10 Smartphone Myths That We Will Believe For A Long Time

Show me your smartphone, and I’ll tell you who you are. This joke contains a grain of truth, especially in the context of the misconceptions and beliefs we have about smartphones, their selection, and the purchase of accessories. The problem here isn’t necessarily us but rather those who perpetuate these myths.

We can argue that what AdmiGram.com will share today will be believed by people for a very long time. After all, what people sometimes fail to fully understand, they always distort and embellish, turning real information into funny absurdities and popular myths.

10 smartphone myths that we will believe for a long time

The more megapixels, the better the camera

Bigger is better! This is marketers’ favorite trick that works flawlessly. In reality, the quality of a photo taken with a smartphone has long been determined by internal processing algorithms and the quality of the optics. So your 200-megapixel camera may easily lose to a well-crafted 12-megapixel one.

A protective glass will save the screen when the smartphone falls

The funniest and saddest myth at the same time. If your phone slips out of your hand onto concrete, asphalt, or office tiles, your screen may remain intact, but how long your phone will continue to work after such a fall is hard to predict. Protective glass and cases only protect the phone’s external appearance but do not guarantee the device’s functionality after a drop.

The smartphone’s battery life depends on the battery capacity

Once again, more does not mean better. 10,000 mAh does not necessarily mean that a phone will last longer than others with a smaller battery. In reality, the duration of a smartphone’s operation is influenced by a combination of hardware, software optimization, and how intensively you use it. The smaller the smartphone’s manufacturing process, the potentially more durable it will be without recharging.

The more cores, the faster the smartphone

The number of cores, their frequency, and performance are increased not because the phone will work faster but because it helps with sales and, more importantly, allows the phone to handle tons of unoptimized and unnecessary code in the smartphone’s operating system. Today, smartphone software is so complex and bulky that it’s more efficient to use a new processor than to maintain a team of software developers.

You should only use original accessories

Chargers, headphones, cables… Nowadays, everything is so standardized that there is no real difference (except for aesthetics, of course) in choosing a brand for your smartphone accessories. As long as it’s not a counterfeit product, they will all serve you faithfully for years, and nothing bad will happen to your smartphone.

Cleaning apps make your smartphone work better

Cleaning apps are probably the most useless software you can entrust your smartphone to. They burden the system, have access to most of its components, and consume a lot of battery power when running in the background. The only right way to optimize the system is to avoid installing unnecessary apps. Manufacturers already optimize the smartphone’s software to the best of their ability.

The fancier the brand, the more reliable (better) the smartphone

Can you recall any flagship smartphone model that didn’t have obvious issues with something? Everything looks good only at the moment of their presentation. The likelihood of flaws in any phone model depends solely on the skills of the engineers who designed it and how meticulously and responsibly they conducted testing of the prototypes. The manufacturer’s logo doesn’t always guarantee quality.

You can dry a wet phone in rice

Oh, who came up with such nonsense? If water has penetrated inside the phone, most likely, nothing will help it anymore. Even if you rush to a service center and hand it over to a technician as quickly as possible. Rescuing a phone within 2 minutes only happens on TikTok. In practice, you should mentally prepare yourself to buy a new phone. However, there are exceptions.

You must completely discharge a new smartphone

Yet another age-old myth that will live forever. Why doesn’t it occur to anyone that every battery, before it goes into a phone, undergoes numerous tests, including a full charge-discharge cycle test? Modern batteries don’t care how, when, or how often you charge them. Their capacity will last you for 3-5 years, and by then, you’ll probably want to buy a newer smartphone anyway.

Smartphones emit dangerous radiation

Let’s reveal a scary secret: various types of radiation permeate our entire universe, and many of them are much more dangerous than what your phone emits. For instance, UV radiation from the sun is a thousand times more hazardous than the electromagnetic waves from cell phones. But you don’t think the sun is harming you, do you? Smartphones are meant to be used for enjoyment, and to do that, it’s important to forget about myths and stop worrying needlessly!

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