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5thwheeleroldma
Explorer
Nov 25, 2015

Does Using SmartPhone as Hotspot Ruin Battery?

I'm signing up for verizon smart phones and one of the big attractions was that I could use one of the smartphones as a hotspot and dump my verizon hotspot I have used for years --- would save me lots...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Nov 29, 2015
Using the phone as a hot spot WILL run the battery down very fast.. UNLESS (read on)

And battery life is measured in cycles assuming no abuse. also the speed of charge/discharge affects overall battery life... So I'd say the Verizon hack was well.. Not exactly lying, but not telling the full story either.

now for the UNLESS.

plug in the charger cable and don't even use the battery.. That's what I do when I hot spot.

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