Are you worried your smartphone addiction also comes with hidden additional costs, like a higher energy bill? You actually shouldn’t as the yearly cost for charging your fancy toys, including your- iPhone , iPad and- Android devices, is more than affordable. DON’T MISS: AT&T brings back unlimited data plans, but there’s a big catch According to Forbes , charging an iPad every day for a year will require 12kWh of electricity per year, which will cost you a whopping $1.50. A smartphone with a 1,440 mAh battery will require 2,000-watt hours of energy per year or 2kWh. That would amount to $0.25 per year – and that’s assuming you charge your phone every day. Obviously, newer

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