most smartphones on the market aren't
designed to work in freezing
temperatures in fact apple says the
iPhone shouldn't be operating conditions
below 32 degrees when a phone's battery
gets into the cold performance will
suffer the battery might start draining
really quickly or suddenly shut down if
that happens warm your phone up as fast
as possible take it inside or keep it
near you so body heat can warm it up but
don't worry about permanent damage the
phone will be fine once it gets back to
a normal temperature definitely don't
leave your phone out in the elements for
longer than necessary this goes for a
parked car and outside ski locker or
anywhere colder than freezing also bring
extra batteries or invest in a case that
can boost battery life like the incipio
off-grid pro when it comes to your
digital camera the cold has the same
effect on its battery so bring lots of
backups also when you're finished
shooting in the cold don't immediately
bring it back into a hot car house let
it gradually come back to room
temperature by leaving it on a
windowsill or some other cooler
environment in San Francisco I'm Kara
Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News
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