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They should just make 50% the new 100% and then let you "supercharge" to 150% when you need to. I'm kind of surprised Apple hasn't done this already.

by idoby 6y ago

stygiansonic 6y ago
Nitpick: if 50% was the new 100% then the supercharge option would be to 200%, which sounds even better :)
- thanksgiving 6y ago
  Another nit: Maybe we never let the user get to 200% by refusing to charge beyond 150% (internally known as 75%?) ever. Better yet, all devices, phones, tablets, notebook computers, headphones, speakers, ... should automatically stop charging at about 75% and then continue to run directly off of the wall. I used to think that's what all devices do because that just seems like common sense to me.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
    I believe this is approximately how modern rechargeable devices work in order to get so much life out of lithium ion batteries. Maximum charge state is some percentage below the batteries physical maximum, and maximum discharge is state is above the batteries physical minimum. There's a bit in this Wikipedia article[1] that state charging Li-ion batteries beyond 80% can drastically accelerate battery degradation. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Charge_and_discharge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Charge_and...
NullPrefix 6y ago
This could actually work for Apple devices, because no one compares them against other laptops by specs. Although they would be compared against last gen macs. Saying "Battery is half the size" would need some marketing polish, implying that it's lighter or something.
- p_l 6y ago
  They already removed time left on battery because of that.
bitL 6y ago
Additional idea - alongside RAM and SSD size, one chooses also supercharge size while shopping (the same battery, locked to the amount you paid for). Great, isn't it?

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They should just make 50% the new 100% and then let you "supercharge" to 150% when you need to. I'm kind of surprised Apple hasn't done this already.

by idoby 6y ago

They should just make 50% the new 100% and then let you "supercharge" to 150% when you need to. I'm kind of surprised Apple hasn't done this already.

stygiansonic 6y ago
Nitpick: if 50% was the new 100% then the supercharge option would be to 200%, which sounds even better :)
- thanksgiving 6y ago
  Another nit: Maybe we never let the user get to 200% by refusing to charge beyond 150% (internally known as 75%?) ever. Better yet, all devices, phones, tablets, notebook computers, headphones, speakers, ... should automatically stop charging at about 75% and then continue to run directly off of the wall. I used to think that's what all devices do because that just seems like common sense to me.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
    I believe this is approximately how modern rechargeable devices work in order to get so much life out of lithium ion batteries. Maximum charge state is some percentage below the batteries physical maximum, and maximum discharge is state is above the batteries physical minimum. There's a bit in this Wikipedia article[1] that state charging Li-ion batteries beyond 80% can drastically accelerate battery degradation. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Charge_and_discharge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Charge_and...
NullPrefix 6y ago
This could actually work for Apple devices, because no one compares them against other laptops by specs. Although they would be compared against last gen macs. Saying "Battery is half the size" would need some marketing polish, implying that it's lighter or something.
- p_l 6y ago
  They already removed time left on battery because of that.
bitL 6y ago
Additional idea - alongside RAM and SSD size, one chooses also supercharge size while shopping (the same battery, locked to the amount you paid for). Great, isn't it?