3 Smartphone Myths You’ve Totally Fallen For – Busted!

We all love our smartphones, they're practically an extra limb. But let's be real, a lot of the 'tech wisdom' floating around is as real as a free iPhone giveaway. But, it's time to put on our detective hats, channel our inner desi jugaad genius, and debunk three major myths about the device you hold.

Myth 1: The Fingerprint Lock is Unbreakable

Everyone feels super spy-level secure with a fingerprint lock, because we believe fingerprints can’t be copied. But, wrong, for smartphones it ain’t true!

I know it’s hard to fathom, but while every smartphone company promises top-tier security, in a country where people can make a fan out of a bottle and a charger, replicating a fingerprint is definitely possible(Jugaad, you see). With a little totka and a few YouTube tutorials (don’t ask us how we know!), people can easily figure it out.

Numeric passcodes are often the real OG security heroes. The sheer number of potential combinations makes brute-forcing your way much tougher. If you're serious about security, stick to a long, complex PIN, it’s more difficult to crack than a simple touch. While both the methods are pretty secure as opposed to having nothing, when you talk about breachability, numeric passcodes come out as a better option than fingerprint.

Myth 2: High IP Rating Means Your Phone Can Swim in the Ocean

You splash a little water on your new phone and smugly think, "Ha! I have an IP68 rating, try me!"

Well, hold your horses. An IP rating (Ingress Protection) only guarantees resistance up to a certain depth and for a limited time in fresh water. It’s like a temporary raincoat, not a deep-sea diving suit. It’s fine for few drops of water getting splashed on your phone but not if you immerse them in a water tank, for the most part.

More importantly, none of the phones are tested in saltwater. Sea water is corrosive and will totally ruin your phone.

So, if your phone takes a Titanic-style plunge, never expect a warranty claim from any company. Cause they’ll politely ask you to get lost!

Myth 3: Closing All Recent Apps Makes Your Phone Faster

This one’s the most popular one: Your phone is lagging a bit, so you aggressively swipe up to close all your recent apps, thinking you've just unlocked its turbo mode.

No buddy, when you close an app, you’re basically purging it from your phone’s RAM (Random Access Memory). The next time you open that app, your phone has to load it completely from scratch, which consumes more battery and processing power than simply letting it chill in the background.

Let’s understand it this way- keeping an app in the background is like having a book open to the right page on your desk. Very easy to pick up. Closing it is like putting the book back on the shelf, without bookmarking it and you have to search for it all over again.

In the short term, you might not notice, but over time, constantly forcing apps to restart drains your resources and, yes, actually slows your phone down. Let the apps breathe!

So, to summarize the conclusion in one line- ‘Time to stop believing everything you see on the internet.’