With popularity come rumors. How many times have you watched something getting popular and then encountered videos on myths about it? Such a device is your smartphone. Technology, however, has prevailed, and a smartphone is not something new. But surprisingly, smartphone myths are still a hot gossip and people actually believe them.

As many chronicles as there are bards, you cannot believe everything you hear. While some myths might be true, many are not. Come, let us head straight into bursting these myths for you, so that you may not keep fearing them unnecessarily.

7 Myths About Using Your Smartphone

In this section, we are going to debunk some of the most credulous myths about using your smartphone. Let’s start. Shall we?

1. You Are Being Tracked.

You are so innocent for believing that you are being tracked by someone. Think about it. Do you possess critically confidential data? Do you have connections with terrorists? Are you reported as lost to the police? No? Then why would the government or intelligence agencies be interested in knowing your location? 

Also, removing your sim card or putting the phone in airplane mode will not keep someone from tracking your location as the built-in tracking functionalities of the phone will still work. If the agencies want you, they WILL track and knock you down anyway. However, removing your phone’s battery or simply switching it off can help you ghost them.

2. You Should Only Use The Original Charger.

This is false. The mobile accessory market pays off great profit to phone manufacturers. So they keep manipulating you into buying only OEM chargers as alternatives to the original. Just so you know, OEM chargers are the ones built by the same manufacturers as your phone.

Any charger that fits your phone’s specs is okay to use. However, you should watch out for low-quality third-party chargers that may not be safe to use. Always go for the ones built by quality manufacturers such as Amazon.

3. The Battery Lasts Longer If Completely Drained Before Recharging.

Does that make sense? It did, for NiCD and NiMH batteries that were used in cameras years ago. They used to last long when fully drained before recharging to their full capacity.

But as technology evolved, modern smartphones now come with Lithium-ion batteries that do not have “memory cells”. It means they do not need to be drained before recharging. You can recharge your smartphone from even 99%.

4. Apps Running In The Background Slow Down Response Speed.

Mobile operating systems have allowed running multiple apps in order to multitask, not to slow down the device even further. Using multiple apps simultaneously doesn’t slow down the phone’s response speed.

Interestingly, the actual culprit can be either an occupied storage space or outdated software. When you do not free up storage space or keep delaying the software update, your phone starts to respond slowly.

The mobile OS does limit the amount of work an app can do while running in the background. But multitasking does not affect device speed. However, it does eat up the battery faster.

5. The Smartphone Might Burst If Used While Charging.

We are often scolded for excessively using phones. Some of us are so obsessed with our smart devices that we stick to them even when they are recharging. However, limited and safe screen time is another debate.

Following the myth, it is said that the smartphone gets heated up while charging. So if used meanwhile, it might burst, leaving the user injured. That is false. Smartphones are safe to use while charging, whether you watch videos or play games. The only pitfall is that the device may take longer to charge.

6. Smartphones Emit Cancer-Causing Radiations.

Many people believe that smartphones emit harmful radiations that cause deadly diseases like cancer and also stimulate mental stress. So they avoid placing their phones under their pillow or on the side table while sleeping. Do you? Calm down, for this is not more than a mere myth.

Smartphones emit electromagnetic radiations that are completely safe to come in contact with. They do not harm the human body in any way. Therefore, you should not listen to “switch off your phones during the solar eclipse” nonsense next time.

7. A Higher Megapixel Camera Means Better Photos.

Mobile ads have got you thinking that a phone with a higher megapixels camera is better than one with low resolution. Let us break this for you. Megapixels affect the image size, not the quality. A higher megapixel count means you’ll have a relatively wider/larger image, not better quality.

As far as image quality is concerned, sensor size is one factor to consider. Note that an 8MP camera with a large sensor can do better in terms of quality than a 16MP camera with a smaller sensor.

Conclusion

Numerous rumors about using your smartphone keep roaming like monsters. You should not believe them all blindfolded but search for answers. Hopefully, now you can sleep in peace knowing that you are not being tracked, harmed, or fooled anymore.