What if I want to get a heads up closer to thirty or even fifty percent? Unfortunately, there's no setting or preference that allows iOS users to edit the percentage the triggers the alert. As my battery hits twenty percent, an alert will notify me that I need to get to a power source before my phone dies. To this end, most manufacturers, including Apple, instill mechanisms into their operating systems to let users know when it's time to charge, or think about charging, their devices.
While work is constantly being done to stretch and extend battery life, it hasn't moved fast enough for the vast majority of us. But all of these new forms of doing things are snatched away from us as soon as our phones lose power. The prevalence of smartphones has had profound effects on how we communicate, view media, and preserve memories, among other things.
