What is Fast Charging? Samsung Fast Charger and iPhone Fast Charger explained
The year is 2019. You buy a new iPhone. You think that you have an iPhone fast charger – but when you plug it in,...
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Folding Phones and their Batteries – Futuristic or Futile?
There have been a lot of interesting developments to come out of this years’ Mobile World Conference (MWC). From Nokia’s not-so-secret penta-camera to the dystopian...
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Maximize New Phone Battery Life: The RAVPower Guide
As we were writing our last post debunking that myth about draining your battery completely before charging it (TLDR version: don’t do it, it’s bad),...
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Does Discharging Your Phone Completely Before Recharging It Improve Its Battery Life?
This isn’t one of those recipe blogs where you have to scroll for half an hour past an anecdote about the writer’s grandma before you...
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Planning for Obsolescence: When to Buy a New Phone
Not too long ago Apple found itself embroiled in a PR nightmare when it was revealed that the company was purposely slowing the performance of...
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Apple vs. Samsung: Lawsuits, Lies & Smartphones
With apologies to Nokia, LG, Google and all of the other reputable players on the smartphone market, Apple vs. Samsung is the defining rivalry of...
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Future-Proof Smartphones with Tomorrow’s Technology
Where will technology go in the future? Commentators often suggest that in the case of personal electronic devices, the utopian tomorrow is wireless. But with...
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They Cause Cancer! And Two Other Popular Claims About Sleeping with Your Cellphone
With some of the stories we’ve heard when it comes to the potential risks of sleeping with your cellphone, you’d think they were amongst the most...
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Battery Life Saving Tips – Truth or Fiction (Part 2)
Last week in our first battery life saving tips post we looked at 3 common beliefs about saving battery life on your phone. We discovered...
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Battery Life Saving Tips – Truth or Fiction (Part 1)
Does it always seem like your phone runs out of battery? If your phone seems to be permanently tethered to a charger or power bank,...
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