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How to keep your phone battery healthy
HOW TO KEEP YOUR PHONE BATTERY HEALTHY Where would modern life be without Lithium-ion batteries? We’d still be printing out our MapQuest directions, getting kicked off AIM when mom makes a phone call, and reading shampoo bottles on the john for entertainment. No thank you. But the bummer deal is, like all good things that come to an end, Li-ion batteries eventually start giving up the ghost. So how do you keep your phone from giving up on you before you give up on it and go for an upgrade? We’ve compiled a list of the top tips to keep your phone’s battery kickin’ as long as possible. A partial charge is the healthier...
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Your guide to Qi wireless charging
YOUR GUIDE TO WIRELESS CHARGING Cable charging will always have its place under the sun, but if you’re ready to take the leap to electrical freedom, here’s a crash course in wireless charging. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that our species loves a good life hack. There are countless TikToks, Pinterest pins, YouTube vids, articles, and…ahem…blogs…on the very subject. We can’t be bothered with something being harder than it should be. And it can also be aesthetically pleasing at the same time? Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit! One such life hack the world didn’t know it needed was wireless charging. The funny thing is, wireless...
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How MagSafe Works
HOW DOES MAGSAFE WORK? 2020. Boy, was it a year. A year of uncertainty. A year of social distancing and masking up. A year of the Tiger King. But it was also the year that Apple introduced MagSafe in their iPhone devices. At least something good came out of the year we all wish we could forget. So what the heck is MagSafe and why should we care? Let us take you all the way back to 2006. We were first introduced to the MagSafe name as a feature of the MacBook Pro charging cable. It’s had a couple of different versions since then but the main idea was to save you from the...
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iPhone 14 Rumors
That’s right. It supposedly all goes down next week. No…not National Guacamole Day (well…yes, but…let’s come back to that.) It’s the day of optimism. New frontiers. Basking in the glow of possibility. It’s the day of the new iPhone announcement! We’ve rounded up the top rumors that have been flying for months about what you can expect from the new kid on the block. Rumor #1: Call me maybe From everything we’ve heard, Apple will stick with their naming scheme and call 2022’s rendition the “iPhone 14.” But after they pulled the ol’ switcheroo and leapfrogged right over iPhone 9 to X, forgive us if we’re not putting our chips all in for this one....
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Welcome to Festivish Season
What is Festivish Season, you may ask? It’s what we, at Smartish, lovingly call the period surrounding the launch of the newest rendition of the iPhone. You may be gearing up for a new school year or counting the days until you feel that first hint of autumn, but we’re over here geeking out over the smallest changes to the rumored screen sizes, camera bumps, and button placement. It's pretty much our favorite holiday. And in true holiday fashion, we like to give it a theme. For iPhone 13 we gave you an apocalyptic survival guide. For the 12 it was extreme sports. Before that we recruited some superheroes to help you avoid the dreaded crack (while hopefully making you...
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5 Subtle Ways to Check Your Partner's Phone Size
5 SUBTLE WAYS TO CHECK YOUR PARTNER'S IPHONE SIZE "I want to get my partner one of your cases as a gift, but I don't know their phone size. How can I figure it out without asking them and ruining the whole surprise?" Well, friend, that's a toughie. As we all know, once you have the iPhone in your possession, all you need to do is click "Settings>General>About." But here at Smartish, we've been figuring out phone sizes for more than a decade now. To share our expertise, we've come up with a list of five sneaky ways to get the answer you need! 1. OFFER TO TAKE A PICTURE NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT "Woah, babe, you look so...
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Scrubba Dub Dub Dub
Yep, Smartish cases can and should be cleaned. Including personalized printed cases. Fortunately, it's quick and easy. Here's how to up your case cleanliness game:First, read Wirecutter’s guide to disinfecting your phone.Next, clean your Smartish case by using disinfectant wipes or 70 percent isopropyl alcohol wipes. These solutions will clean the case without damaging it.Repeat often.Stay Smartish (and clean), y'all. Get More Protection >
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Smartish has Landed!
Have you heard that we evolved our name from Silk to Smartish? Yep, we (finally) went full Smartish. Wait, what happened to Silk? The phone case company formerly known as Silk is now Smartish. Newish name, same badass products. It was one small step for this brand, and one giant leap for brand kind! It's a hullabaloo here at Smartish HQ (with beer and tacos, of course)... so cheers! Follow all our (newish) buffoonery @StaySmartish