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MedicalButterscotch t1_iy89lj9 wrote

This is factually incorrect.

Lithium ion batteries do not have memory. They degrade based on cycle count and operating temperature.

Discharging from 100% to 0% imparts as much wear as two-half cycles, for example 80% to 30% twice.

Charge your device freely, it will optimize the rest.

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FewSimple9 t1_iy89bk5 wrote

Another battery question that could have been searched for in this subreddit with less effort than making this post.

The best way to preserve battery is just keep your phone off and charge to 60% every few months. Stop fucking worrying about it, it’s cheap to replace and likely you will trade it in before it hits less than 80%

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rboab t1_iy82oeg wrote

My iPhone 13 mini I've bought in March this year is at 99% battery health and I don't think about charging at all. No matter if it's at 10% or 40% - if I'm going to sleep, the iPhone is going to be charged. If I'm driving 10 minutes home from the office - the iPhone is going to be charged, I don't care if that's right or wrong.

Stop worrying and just use your phone.

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KingArthas94 t1_iy82cyo wrote

Yeah don’t go below 20 and above 80, that’s the rule.

You can go above 80 every once in a while if you need the extra battery for like a whole day out.

It’s better to recharge randomly during the day, like if you’re going out and you have 40% left, just charge a couple of minutes as you get dressed or something, so you’ll have more battery life.

So move between 20 and 80 as much as you want.

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ImChimeraX t1_iy81wn4 wrote

I've seen many people state that, and yet I've never cared and never had a problem. The oldest phone in my family is my mothers and her iPhone 8 is 5 years old and has 86% battery health. She charges it overnight every night and sometimes in the day too,

I rarely keep phones longer than 2 years so it's never been an issue for me, but my wife's iPhone 12 bought at release is now on 91% after just over 2 years. Hers is also charged overnight every night.

People tend to get a bit obsessed with battery health, but all batteries will degrade over time, there's nothing you can do to prevent it, and inconveniencing yourself and not getting the full experience out of it seems like more hassle than it's worth to just delay something that's inevitable for a little while.

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