The device you check dozens of times a day, press against your face during phone calls and set down on every surface you encounter is almost certainly one of the dirtiest things you regularly touch.
Research has consistently found that smartphones carry bacterial loads that dwarf what most people would tolerate on other household surfaces — the result of constant handling, infrequent cleaning and a false sense that a screen that looks clean is a screen that is clean.
A proper phone cleaning takes about five minutes and requires almost nothing beyond a microfiber cloth and the right approach. Here’s what that looks like for both iPhone and…
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