3 Surprising Settings To Change Immediately For A Faster iPhone, According To Apple Experts

All of the signs are there. Your apps are taking longer than usual to load. Your phone battery is requiring a charge every few hours, even if you’re barely using your device. Everything you try to do on your phone is taking minutes longer and you’re ready to give in and buy a new phone battery or a brand new device. 

Except for the fact that: that’s one expensive solution to a problem that may not take as much as you think to correct. 

Instead of starting anew with a new iPhone that will cost you close to or more than $1000, making a few fast changes to certain settings on your device could be the ticket to a faster phone that works more efficiently. Start with these: here are three surprising settings to change immediately for a faster phone, according to Apple experts. 

Unbeknownst to you, Background App Refresh may be enabled on your device for every app that you frequent. What this setting does is pretty convenient, there’s no denying it: it ensures your content on those apps is fresh and updated so that you are presented with the latest information the second you load the app. But how much are you willing to pay for the luxury of not waiting? Using Background App Refresh takes up a decent chunk of battery power. 

Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Here, you can turn the setting off for all apps, or select the ones you want to keep it enabled for and disable the rest. Either way, you’ll be helping your phone conserve battery power, which can help make it run faster.