Iphone 5 batteries

[Poolzer]

Maybe this is known to some, but I had no clue.

I was always told to close background apps to save the battery, regardless of the app. I found out today that is dead wrong for the iphone 5. It actually adds to the deterioration of the battery, which was the issue I was having. My battery would get to around 20% and then shut off. I would plug it back in when I had the chance and it would still be at around 18%. I have had it just over a year now.

So an online chat with apple and a diagnostic check stating the battery was failing and a visit to the apple store to get a new battery was easy enough. I was told by 2 different employees to not close background apps. They showed me a battery usage program on their iphone 5 with 20 apps open vs 2 and the usage was barely different. Closing the app actually is like crashing it apparently and the only way it should be done is by rebooting the phone. Only apps like friend finder, traffic updates and ones that pulls data constantly use a slight battery drain with the iphone5, all others just sit in the back waiting to be used.

I told them they need to make a commercial stating this as everyone has always to me to close apps.

So now you know...