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I was just chatting to someone about this today. I feel like my "honeymoon" period with my new iphone 6 is coming to an end. 6 months in and I'm starting to hav

I was just chatting to someone about this today. I feel like my "honeymoon" period with my new iphone 6 is coming to an end. 6 months in and I'm starting to have to think about when I charge it. Definitely it's not in Apple's interest to solve this particular problem, especially when (I think) they've deliberately made the battery non-replaceable.

henry_vonfire 11y ago
Well, in my case, I was using a second hand Nexus One for years (almost 3 years if I remember it right) without problems with the battery. I think that if you respect the charging cycles, you make it last longer (I usually wait until 10% of battery left to charge it)
- piotrkaminski 11y ago
  FYI, waiting until a Li-ion battery is nearly fully discharged before recharging will actually shorten its life by 3-4x compared to recharging when it hits 50%. See: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_li...
  - henry_vonfire 11y ago
    Really? I've heard that by doing that what you are doing is reducing the time the battery will be charged (it's like instead of using 100% of your battery, it set its limit at 50%). I don't have the source where I saw this, sorry.
    - piotrkaminski 11y ago
      You may be thinking of the "memory effect" of old NiCad batteries, which indeed needed to be thoroughly discharged before recharging otherwise they'd lose capacity. However, LiIon is a different chemistry, and different rules apply. I don't know of any modern device that still uses NiCad, though I'm sure there's still some legacy niche where they're useful...
- madez 11y ago
  Do not follow his advice. To lessen the strain on your smartphone battery, keep it between 15% and 90% of charge and don't let it become too hot. Modern batteries are not like the old ones.
chubs 11y ago
You can take it to the apple store to get the battery replaced FWIW
swombat 11y ago
I'm using an iPhone 5S bought almost two years ago, with no battery issues whatsoever (plug in overnight, use all day, don't worry about battery unless an app goes haywire and the phone is running hot for a few hours). My wife is still using her 4S - she also has no issues with the battery. #counter-anecdotes

henry_vonfire 11y ago

Well, in my case, I was using a second hand Nexus One for years (almost 3 years if I remember it right) without problems with the battery. I think that if you respect the charging cycles, you make it last longer (I usually wait until 10% of battery left to charge it)

piotrkaminski 11y ago
FYI, waiting until a Li-ion battery is nearly fully discharged before recharging will actually shorten its life by 3-4x compared to recharging when it hits 50%. See: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_li...
- henry_vonfire 11y ago
  Really? I've heard that by doing that what you are doing is reducing the time the battery will be charged (it's like instead of using 100% of your battery, it set its limit at 50%). I don't have the source where I saw this, sorry.
  - piotrkaminski 11y ago
    You may be thinking of the "memory effect" of old NiCad batteries, which indeed needed to be thoroughly discharged before recharging otherwise they'd lose capacity. However, LiIon is a different chemistry, and different rules apply. I don't know of any modern device that still uses NiCad, though I'm sure there's still some legacy niche where they're useful...
madez 11y ago
Do not follow his advice. To lessen the strain on your smartphone battery, keep it between 15% and 90% of charge and don't let it become too hot. Modern batteries are not like the old ones.

chubs 11y ago

You can take it to the apple store to get the battery replaced FWIW

swombat 11y ago

I'm using an iPhone 5S bought almost two years ago, with no battery issues whatsoever (plug in overnight, use all day, don't worry about battery unless an app goes haywire and the phone is running hot for a few hours). My wife is still using her 4S - she also has no issues with the battery. #counter-anecdotes