome Mistakes
If you’re using your phone all day out of necessity or because that’s just what you like to do, it will need to be charged. There’s no way around that. What you need to ask yourself is how you can get the best charge that won’t damage your phone in any way and can do so if a timely manner. We’ve presented a few of the mistakes and the problems that can arise from them, now let’s look at the solution.
The Charge M.E from Ohming Technology is a sure solution. It overcomes many of the obstacles we’ve discussed and provides iPhone users with a suitable alternative to safely charge their devices without concern. What’s also great about the Charge M.E is that it fits with the up-and-down lifestyle that’s prevalent today. It gives the people of this generation a way to keep their mobile devices charged while they take pictures, text, browse social media, and maybe even answer a call or two.
Another benefit of the Charge M.E is that it is capable of charging nearly all mobile devices, whether new or legacy. That means even the previous generation iPhones that you have sitting in your drawers can become effective backup phones when using the Charge M.E. iPads, Kindles, and even BlackBerry smartphones are all devices that the Charge M.E is able to power up when needed.
So, whether you’re thinking of charging your iPhone overnight or while you’re out of the office, Ohming Technology has come up with a product that works in all situations. We are confident that we have developed a quality product that not only works but meets all the current requirements of this generation. For more information, contact us today!
Paul Romanenko
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