Your smartphone does not like heat: the 5 errors to avoid this weekend
Scorching temperatures settle in all of France, or almost, and push you to look for all Original solution to refresh your interior And refresh yourself. However, you are not alone in risking heat stroke: the one that accompanies you on a daily basis – your smartphone, therefore – is just as sensitive as you at high temperatures.
First of all, remember that smartphones are not designed to be used under extreme temperatures. THE Samsung assistance servicefor example, recommends avoiding “Environments not corresponding to normal conditions of use (between 0 and 35 degrees Celsius)”. This is also the case withApple :: “The iPhone and iPad are designed to be used in environments where the temperature is located between 0 and 35 ° C”. As you can see, manufacturers agree that it is better to avoid extreme temperatures; They are dangerous for the internal components of devices in general, and in particular for the structure of their batteries. Also remember that the heat can slightly melt the glue which maintains certain components, and affect the possible seal of your device. To avoid any temporary or durable malfunction, it is better to respect some common sense instructions.
Stop the sunbathing
This goes without saying, but a smartphone placed on a towel, in full sun, will suffer from solar radiation and will tend to heat. Worse still: if you use it, you will have to push the brightness of its screen as much as possible, increasing its heating. The ideal combination for overheating, precisely. On the beach, therefore, leave your mobile in the shade, avoid using it and, why not, place it in an isothermal bag!
Hot in it: the car, a heat trap
As you know, cars’ interior is able to reach extreme temperatures, especially when you have left your vehicle parked in full sun. Be careful of course not to forget your phone in the glove box or on the dashboard, but also to avoid using it – for example by launching your GPS browser – as long as the interior temperature of the car has not dropped.
Video and heat games, an explosive cocktail
Our graphic performance tests show it to us on a daily basis: when the SOC (System on Chip, that is to say their chip) smartphones is very stressed, and especially its graphic part, many devices tend to heat, very often exceeding 40 ° C. If it is hot outdoors, no need to add: you may force your terminal to interrupt its operation, time to cool. In short, in the event of a big heat, avoid games with complex graphics (Forget High In Impact and others), but also shooting video in 4K or 8K or even video editing tools.
Recharge, but with caution
The load of your smartphone tends to heat it. You see us coming: it is better to avoid adding it by loading it in the heat and, worse still, using it during its recharge.
Fewer options, more freshness
If the best advice we can give you would simply be to turn off your smartphone when the mercury reaches records, you do not have to reach these ends. You can therefore choose, avoid finding networks by deactivating WiFi or activating the plane mode of your device; Disable Bluetooth and not use mobile data sharing; You can also play the minimalism card by limiting notifications (“Do not disturb” mode), or even going into “energy savings” mode. The idea is obviously to limit the consumption of the smartphone, and therefore the energy expenditure likely to generate heat. If you protect your mobile from a thick hull imprisoning heat, you can also do without during heat wave periods.
It may be that, despite everything, your terminal borders on the insolation, be reasonable: if it displays a warning indicating that it is too hot, turn it off immediately and let it cool, preferably in a temperate place and out of the sun. Do not place it in the refrigerator: it is a false good idea, the differences in extreme temperatures not being advised.
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