The one thing you should stop doing to make your phone battery last longer

Well, it's almost ritualistic, after a long day of hard work you probably get home, have a vino, some dinner and head to bed to wind down on some Facebook, Twitter or even YouTube.

So as you're closing your eyes and getting ready to head to dreamland, your last action for the night might be to chuck your phone on charge, so both you and your fave device can get some well-deserved rest.

However, people don't actually realise that that is number one on the 'how to destroy your battery' list. Although this seems like a no-brainer, most people go ahead and give their phone the overnight charge treatment, but this puts most batteries into a state-of-stress, which lowers the life the battery.

According to specialists, you should sporadically charge your phone throughout the day. Which, for some, is easier said than done. 

This was your friendly battery update for today.