Top tech tips to change your life
8 May 2015, 3:43PM
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Your out-of-the-box may not be the fastest way to juice your device. Smartphones today come with 1-amp chargers however the device itself is equipped with the hardware to support 2.1 amps. Any device that end with "-ablet" has a higher-capacity battery and comes with a 2-amp charger as standard to speed up the charge. That means, if you charge your low-capacity smartphone battery with your high-capacity 2-amp tablet charger, you will achieve a charge at double the speed, taking half the time.
HD smartphone display screens have evolved so far they are almost obsolete. According to this article on Arstecnica, at a distance of 15 inches, a person with legally perfect 20/20 eyesight can't distinguish above 229ppi. This means that a 4k display on a smartphone - even 720 p on a 5inch phone is overkill - as the human eye can't see it.
If you forget your charger, the television in your hotel room can fill in as a substitute. Any device that grabs a charge from being plugged into a USB port-that includes your smartphone- can get a top up from mostly any powered up piece of tech with a USB connection (e.g. on most HDTVs or video game consoles).
Your old devices are slowing down your WiFi. If you have a standard WiFi router, then your wireless connection is only as fast as the slowest device on the network. That means that your new fast devices are not getting the bandwidth that they really deserve. If you've ever wondered what is causing a slow connection on your device, this is why.
Your house is trying to kill your phone. Where do most people accidentally ruin their smartphone? If you guessed the toilet you'd be wrong. According to an OtterBox survey, 56% of all Australian smartphone users are walking around with a damaged smartphone device with the home (kitchen, living room, bathroom) being the most common place where damage occurs. Repair shops and refurbishers attribute the leading cause of charging port failure to pocket lint, while if your phone suddenly sounds muffled, it's likely that your phone is clogged with make-up.