It’s recommended that iPhone users cease shutting down their apps as it’s damaging the gadget, according to experts.
The tech giant Apple advises against shutting programs until absolutely necessary, contrary to popular belief that doing so saves battery life.
One iPhone expert said it’s not necessary to close the apps at all.
According to Lawrence Finch in an Apple forum, “it is a common belief that you should close apps running in the background to improve performance and save battery life.”
Sadly, this is a fallacy that is false in the majority of cases. Apps should only be closed from the quick-launch screen if they are “misbehaving,” meaning they aren’t functioning properly, or if they are consuming energy (as indicated by Settings/Battery) and you aren’t using them right now.
As it turns out, the carousel of apps left open is not draining your battery because the apps are not being used. The tech giant explains that they are ‘frozen’, and do not take up any extra resources from your phone as you’re using it.
Tech journalist John Gruber offered further insight on his tech blog Daring Fireball.
‘Apps in the background are effectively ‘frozen’, severely limiting what they can do in the background and freeing up the RAM they were using. iOS is really, really good at this, said Mr Gruber.
‘It is so good at this that unfreezing a frozen app takes up way less CPU (and energy) than relaunching an app that had been force quit.
‘Not only does force quitting your apps not help, it actually hurts. Your battery life will be worse and it will take much longer to switch apps if you force quit apps in the background.’
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