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One unfortunate similarity between the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro is their battery life. The phones provide passable battery performance, but this is a step back from last year’s iPhones. I’ve generally been getting about four and a half hours of usage per charge on a mix of 5G, 4G, as well as WiFi. Now, this is barely a day’s usage, and a small buffer amount. For example, I was easily able to have about a day’s usage from Apple’s iPhone 11 and also from the iPhone XR. A full day per charge is good, but could be more enjoyable to have a larger safety net for those days where you go hard.
And speaking about charging, the company has made an interesting decision to end providing power adaptors and earbuds with their devices for environmental concerns. So all you will get in the box – other than your iPhone, is a USB Type C to Lightning cord. Some do not believe this is a big deal. Apple’s Earpods are pretty bad, and most people will have a charging adaptor already. The tricky part is Apple’s choice of cable. You’ll require a power brick with a USB_C port to use the cable and if you’re coming from the iPhone 11 series, the iPhone power brick will be made with a full-sized USB connector.

And you can utilise an old cable and charger, however you’ll miss out on the the faster charging times the iPhone 12 can provide. If you need to pick up a USB-C charging adaptor, you will be spending $39.99 to have one of these.

Magnetic Charging

Of course, Apple now now has their new wireless charging system . MagSafe consists of a puck-like wireless charger that magnetically snaps onto the rear of your iPhone 12. This gives perfect alignment for a the fastest wireless charging, this also means that you can still use your phone while it’s being wirelessly charged and you can’t do with a standard wireless charger. You’ll still be able to have a faster charge using a wired charger, however MagSafe can take an iPhone 12 from flat up to 40% over around half an hour.
Naturally using MagSafe will cost you extra. You will have to spend $65 just for the charger itself, and $28.99 should you need to purchase a USB Type C adaptor. If you need the magnets to connect to your case, you’ll need to purchase a MagSafe case. Your MagSafe charger will charge through most covers and cases, it won’t stick to non MagSafe cases. MagSafe cases and covers start at $78.99.
While there are parts of MagSafe that are for magSafe devices only but, it will charge as a regular old wireless charger and will be compatible with any phone that uses wireless charging. Charging time will be a bit slower as fast as MagSafe charging. At the moment, MagSafe is a fun and very convenient option, but I’m really curious to see where the ecosystem will end up.
Because a lot of us do not need a MagSafe charger at home, there sure is much potential for accessories such as car mounts where this will genuinely save time.

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A article in South Korean tech publication The Elec reports that Samsung will scale back production from about 25 million units per month to just 10 million devices for the month of April. The source also quotes an anonymous source to propose that the current Covid-19 Iockdowns as well as the shutting of factories in India as well as in the country of Brazil are causing of these contraction of output.
They state numbers will be normalized during May as this is when both the India and Brazil plants will reopen production. And, even though this lockdown has already been lengthened in India until May 3 and considering Covid 19 cases unfortunately are rising in these countries, the recovery could yet be a more lengthy process than what Samsung believes.
And yet, there’s also a silver lining for the Korean tech giant. Sales projections for its Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra have been exceeding all market predictions with sales expected to beat 6 million phones during this year when compared to the expected numbers 3.5 to 5.25 million units.

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You spend all day with your phone, setting it down on tables, chairs, public benches, bathroom counters, and even more unsightly places. Then there’s the more visible grime that gets on or in your phone from dropping it in the dog park, leaving it in your sweaty jean pockets, or letting your child pour Cheerio dust all over it. Phones get dirty easily, but thankfully getting them clean again can be easy, too, if you know what to use.

What NOT to use when cleaning your phone

Lysol or Clorox wipes might seem like an easy way to clean grime off a phone, but fight this instinct with every phone-loving fiber of your being. Bleach, vinegar, alcohol, and most harsh disinfectant chemicals can clean the sides and back of an Android phone or iPhone, but those chemicals need to stay far away from the glass front of your phone (and glass back if you have one), as they will eat away at the oleophobic coating that your phone uses to help fight fingerprint smudges.

What if my oleophobic coating is already gone? Or I don’t care about it? The oleophobic coating wears down naturally over time, so if yours is already gone, then feel free to go to town with some Lysol wipes, just be careful as you do. Make sure you don’t let the liquid from the wipe seep into any ports or pinhole mics, and make sure you let the solution dry completely from the phone before you re-apply your case. These chemicals don’t play nice with the interior components of your phone, and if they seep in far enough to trip the water damage sensor most phones have these days, you might not be covered for a warranty replacement if something shorts out.

Compressed air can be useful since it blows dust out of hard-to-reach places. However, you need to be very, very careful when using it with a phone as compressed air can damage pinhole mics and other components quite easily with their precise, pressurized air blasts.

How to clean your phone by hand

1. Take your phone out of its case. If it’s made of safe-to-wash materials like TPU/silicone and hard plastic, give the case a good rinse in warm water and let it air dry. 
   • Note: If your case is made of leather or other luxury materials, try looking for cleaners specific to your material. The maker of your case will likely have cleaning guidelines on their website or in the box the case came in.
2. Using the felt-tipped swabs in the Phone Cleaning Kit (or Q-Tips, if you’ve got the time to whittle the tips to points) to gently swab around the earpiece, speaker grills, and various ports on your phone. 
3. Be extra careful when swabbing the USB-C/Lightning port not to leave any fibers behind or dislodge any pieces inside the port. If a swab doesn’t fit in your USB-C/Lightning port, use the small brush included in the Phone Cleaning Kit instead (or a small, soft toothbrush).
4. Take a Zeiss Mobile Screen Wipe and wipe down the screen and body of the phone. While the Zeiss Wipe doesn’t have the harsh chemicals Lysol or Clorox wipes will, its evaporative pre-moistened solution should still be enough to remove the top layer of grime and germs from your phone.
5. If any streaks remain after using the Zeiss wipe, use a microfiber cloth (or a clean, non-embroidered kitchen towel) to wipe the screen clear of streaks.
6. Once the phone and case are both completely dry, re-apply your case to your phone.

If you don’t regularly use your headphone port — or just tend to acquire more dirt and lint in your ports than normal — consider investing in a set of dust plugs to help keep your port clear and clean when not charging. Also, if you’d like to cut down on grime accumulated on your screen/case when you use your phone, put your phone down for a few minutes and go wash your grimy hands before getting back to browsing Reddit. Even a quick wipe of your hands with hand sanitizer can majorly cut down the sweaty, oily, germ-filled streaks on your screen.

Seriously, clean your hands, ya filthy animal!

The easiest way to disinfect your phone

There are solutions you can make by diluting isopropyl alcohol that can disinfect a phone, but again, you generally want to avoid alcohol and vinegar as they’ll eat through your oleophobic coating. If that What’s a girl to disinfect with instead? UV! Ultraviolet lights can kill bacteria and disinfect your phone with just a few minutes inside a doll-sized tanning bed.

There are a few versions of these UV phone baths out there, but the one I find the most practically sized and long-lasting is the PhoneSoap 3. It’s roughly the size of hardback novel, features UV lights in the lid and base, and when you put your phone inside, it bathes your phone in germ-killing UV lights. Then the unit starts cleaning and the lightning bolt on the top of the unit lights up. When the light turns off, your phone is clean and you can take it out and be on your way. If you have a super-sized phone like the new Galaxy S20 Ultra, you’ll want to opt for the longer Pro version to ensure your phone fits.

I like to bathe my phone and case separately so that no grime can hide under the cracks and crevices of the case, but you can stick your phone in the case and kill all of the surface bacteria on your phone. If you’re someone who tweets on the toilet — or knocks out a few rounds of a match-three game, like me — consider investing in a PhoneSoap and running your phone through it at least once a week. I also run my house keys through it every few weeks.

Cleaning kit essentials

There are a lot of different products out there you can employ to clean a phone, and no one single item is required to clean yours. These are the products that have worked best for us, but you may also have products like these sitting around your house already.

This article How to properly clean and disinfect your smartphone

originally appeared on www.androidcentral.com
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Joining with the sustainable trend that’s taking over the tech world, Case-Mate has joined forces with The Nature Conservancy to design and build a series of eco-friendly mobile phone covers and cases for a variety of iPhones, for the iPhone 11, the iPhone 11 Pro and the 11 Pro Max. 

The four cases are named Eco94 and use post consumer recycled plastic or plastic alternatives. This is plastic that we normally would have thrown in the garbage without a secondary thought. 

To help overcome and reduce this wastage, many companies around the globe are taking matters into their hands in order to develop sustainable answers.

E94 Eco-friendly iPhone Cases

These new Eco94 covers from Case-Mate are a shining example of this. There will be no surprise to those who are familiar with Incipio’s Organicore cases.
As well as having special sustainable properties, these cases are also able to provide with 10-foot drop protection for your phone and they are also ready for wireless charging. And wait for it, these cases also come in packaging that is made from 100% recycled paper and the packaging contains zero plastic.
Two of these Eco94 Recycled mobile phone covers ($49.99) are built from 60% post-consumer reworked plastic. They are available in two designs: one with colourful design and the other comes with eco-friendly messaging. 

The plastics that are used come from the automotive industry, and these covers are fully recyclable, so do not worry about the case ending up as landfill.
Case-Mate’s Eco94 Eco-Clear cover ($49.99) is made from bioplastics that are derived from corn. The Eco-Clear case has a manufacturing process that produces a smaller carbon footprint than what is produced when the case is made using traditional petroleum-based plastic. And even more eco responsibly, it is 100% recyclable.
Case-Mate’s Eco94 Biodegradable phone case ($49.99), will be available later in March and is also made from plant-based bioplastics. This case is also 100% biodegradable. Case-Mate has stated that while their case is compostable and it will not leave behind any toxic materials, biodegrading this case requires the specific conditions that are generally available only in an industrial composting facility.
If there is not one of these composting facilities near to you, don’t worry, as the case is also 100% recyclable.
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