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Introduction

   After a long time, I'm back with a tech-related thread that you’ll find exciting! Without further delay, let's dive right into the topic.  

Does Your Smartphone Gain Weight When You Install Apps? 🤯📱

You might have heard that installing apps or storing data increases your phone's weight. Is this true? Let's break it down scientifically! 🧵👇

1️⃣ Understanding Data Storage

When you install an app, it gets stored in your phone's internal memory as binary data (0s and 1s). But does this data have mass? Technically, yes!

2️⃣ How Memory Stores Data

Modern smartphones use flash memory (NAND storage), which works by trapping electrons in tiny cells. A "1" means electrons are stored, and a "0" means they are removed.

3️⃣ Einstein's Mass-Energy Equation

According to E = mc², energy and mass are interchangeable. Storing data slightly changes the electrical energy in memory cells, leading to an extremely tiny mass increase.

4️⃣ Example Calculation

Let's say you install a 1 GB app (1 gigabyte = 8 billion bits). Each bit change corresponds to a mass shift of about 10⁻¹⁵ grams.

Total extra mass: 8 × 10⁻⁶ mg (or 0.000008 mg).

How Much Weight Does It Add?

Let's calculate it precisely:

• 1 GB = 8 billion bits (8 × 10⁹ bits)
• Each bit change corresponds to about 10⁻¹⁵ grams (or 1 femtogram = 1 fg)
• Total added mass for 1 GB = (8 × 10⁹ bits) × (1 fg per bit)
• = 8 nanograms (ng) = 8000 femtograms (fg)

5️⃣ Real-World Comparison

Even if you installed 1000 GB (1 TB) of apps, the total weight increase would be around 0.000008 grams, which is billions of times smaller than a grain of sand! 🏖️

• 1 gram = 1 trillion (10¹²) milligrams
• To increase phone weight by 1 gram, you'd need to store approximately 12.5 trillion GB (12,500,000,000,000 GB) of data!
• That's impossible, as even the biggest cloud data centers don't hold that much in a single device! 

6️⃣ Can We Measure This?

No, even the most precise weighing scales cannot detect such a tiny change. The increase is real but completely negligible in daily life.

Here's a short and simple explanation:

📱 Installing apps make your phone heavier Technically, yes! But the weight increase is so tiny that it's impossible to notice.

🔬 Why?

• Data is stored as tiny electrical charges in memory.
• Each 1 GB of data adds about 8 nanograms (billionths of a gram).
• To add just 1 gram, you'd need to download 12.5 trillion GB of data! 🤯

7️⃣ Final Verdict

Yes, storing data adds mass, but the increase is too small to matter. So no, your phone won't feel heavier no matter how many apps you install! . To gain just 1 gram, you'd have to download more data than all the storage in the world! 🤯,which is not Possible yet 

NB

I got the Thread idea from a tech YouTuber's video, researched it further, and developed it on my own with the help of ChatGPT 🙌. The information was provided by me and expanded with perfect grammar using ChatGPT🙌 .

So, next time someone asks, "Does my phone get heavier with more apps?", you can confidently say: Technically yes, but practically impossible! 😉

What do you think about this mind-blowing fact? Let's discuss! 🔥👇