With the launch of iOS7 and subsequent launch of iPhone 5S & 5C Apple Inc is back in action with its new devices and completely revamped mobile operating system. One of the most important things that people today look it mobile phone its battery performance, gone are the days when feature phone gave you few days of active battery back-up, but today’s smart phones and tons of feature this seams a distant dream. But it is also true that you can increase the performance of the battery life by taking few measures, here we list some of those.
1. Turn off AirDrop
AirDrop is a feature that allows you to share photos and files with your friends over the air, when they are close to each other. This feature is available in 5, 5s, and 5c devices running iOS 7. But when not in use this feature should be turned off or else it drains battery faster than you can expect.
2. Disable auto updates
Disabling auto updates is one of the easiest ways to save battery power. If you are getting frequent updates then it may consumes unnecessary power and drain the battery quickly. Unnecessary switching on Wi-Fi and GPS consume the battery fast.
3. Don’t clutter your phone with useless apps
You don’t need to install all the apps which are free and other unused apps. These apps actually use your iPhone battery to stay active and connected. Uninstalling them can help you preserve your battery life for a longer duration and this way you can get more work done of your iPhone.
4. Don’t use phone for heavy multimedia applications
Using your iPhone extensively for multimedia purpose like watching videos, streaming movies, running power consuming applications will make the battery drain quickly and hence it is important to use iPhone as means of communications to stay in touch with your loved ones rather than using it as a replacement for your home entertainment.
5. Keep the brightness to the optimum
Turn off the auto-brightness and adjust the brightness manually it will help you save more power so that your battery can last longer. Text on the iPhone can be easily read on under the sunlight without straining your eyes.