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I've boarded flights on percents you wouldn't go to the bathroom with (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by [M] to c/BrandNewSentence@lemmy.today
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[–] -4 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

yeah, bu most folks aren't charging 3x a day. they charge once a day or two days.

and nobody is keeping phones for more than 2-3 years.

fast charging's convenience far outways it's cost. i have a 3 year old phone and i've lost 30%+ capacity, but it means shit because I can charge the phone up to 90% in like 20m, so now I Just charge once a day instead of every two.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    My current phone is an iPhone 12 mini. Six years old, and I won't replace it till the battery is too old to hold a charge.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I literally kept my last phone from September 2019 to October 2025.

    I also never heard that fast charging reduces battery life, I constantly discharge and connect the charger probably 30 to 40 times a day.

    I sure wish that this knowledge was universal.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I believe optimum charging for battery lifespan is charging to around 80% and only discharging down to 20%. What you're doing is basically the worst thing possible.

    But a phone is a device. It works for you, not the other way around. Replacing a phone battery isn't terribly hard or expensive.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Not really. Worst thing is running the cell dead or cooking it. Modern lithium cells are much less prone to damage at full capacity (because it's not really full, your phone's charge controller is using intelligent management for 4-5% of it) and it doesn't really matter how often you cycle charging on/off either with modern anode configurations. You're correct on the usage part though. Tools wear out. Just how it goes.

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