Don’t Charge Your Phone Overnight, A Real Warning Or Tech Myth?

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You've heard all the stories about how you're supposed to treat your technology right? Like not charging your phone overnight, or near your body. That Siri and Alexa are always listening and tracking us. Or that you dump your phone in rice when it's wet.

So what exactly is the truth?

In this episode of The Quicky, we speak with our resident tech expert, Trevor Long, to find out the fact from fiction when it comes to our devices.

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Don’t Charge Your Phone Overnight, A Real Warning Or Tech Myth?

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published about a year ago

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So what exactly is the truth?

In this episode of The Quicky, we speak with our resident tech expert, Trevor Long, to find out the fact from fiction when it comes to our devices.

Want to try our new exercise app? Click here to start a seven day free trial of MOVE by Mamamia.

Subscribe to Mamamia

GET IN TOUCH

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au

CREDITS

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Trevor Long - Editor of technology website EFTM, a tech commentator and the host of the Two Blokes Talking Tech podcast

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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