How can you make your
smartphone or tablet battery last
longer?
Forget apps, we’re talking about
good practice here: how you treat
your phone, when and how often to
charge it, and how these things
differ across battery types.
With more and more devices being
produced with unibody cases, there
is a greater requirement to make
batteries last longer. After all, there’s
no longer an option to replace the
battery!
 You Can Use Apps: But They Need
Your Help
We’ve shown you many software-
based ways of preserving battery
life , and which apps and services
you need to turn off. The thing is,
you shouldn’t leave it all to the apps.
How you treat your phone
throughout the day and when
charging or discharging will help to
prolong battery life both in the
short-term and the long-term.
Different batteries have different
rules, however. Currently there are
three types of battery in use:
Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Polymer and
Nickel-Cadmium.
For your smartphone, you probably
have a Li-ion battery, but you can
check the battery type in your
device by removing the back cover
— or if your device is unibody,
check the documentation or
Wikipedia. Check the appropriate
section below for how to keep your
Android device battery healthy.