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Jason Hiner/ZDNETIn my experience, no topic has generated more articles, blog posts, and YouTube videos than how to get the best possible battery life from your iPhone. It's the topic on which I've received the most questions and comments. People are obsessed with their iPhone's battery life and getting the longest runtime possible from every charge.Also: The best iPhone power banks you can buyEvery minute of runtime, every percentage point of battery life matters. But if people are obsessed with charging, why does it…

We’re at a point right now where we are starting to get a good glimpse of some of Android 15’s potential functionality. With the developer preview in circulation, developers and engineers are viewing what’s to come with Android’s new version. Trusty Android engineer Mishaal Rahmen just revealed one of Android 15 more exciting features. He showed a video of the app archiving feature coming to Android 15. A little while back, we got the news that Google is working on an app archiving feature for Android 15. App archiving…

June Wan/ZDNETApple has doubled the lifecycle of the iPhone 15's battery could retain 80 percent capacity after 1,600 recharge cycles. is on 438 recharge cycles of its rated 500!My iPhone 14 Pro Max is close to its 500 recharge cycles in less than 18 months. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';…

Apple has updated the iPhone 15’s battery lifespan. The company said on Tuesday its latest iPhones can retain 80 percent of their original charging capacity after 1,000 cycles — double the company’s previous estimate — without any new hardware or software updates. Not so coincidentally, the change will arrive in time for upcoming EU regulations that will assign an energy grade for phones’ battery longevity.Before today, Apple’s online support documents quoted iPhone batteries as maintaining 80 percent of their original…

Smartphones have improved a lot in the last ten years. If you compare one of the new mid-priced phones to a ten-year-old mid-budget PC, the phone can manage memory better. The software is also improving, and companies are always trying to make better hardware to handle it. We’re transitioning into an era where everything is getting smarter. But some people, like our grandparents or those who aren’t good with technology, might find it hard to use these phones. For example, my grandfather prefers using navigation buttons…

Once the iPhone 15 Pro overheating complaints started piling up, I said I hoped the iPhone 16 wouldn’t also be impacted by overheating issues. I said I expected the iPhone 15 Pro’s chip to power the base iPhone 16 models next year. The best way to prevent overheating issues would be to improve cooling, rather than rely on software. After that, Apple did indeed release an iOS 17 update to fix bugs in the operating system. iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max users reported that the fix reduced overheating instances…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETIf you recently upgraded to the iPhone 15, you may have experienced it overheating or being hot to the touch. You'll be relieved to know that it has nothing to do with your new iPhone's hardware and a solution is here. Following numerous user accounts of iPhones overheating, with some reporting their iPhones getting to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, making it too hot to hold, earlier this week, Apple shared it would be releasing a solution to the overheating, which the company attributed to an iOS 17…

The iPhone 15 could be in for a huge lens upgrade that would make it the first globally available smartphone to use a hybrid lens design.According to a new report from Twitter user, RGcloudS, the iPhone 15 will receive a glass-plastic hybrid lens with an ƒ/1.7 aperture featuring a single glass element and six plastic elements. This would be a significant change to the fully plastic lens on this year's iPhone 14. Hybrid lens technology is currently used in some Xiaomi devices solely available in the Chinese market, which…

A top industry insider and leading Apple leaker has all but confirmed the regular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models are getting a massive camera upgrade when they come out later this year.In a passing tweet regarding the fortune of supply chain manufacturers, Ming-Chi Kuo noted that "Will Semi is the indirect biggest beneficiary of the upgrade of the wide camera CIS of two iPhone 15 standard versions to 48MP." This is yet another indicator that one of the most advanced features of Apple's best iPhone, the iPhone 14…

While iPhone 15 is allegedly going to have thinner bezels on its display, Apple is already asking manufacturers to look into displays with no bezels at all for a future model.According to TheELec, Apple has been asking both Samsung and LG to, "improve thin film encapsulation (TFE) and under panel camera (UPC) technologies, while also securing space for the antenna."It's a trope of Apple to take away certain aspects of its products to make it easier on the eye for its users and potential customers. Take the removal of the…