Summer and smartphones seem to go hand-in-hand. After the past year, we all want to spend some time outdoors, and smartphones can keep us entertained and connected while we do. But you likely don’t want to keep your smartphone in the sun for too long.
Smartphones, like any piece of tech, have an optimal range of temperatures to perform normally. If those temperatures run too hot or too cold, then your smartphone might start to adjust its performance accordingly. For example, if your phone gets too hot, then the system might hinder performance in an attempt to keep the entire hardware from overheating.
The sun is like an oven to your smartphone — if you keep your phone on a table in direct sunlight, for instance, it’ll heat up your device. You might notice this in a couple ways — for one, your phone might be too hot to even use. But you might also notice that the display dims, sometimes unusably dark, even when you’ve set the display to full brightness.
This happens, of course, to keep your phone from getting too hot. If you can even see what’s on the display in the first place, you might be better off putting the phone away until it cools down.
