Lee Power
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Can't blame Microsoft for alarm clock not working if the phone is switched off, that's a issue with smart phones & the way the cpu works. The alarm clock is one area where a dumb phone beats a smart phone.
This is from an article I read on BBC or MIT, one of the two anyway.
The silicon chips and electronics in our devices wear out with time and use. The longer you use the device, the more the electronics inside are also used and the faster they break down.
The chips have tracks and transistors built in to them that carry current. Every time current passes through them it causes tiny pits or cracks to form.
Over time, years usually the pathways in the processor or other electronic component have so many cracks that the cracks start joining and causing a faster breakdown which leads to failure of that component.
So from the way I understand it, leaving the phone on means current is always passing through the processor which can lead to a faster breakdown time. I don't mean to say your phone can breakdown in 3 months but lets say it could shave off a couple of months out of the total lifespan of 3-4 years
It's meant to be on 24/7/365. Also, turning off will disable alarm function if you are using it.
Previously all Nokias, even if switched off, always sound alarm at set time. Then you were given an option to turn off alarm or snooz and switch on phone or keep it off. Unfortunately MS did not learn anything when they bought Nokia. They just forced everything what they thought was right. That is why you can not even charge your phone while it's off. MS is a real dumbass.
I switch off every day when I go to sleep and then switch on when I wake up. Lumia 1020
used to love how the old nokia's 3210 etc and 5800 styled phones used to be able to turn them off and they auto power back on at the time the alarm was set.
I guessing that their is something to do with the way WP works that it wasn't possible to bulid that feature into the Lumias
I'm still using Nokia 808 to wake me up in the morning. I always turn off the phone while sleeping. And auto turn on feature is great one.
I'm trying to switch to Lumia 950, but have quite hard time, because 950 is missing a lot of great features I'm used to have on 808.