> Or for other apps to take extra precautions such as saving copies of dynamic state to non-volatile locations in case the power fails completely. The system

> Or for other apps to take extra precautions such as saving copies of dynamic state to non-volatile locations in case the power fails completely. The system can crash, hang, forcefully reboot or otherwise die at any moment, without warning. All it takes is one "oopsy", for the phone to hit the ground and the battery to fly off. If there is important data that needs to be preserved, applications should already be committing it to non-volatile locations periodically.