{"id":18265,"date":"2025-03-27T13:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/from-smash-proof-cases-to-updates-how-to-make-your-smartphone-last-longer\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:38:27","slug":"from-smash-proof-cases-to-updates-how-to-make-your-smartphone-last-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/from-smash-proof-cases-to-updates-how-to-make-your-smartphone-last-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"From smash-proof cases to updates: how to make your smartphone last longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no need to buy a new phone every year: make yours last with these accessories, and tips on maximising the battery and storage<\/p>\n<p>Modern smartphones have reached a plateau. Each new release makes only small gains, rendering frequent upgrades to new models a waste of time and money.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that smartphones now last a long time: look after yours properly and it could last seven years or more. Here\u2019s how to make your phone go the distance.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter\/2025\/mar\/27\/from-smash-proof-cases-to-updates-how-to-make-your-smartphone-last-longer\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ca2f3496f6d43ac109d065521cd3eccbc9e238d3\/173_348_5195_3117\/master\/5195.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=461b52f469c04f50b189fe6d47039211\" title=\"From smash-proof cases to updates: how to make your smartphone last longer\" \/>There\u2019s no need to buy a new phone every year: make yours last with these accessories, and tips on maximising the battery and storage<br \/>\nModern smartphones have reached a plateau. Each new release makes only small gains, rendering frequent upgrades to new models a waste of time and money.<br \/>\nThe good news is that smartphones now last a long time: look after yours properly and it could last seven years or more. Here\u2019s how to make your phone go the distance. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no need to buy a new phone every year: make yours last with these accessories, and tips on maximising the battery and storage Modern smartphones have reached a plateau. Each new release makes only small gains, rendering frequent upgrades to new models a waste of time and money. The good news is that smartphones &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/from-smash-proof-cases-to-updates-how-to-make-your-smartphone-last-longer\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From smash-proof cases to updates: how to make your smartphone last longer<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}