So you are saving your iPhone from dying in the cold – Metro

Intuitively, it sounds logical to mobile phones and extreme cold is not a particularly good combination. But in many cold context it is difficult to leave the cell phone at home, especially when the Swedish winter really sets in.

Popular Mechanics I tested how much cool cell phones actually sustained, they saw that Mobiles performance gradually deteriorated as the temperature became colder and colder. At minus 20 degrees began screens become darker, and among some phones began battery to malfunction. At minus 28 degrees crashed most phones and needed to be recharged again to restart. At minus 35, the screens unreadable and at minus 40 finished all the phones to work.

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On its Web page, type Apple Iphones only be stored in places where the temperature is between minus 20 and plus 45 degrees. But as Apple writes, and chemistry professor Linda F. Nazar says New York Times is seldom the phone permanently. When the cell phone well back to normal temperature, it will restart and operate as normal.

– It depends very much on who made the battery and how they made it. In principle there is no danger if the battery is well designed, she said.

Although it mainly is the battery that is affected by the weather can be extremely cold temperatures also mean that the glass parts of the cell phone becomes more sensitive and including Di have reported that the iPhone screen cracked by the cold.

However, there are a number of ways to protect mobile on.

International Business Times write is the first tip to avoid having the cell phone too much out in the cold. Instead, try to have it in your jacket or bag, preferably as close to your body as possible. You can in addition to the use of a headset to avoid having the cell phone out too much in the cold when you’re on it.

Make sure to keep the mobile phone välladdad so you are affected as little as possible to the battery problems can occur in the cold. There are also many smartphonefodlal which are weather proof, such as those manufactured by Life Proof and Otterbox.

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