Am I butchering my Cell Phone with GPRS knife?
By amitksing
@amitksing (1323)
India
January 8, 2008 10:52am CST
I use my Cell Phone (Nokia N70 Music Edition) to connect my Laptop Computer to surf internet using GPRS. The thing is that I spend around 4-6 hours on internet everyday with data exchange of about 1.3GB per month. I have to charge my cell phone twice a day since using GPRS eats a lot of battery.
Am I killing my Cell Phone by accessing GPRS for so long everyday? Does it actually harm my Cell Phone?
1 response
@markb658 (40)
• Ireland
8 Jan 08
It wont harm the cell phone itself, but it does have some effects on the long-term life of the battery, I'm in a similar situation, I use my phone connected to the PC as a modem, and i charge it while im using it, because i had to much hassle of the battery going low and not knowing, but the constant charge/discharge of the battery does harm the battery istelf, A way to help though is every now and then let the battery completely discharge and give it a full recharge, and this will help the battery, but using the battery in this way does have an effect on it.
