You need to be out the door ASAP, but -- whoops -- your phone is dead. Leaving your house without a fully charged phone might feel a bit like going up the creek without a paddle, so to speak. But if ...

Smarter choice if keeping phone for several years.

Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security ...