There are many features we look for in a smartphone — a nice screen, great camera, good performance, etc. Above all else, however, might just be battery life. After all, a great camera is nothing if your phone is, well, dead. If your brand-new phone is rapidly losing battery throughout the day, you might need to do this.
Your new phone is fresh out of the box. So, why is it giving you battery issues? The problem likely isn’t with the battery itself — many smartphones these days sport large and capable battery packs. Instead, the issue might just be with a very “new” feature of the phone — 5G.
5G is undoubtedly the future of cellular networks. At its peak, it can be faster than your home Wi-Fi, and delivers fantastic performance to boot. That said, it’s a new and powerful technology, which puts a lot of strain on your phone’s battery.
Verizon is even telling its customers on Twitter to essentially disable 5G on their phones if they’re experiencing poor battery life. The company says to turn on LTE, which is a bit misleading, since LTE is enabled by default whenever 5G isn’t available. What the company means to say is to disable 5G in your phone’s cellular network settings, but they won’t because of how heavily they promote 5G on their network.
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