Extending your battery life

GEAR, APPS APPSA AND KNOW-HOW TO HELP SUPERCHARGE YOUR SMARTPHONE.

IF YOU BELIEVE the plot lines of many B-grade movies, running out of battery can o en be the di erence between life and death. OK, so this kind of situation is probably a tad hyperbolic, but running out of juice on your device is still really annoying. As our mobile devices have become more powerful, they’ve also gotten more power hungry — and at the moment we seem to be stuck in a bit of a battery life rut, where smartphones can brag about a 2 day battery life and your favourite toy quadcopter takes ve times longer to charge than to keep it in the air. As such, there’s never been a better time to discover how to get more from your battery, and there are plenty of apps, gadgets and websites out there to help you do just that.