Why do smart devices hate the cold?

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So, I’m going to college up in the catskills of New York, meaning it’s currently about 7°F where I am.

I went on a walk the other day with my DAP, and noticed it randomly rebooted in the cold, but then worked fine inside. I figured that was just one of the perils of niche, low volume android devices, but just today my well-built smartphone died randomly at 50% battery and refused to reboot.

I get that this has to be something with battery, but I thought it was supposed to be heat that killed batteries. And besides, I don’t remember my Gameboy Advance ever dying of frostbite.

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