Technology is everywhere but so is bad information so here are five tech myths. Number one is
that leaving your phone plugged in overnight hurts your battery. It happens to everyone,
you get home at the end of the day with a nearly dead phone and leave it plugged in
all night so it’s fully charged when you wake up. Is this a good idea though? The short
answer is yeah, this is totally fine. So phones are pretty smart about this sort of thing,
as the battery starts to fill up it automatically slows the rate of charging. For the absolute
best battery life charging a little bit throughout the day will help keep your battery healthy
for longer but if you want to plug your phone in overnight it’s totally fine. Another
phone related myth is that you need to close apps on your phone. If you open up your multitasking
odds are you’ll see a ton of open apps but is this a bad thing? Not really. Operating
systems like Android and iOS are really good about managing memory. Unlike a computer that
will start to slow down if you leave stuff running mobile OSes will automatically close
apps when you need more memory and automatically reopen them when you come back. Because of
this having the RAM on your phone full is actually a good thing, it means that you’re
taking advantage of having as many apps ready to go as possible. Sometimes you might need
to force close a misbehaving app but besides that let your phone figure out what to keep
open. Here’s a classic one, you need an expensive HDMI cable. We’ve all been in
a store and seen the super diamond ultra platinum mega HDMI cables that run you a hundred bucks
but you don’t really need these. Unlike older video cables, HDMI is digital. This
means that the signal is 100% identical regardless of what cable you’re using, whether it costs
$5 or $500. Don’t fall for the marketing, a more expensive cable won’t get you better
image quality, either you get a signal over HDMI or you don’t. The only time where spending
the extra cash makes sense is if you need a long cable. Normal HDMI cables will be totally
fine up to a length of five meters however higher end cables can be as long as fifteen
meters and these will cost you a fair bit more. For the vast majority of people though
you can safely avoid the pricey HDMI cables and just get yourself a cheap one. Next is
the myth that all tech specs are created equal. When shopping for a new phone or computer
it’s easy to compare the specs on the box. More is better right? Not necessarily. So
I’ve done several videos on this but you can’t always take specs at face value. Take
for example my recent fastest phone comparison. On paper the Galaxy S6 with it’s eight cores
should easily beat out the iPhone with only two however in actual testing they were surprisingly
close. The same thing goes for things like megapixels, sure more is better in theory
but a lot of the time a high megapixel count can give you worse results than a lower one.
Don’t get me wrong, specs are absolutely important however they’re not always as
straightforward as they seem. A myth I hear a lot is that your computer shouldn’t run
hot. In a perfect world all computers would run at room temperature but in reality running
warm can actually be a good thing. With devices getting thinner and thinner it’s not uncommon
to see processors reaching 100 degrees Celsius in new devices such as the new MacBook but
is this safe? Pretty much. With no fan to cool it the Intel Core M processor inside
the MacBook relies on the aluminum chassis to dissipate heat. This means that the hotter
the CPU is allowed to be the more freedom it has to run at a higher clock speed. This
also holds true for more traditional computers, as long as it’s below the safe temperature
limit running hot often means you’re allowing the computer to reach the highest performance
that it can. Anandtech did a great test of this that shows how a laptop that is tuned
to run cool can be much slower than one that’s allowed to run warm. While cooler is usually
better modern processors are totally fine running warm. So what are some tech myths
you’ve heard? Let me know in the comments below and if you enjoyed and want to see more
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