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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Know how long a given user’s device will need to last on a charge, and try to

make sure they get a device that can last at least 20 percent longer, to account

for how the battery’s capacity will dwindle over its lifetime.

If there’s no existing device that can meet the user’s needs most of the

time, make sure they either have a device with a removable battery and a

spare or have a portable external battery recharger. You can plug a mobile

device into a portable battery recharger (sometimes called external battery,

power pack, or portable charger) to recharge when there’s no available

outlet.

Managing Battery Life

There are two ways to think about battery life: how long it will last on each

charge, and how long the battery can meet your needs before you have to

replace it. Luckily, you can optimize both of these at the same time. When

you waste battery life on device features you aren’t using, not only will your

device need to recharge sooner than necessary, but the extra recharge cycles

will also shorten the useful life of your battery. Let’s take a look at the

biggest battery drains while keeping in mind that these are generalizations:

check your device’s battery usage monitor to see what is consuming most of

its power.

Display While it depends somewhat on how big your device’s screen is and

what kind of display it uses, the fastest way to drain most modern mobile

devices is leaving the screen on. Keep the display off when you can, and use

the lowest acceptable brightness setting. Because the screens look so much

more vibrant at full brightness, there’s a good chance this will be their default

setting. The battery savings from using the lowest setting may be enticing,

but the best compromise is usually to configure the device to control

brightness automatically. Figure 25-4 displays the battery usage for an

Android smartphone. Notice how much of the battery is being drained by the

screen alone!

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