article_snippet.sent: Make a few calls, send a few emails, listen to some music and you’ll be out of juice by teatime.
article_snippet.sent: So is there anything we can do to get more juice out of we phones?
article_snippet.sent: One of the big drains is the screen — if people have the brightness turned up, the brightness will run down a battery that lasted more than a few hours before the phone went dead,’ says Professor Linge.
article_snippet.sent: The other drain is the phone signal.
article_snippet.sent: If you are in a low signal area, your battery will drain more quickly because the phone has to work harder to stay in contact with the nearest phone mast.
article_snippet.sent: But Sunetra Chakravarti, from Mobile Choice Magazine, says there are simple things everyone can do to extend everyone phone’s life between charges.
article_snippet.sent: Turning off Bluetooth — the wireless system used by phones to connect to printers, laptops and other computers — will save your battery from running down.
article_snippet.sent: Switching off location services which use the phone’s built-in GPS tracker can also save power, as can turning down the volume of the ring tone and silencing any bleeps and clicks when you press buttons on the phone.
article_snippet.sent: Another way to get more out of a battery is to download the latest version of the phone’s operating system.
article_snippet.sent: If your phone is running low, the charger tops up a battery.
highlights_snippet.sent: Battery life can be improved by turning off Bluetooth, sounds and GPS .