Extremely easy hack that requires no charger can make your iPhone's battery last much longer, study finds
Published on Jul 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Jul 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
There’s an extremely easy hack that can make your Apple iPhone’s battery last much longer without the need for a charger.
If you’ve had your Apple iPhone for a while, the chances are the battery isn’t as good as it once was.
Over time, phone batteries degrade, and you might not get as long between charges.
However, there’s a super simple thing you can do to help your iPhone’s battery last much longer.
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There’s a simple way to make your iPhone’s battery last much longer
Battery degradation on phones can be a massive pain. And in a worst-case scenario, it may even mean you need to replace your battery or the entire phone.
Thankfully, there are plenty of tips, tricks, hints, and hacks out there to help protect your battery’s health and prolong battery life between charges.
A former Apple employee has warned against charging your phone to 100 percent, while Apple offers a few easy things you can do to make your battery last longer.
Now, a new study has also helped find another easy-peasy thing you can do to preserve your battery life. And it might be particularly helpful to those of you who are in a bunch of group chats.
A study from Common Sense Media found that younger people could receive as many as 5,000 notifications per day.
And, as iPhone users will know, when you get a notification, your screen will light up.
So, if you’re getting hundreds, or even thousands, of notifications per day, your screen will be lit up almost constantly. That’s a serious drain on the battery.
However, since 2015, Apple has had a feature called Facedown Detection.
It uses ambient light and proximity sensors to ‘know’ when your iPhone is facedown on a table. Which prevents the screen from lighting up – even if you get a notification.
This means that if you place your phone facedown when you’re not using it, that can help make your iPhone’s battery last longer.
That’s not the only way to curb your notifications
Apple doesn’t have a way of stopping the screen from lighting up when it gets a notification, other than activating Facedown Detection by keeping it facedown.
However, if that’s not for you, you can also get rid of notifications by putting your iPhone into Do Not Disturb Mode. Or you can turn off all notifications in the Settings.
If you still want to get notifications for some apps, then you can choose which ones by going into Settings, selecting Notifications, and then choosing a specific app’s icon.
From here, you can toggle notifications on or off. And help keep your battery healthier for longer.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
