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7 Apps That Kill Your iPhone
Seven Apps that slow down your phone, kill your battery and eat space
It’s no secret that the iPhone has revolutionized the way we live our lives. With its powerful processor and intuitive design, it’s become the go-to device for everything from checking email to watching movies.
If you’re like most people, you probably have too many apps on your iPhone. In fact, the average person has about 41 apps installed on their phone, but only use around 9 of them regularly. That’s a lot of digital clutter! Not only does having all of those apps take up valuable storage space on your phone, but it can also slow down your device.
iOS updates are designed to help keep your iPhone running smoothly and at peak performance. But as new features are added and older ones updated, some apps become outdated and can start to bog down your phone.
But with great power comes great responsibility, and unfortunately, there are a number of apps out there that can quickly drain your phone’s battery life and performance. Here are six of the worst offenders.
Facebook / Meta — zaps your battery and takes up space
We all know that Facebook is a battery hog. iPhone users have been complaining about it for years. Even Mark Zuckerberg himself has admitted that the Facebook app zaps your battery. But why?
It turns out that the Facebook app is constantly running in the background, even when you’re not using it. And it’s not just the iPhone app — the Facebook website is also a major culprit when it comes to draining your battery. The bottom line is that if you want to save your battery, you should avoid using Facebook.
But there’s another problem with Facebook: it takes up a lot of space on your iPhone. The app itself is over 200 MB, and if you’ve been using Facebook for a while, chances are you have a lot of data stored on your device. This can quickly eat up valuable storage space, especially if you have a 32 GB iPhone (especially the old models). So if you’re low on storage, deleting…
