Storm Ready: How to make your phone battery last as long as possible

With a storm bearing down on Ireland, it's time to investigate how to get the most out of our phone battery

Little changes can keep your battery charged for longer.

It’s one of the best examples of a 'first world problem': we have smartphones but as they age, their batteries’ performance declines dramatically. It’s a situation many of us have come to accept but there are a few things you can do to prolong your phone’s battery without cutting back on its uses.

Don’t let your battery be constantly fully charged, but similarly, you don’t want it to be struggling along at 1% a lot either. Batteries struggle most at those extremes, but regularly keeping your battery somewhere between 20% and 80% charge is best for it as it is when its lithium ions are under the least strain.