--- title: "How fast should a phone battery drain in an hour?" description: "How fast should a phone battery drain in an hour?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-12-21 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94752/how-fast-should-a-phone-battery-drain-in-an-hour category: "troubleshooting" tags: ["android", "battery", "troubleshooting"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # How fast should a phone battery drain in an hour? How [fast](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12289/build-your-store-the-fast-way-with-magento-2-frontend-builder) should a [phone](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300535/manage-your-smartphone-addiction) [battery drain](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50764/what-to-do-if-faced-with-iphone-7-battery-drain-problem-after-installing-ios-11-other-issues) in an hour? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Hitesh Vohra It's difficult to quantify how much percent drain per hour there is because it depends entirely on **usage and settings/apps/etc.** ![How fast should a phone battery drain in an hour?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/911cc9eb-b6e1-44b4-9092-226d6e79d3f0/images/9f9ef539-3ac3-4f20-9065-ebce1ea4b1a9.jpeg) **\** - I believe it is more accurate to assess standby time per hour - that is, utilisation that is low, if at all. If I am not using the phone, I drain roughly 1% every hour under normal circumstances. - Experts advise against draining the [**battery**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50313/how-to-fix-ios-and-iphone-battery-life-problems) to 20% or charging it to 100%. Instead, keep the charge between 30% and 80% to lengthen your life. - Keep your phone charged to at least 40%. It is stated that the easiest strategy to enhance your smartphone battery is to maintain it at least 40% charged because it is extremely dangerous to let the battery go from fully charged to entirely discharged. \ \ **Read More: [How to fix the crash of the Android Google mobile app?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94772/how-to-fix-the-crash-of-the-android-google-mobile-app)** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94752/how-fast-should-a-phone-battery-drain-in-an-hour Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.