Do you go to the beach with your mobile? Keeping it safe and surviving the summer is just a matter of following a few tips

Summer, that time we love so much, synonymous with rest and disconnection. But also one of the periods of the year when our mobile devices suffer the most And there is nothing that feels worse to a mobile or a tablet (and any device electronics in general) than high temperatures, sand or water.

For this reason keeping them safe is essential if we do not want to have to resort to the SAT and almost certainly end up paying for a arrangement that in the case of water, almost never covers a guarantee.And for this, nothing better than taking into account a series of minimum precautions.

It's just about following a few steps, some care guidelines to prevent the most common risk factors of this time of year from affecting the life of our mobileor tablet. So if you are interested, you can take the pencil and take note of what we propose here.

Water, always far away

It is true that a good part of today's terminals are resistant to water (to splashes, rather, in most cases), a fact that does not prevent many accidents with water involved, the manufacturer decides that the warranty may be voided. Waterproof? Yes, but better to leave the test for unavoidable situations

Therefore, it is best not to use the _smartphone_ or tablet near a place with water with wet hands if we have come out of the pool or worse, from the sea water.The reason? That some water can always enter no matter how well insulated the terminal is, so let's avoid risks Water is one of the greatest enemies of electronics (water and humidity). It causes failures in the internal circuitry and what to say if it is s alt water on top.

Take care of the place where we keep it

No leaving your cell phone in your bag in the sun. And not because it could fall into the hands of a stranger's friend, but because the temperatures to which it is exposed by being in a beach bag or bag in the sun make the heat inside it increase remarkably.

This advice also extends to leaving it inside a car with everything closed Some measures to prevent the mobile from reaching to display the extreme temperature warning that notably harms the life of the device and especially the battery.Moreover, a good idea is to turn it off if we are not going to use it for a long time. Also on the way… we disconnect.

The sand… be careful, high risk

Another of the great enemies of the mobile along with the sun and the water is the sand. And it is that the sand on the beach is above all an invisible enemy because apart from scratching the screen and other areas of the mobile it can get inside causing malfunctions .

It is therefore convenient to carry it well insulated in a bag, since it is not enough to keep it in the beach bag in which there are always traces of earth or sand. This sand can enter through the headphone jack, sneak between the frames or the keypad, even the battery and SIM card circuits.

Avoid intensive use in the sun

If with all these steps, we need to use the mobile under the sun and near water, an interesting piece of advice is to avoid making intensive use of it or with applications that require running at full processing capacity.

It is about avoiding overheating of the mobile, especially in combination with high temperatures, a fact that is enhanced with a worse 4G or 3G signal coverage (in some areas) that makes the terminal have to work more. Summer is for resting, you and your mobile.

This is just a series of basic tips with which we can avoid getting unforeseen scares and incidentally, who knows if we can save ourselves some money in a possible repair when returning from vacation.

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