Why you could be charging your phone the wrong way

You should avoid keeping your phone plugged in once it is fully charged (Photo: Mirror)

Smartphone users everywhere know the drama of trying to nurse their battery through the day without running out of juice. If you are nowhere near a charging point, a typical day of messaging and checking social media can drain your battery annoyingly quickly.

You might dismiss your phone's rubbish battery as a frustrating fact of life, but actually, the way you charge it has a big impact. It is commonly thought that charging our phones in small bursts damages the battery, but in reality the opposite is true, Business Insider reports.