Here's how to replace your smartphone's battery
Is your smartphone ’s battery draining faster than it used to back when you first unboxed it? Batteries — including rechargeable ones like those used in smartphones — chemically age over time. In other words, they degrade as you charge and discharge them over the course of a few years. Don’t despair, though — while modern cellphones don’t come with removable batteries anymore, you can still get a replacement quite easily. How to tell if your cellphone battery needs a replacement Most smartphone manufacturers aim to design batteries that retain at least 80 to 85% of their original capacity after two years. However, your phone’s battery can degrade faster than that. Fast charging and prolonged exposure to heat are just some of the many factors that could quickly diminish its capacity. What’s worse — it’s often difficult to estimate how much your smartphone’s battery has degraded since you unboxed it. A telltale sign of reduced batt...