Get That Phone Away From Your Body!

Alright, we’ve heard the whole thing about laptops and cell phones near your privates, guys. To be on the safe side, I recommend not putting it anywhere down there. Just to be safe. It’s up to you though. Just don’t complain later down the road. Here comes a whole bunch of other tips from the Battery University, the online resource that “provides practical battery knowledge for engineers, educators, students and battery users alike“. I’d take it from them. They have a whole bunch of hints, tips, and tricks for making the most out of your batteries and even a chart for disposal and a chart that summarizes everything for you.

Let’s just talk about a couple of practical things you can do to conserve batteries and use them efficiently. It turns out the batteries will last longer if you keep them cool. Our body temperature is 98.6 degrees and that is enough to speed up the chemical processes that occur inside a battery. So here is the first tip: Ladies, keep your phones in your purse and away from your pockets. You’ll sizzle the batteries, you hot thing you! Gents, it’s probably a good idea to grab a holster and put your phone on one of those instead of in your pockets near your body and if you put them in your front pant pockets, your little friends down below.

Next up, cell phone towers and battery life. Your distance away from a cell phone tower will definitely impact the amount of energy your phone uses. The farther away from a tower you are, the more energy is needed to communicate. If you enter a place or area with a lot of electrical noise going on, it’ll also increase your energy drain. So it is true, if you’re in an area and your phone constantly searches for a signal, it’ll definitely drain your batteries. For those of you in college with classes in lecture halls that don’t have any reception, you should probably turn your phones off. This, of course, only applies to the cell feature. If you have a smart phone, you can probably just turn your cell off. The other features aren’t gonna suck out all your batteries. Anyway, remember these tips for the future.

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