iPhone 5s Day 4: I've got the power

I need Lightning cords. You are saying, "But Marco, there are cheap Lightning cords everywhere!" Well since you think you know it all, let me educate you a bit. I'm not sure if it's iOS 7 or the 5s, but apparently it throws some warning about non-Apple cords not being certified for use on the phone. The cords still work, but I'm curious if Apple stores that info somewhere, and if your phone happens to blow up, they can say "Warranty denied biatch!!!" I also had a funny conversation with some friends (also ex-coworkers and my Apple gurus) about the cords:

Still in tears over "Chinese DEATH BY FIRE CABLES!" Don't worry, I'm not starving the boys. By the way, what is the definition of starving someone? Anywho, a friend on my FB timeline posted this article about preventing iOS 7 from killing your battery. I figured I might as well look through the article and see if any of them apply to me, since I was already feeling a power pinch:

• Turn off Parallax
• I didn't know what the hell Parallax was, nor did I really notice it until I looked really closely. This "feature" seems pointless to me, so off it goes.
• Turn off AirDrop/Bluetooth
• I looked up AirDrop. It is basically Apple's answer to Samsung's phone humping file sharing, minus the phone humping. I obviously don't need that feature unless someone specifically wants to phone hump with me. Bluetooth is also on an as needed basis. Both are conveniently in the Control Center (what I called the quick access panel). Done and done.
• Stop searching for Wi-Fi
• Once again, Control Center makes it easy. Done.
• Disable location services (for apps that don't need it)
• No CBS Atlanta News app, you don't have a Markina Brown section, and you don't need my location to give me news. Off with you, and the dozens of other apps using my GPS for no reason.
• Turn off background app updates
• I like this one too much to turn it off. Unless I see crazy stupid power drain while it's still on, it stays.
• Turn off background app refreshing
• Once again, most of these apps don't need to update in the background. It can update when I bring it back to the foreground. Off, off, off, off, <insert like 20 more offs here>, off.
• Disable auto-brightness
• This apparently didn't carry over from my 4s. But off it goes, and down goes the brightness. But Marco, what if it is bright and sunny outside? Control Center once again saves the day.
• Go on a push notification diet
• Way too many apps using push notification. Not any more...
• Don't push; fetch
• Most my email accounts can't do push on an iPhone anyhow, so this one is doesn't matter to me.
• Turn off Siri's "Raise to Speak" feature
• This one was a gimmick, and it did carry over from my 4s as off already. One less thing to do.
• Turn off 4G
• So what you want me to do is turn off one of the main features that made me buy this phone??? What did that lady say? "Ain't nobody got time for that!" 4G stays, no matter how low my battery goes.

The article ended with some general battery tips that I will never follow and should never have to follow because if I still have this phone by the time the battery starts failing, worse things have happened to me.

Still didn't take pictures of the phone in its new prophylactic. I'll get to that soon, I promise. Until then...