BANGALORE: Probably one thing that almost everyone carries with him throughout his life is ‘myth’. But it’s very uncertain that nowadays people have various illogical myths about their gadgets too. Say for “don’t charge your phone overnight and more megapixels means a better camera.”

But in actual these tech myths are also unreal like the other myths in life. And this can be very well explained by providing factual information about them. If you are ready to wash your mind from the tech myths, then here is the list as compiled by Times of India.

#1 Only Charge, When It Is Dead!

Every now and then, we come across advices from our friends and family that you should charge your phone only when it’s completely drained. But have you asked them ever why so?  They might not be able to give you a proper answer because in reality it’s not true at all. The legitimacy about the fact is it’s always better to charge your battery, no matter its dead or not.

The truth is that the major threat to your battery life is time. You see, rechargeable batteries have “charge cycles”. A charge cycle is basically going from near-empty to completely full. Every phone battery has a finite number of charge cycles. That number is very large, but eventually your phone’s battery will reach a point where it’s charging capacity starts getting smaller. Rechargeable batteries just don’t last forever.

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