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This is exactly the answer. Especially with Li-Ion cells everything is a compromise. You can extend the life of the cell by a fair amount, but then it won't las
by starky 3y ago
This is exactly the answer. Especially with Li-Ion cells everything is a compromise. You can extend the life of the cell by a fair amount, but then it won't last as long before you have to re-charge. Similarly, if you charge it quicker, then it reduces the lifetime of the cell.
I honestly don't understand how people worry about their batteries in their devices so much. I give pretty much zero care into how I treat the battery in my devices other than to try to charge them before it drops down too low (which is where most of the damage occurs if you do it repeatedly) and I can only think of 1 or 2 times where my devices battery has worn out before I end up replacing it.
- baq 3y agoI replace my devices when the battery wears out because I can get a new phone in 5 minutes and the battery takes a week to replace in this forsaken country.
- J_Shelby_J 3y agoI've babied my iphone x battery (battery case ftw) and it's at "86%" after five years. Even with all the nice features apple offers for battery management they still design their phones to have undersized batteries and encourage usage patterns that degrade the battery in ~2 years, when they could just slightly increase the thickness of the phone and increase the lifespan to ~5 years. Very conservative depths of discharge and charging termination voltages can extend life spans into the 10,000 cycle ranges which is effectively forever for a device with a finite lifespan. And it wouldn't increase the weight of the phone too much: doubling battery capacity isn't doubling the size of the phone or even the battery itself. Just the active material in the battery.