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In recent days, Norwegians have felt bitter cold. In several places in eastern Norway the temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees, while in the far north of Finnmark it was minus 50 before the start of the weekend.
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Not made for extreme cold
Cold weather presents a number of challenges on multiple fronts. It’s not just electric cars that go on strike and water pipes that freeze. Even smartphones can be affected. Today’s phones aren’t designed to withstand extreme cold.
For example, the operating temperature of the iPhone is between 0 and 45 degrees.
“If you use an iOS or iPadOS device in a very cold environment, where the temperature is outside the normal operating range, battery life may be temporarily reduced, causing the device to turn off. Battery life returns to normal when the temperature in the location increases,” Apple writes on its website.
It can be hard to forget
– You can wear black
So when we get down to either 20 or 30 degrees below zero, obviously there will be problems.
– When is it too cold to use your smartphone outdoors?
– This varies from phone to phone, but the colder it gets, the shorter the battery life. If you keep your phone outdoors at minus 20 degrees, you may find that it goes black quite quickly, says Elizabeth Gill, marketing manager at Power to DinSide.
According to Gill, the batteries are not intended to be used in temperatures as cold as we are experiencing now, and are surrounded by metal which helps lower the temperature further.
In extreme cold conditions, the screen may experience problems. In the worst case scenario, extreme cold can permanently damage your phone’s hardware.
When your iPhone overheats, you get a notification on your screen, with the option to call an emergency number if you need it. Otherwise, i.e. when it is too cold, you will not receive this message when you turn off the phone.
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Protection is important
If it’s 20 degrees outside, it’s best to use your phone as little as possible and leave it in your pocket instead. However, Power’s marketing manager has more advice if you need to use it anyway.
To make the battery last as long as possible, we recommend keeping your mobile phone in your pocket and close to your body, but without condensation forming.
– Please have something on hand that protects you from both condensation and the cold – for example a blanket or simply a sock or woolen glove, advises Gill.
– Take out your phone as little as possible and for as little time as possible and use headphones to monitor conversations instead, continues.
– Our best advice is actually to use wired headphones and not Bluetooth. The latter, like your phone, will discharge quickly.
Also be careful when taking your phone from the extreme cold outside to the heat inside. In case of very high temperature differences it is advantageous to let the mobile phone have a more gradual transition, for example by leaving it in the corridor for a while first. This is to avoid the formation of condensation, which can damage the electronics.
2024-01-09 12:43:48
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