Former Apple employee reveals the real way to extend your iPhone’s battery life

A TikToker has shared a series of iPhone battery life saving tips and the first will certainly surprise you.

Apple users have long complained about the battery life of iPhones.

In the world of connectivity there is nothing more annoying than your phone dying.

Can’t text your buddies on WhatsApp ahead of meeting up with them... because your phone is dead.

Can’t figure out where you are meant to be going without Google maps... because your phone is dead.

Well, for those wishing to extend the battery life of their device - new and old - a TikToker, who claims to be an ex Apple employee, has highlighted some simple tips on how to do this.

Tyler Morgan, who often shares videos on his page @hitomidocameraroll, has had this clip go viral, with almost three millions views.

The first tip is a little extreme, as he claimed: “You wanna save battery on your iPhone? Break your iPhone.

“You think I’m joking, I'm not. If you have Apple Care, you could be replacing your battery for free. Okay but here’s the actual tips.”

Yes, it's definitely worth checking you're covered by Apple Care before chucking your phone off a building.

Tyler then explained a bunch of easy tips that can be implemented that are apparently meant to increase the phone's battery life.

“Do not plug your phone in overnight. [Mines] at 43 percent right now, it’ll probably be around 33 percent in the morning,” he said.

“Also, don’t charge to 100 percent, charge to like 80 percent. In your battery settings, go to battery health and charging, click charging optimization and turn it on. You can choose between optimized battery charging and 80 percent limit.

“If you don’t have that, just watch it and make sure it doesn’t go past 80 percent.

“Now if you are gonna go out for a long time or you’re gonna be out for more than a day, maybe you’re gonna hike Mount Fuji then you can charge it to 100 percent it’s fine.

“Just don’t charge it to 100 percent every single day.”

All sounds fair enough.

Tyler went on to claim that turning off Wi-Fi when it is not being used can also help battery life. This also applies to bluetooth and cellular.

He remarked that while you might also be thinking turning your phone off completely would just be better but said that the phones haven’t been designed to be turned off for long periods of time and is meant to be on all the time.

According to Apple: “There are two simple ways you can preserve battery life - no matter how you use your device: adjust your screen brightness and use Wi‑Fi.

“Dim the screen or turn on Auto-Brightness to extend battery life. To dim, open Control Centre and drag the Brightness slider to the bottom.

“Auto-Brightness adjusts your screen to lighting conditions automatically. To activate it, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations and set Auto-Brightness to On.”

The tech company adds: "When you use your device to access data, a Wi‑Fi connection uses less power than a mobile network - so keep Wi‑Fi on at all times. To turn on Wi‑Fi, go to Settings > Wi‑Fi to access a Wi‑Fi network."

UNILAD has contacted Apple for comment.

Topics: Apple, Technology, TikTok, iPhone

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.