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Buck_Thorn t1_j6a8r6p wrote

I'm not sure that I accept your premise. If it were really better for the battery, wouldn't the engineers designing the charging circuitry simply force it to stop charging at 80%

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killer963963 t1_j6aa7g8 wrote

A lot already do, they just say it's 100% because alot of people would be upset to see that their whole battery isn't being used all the time.

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frakc t1_j6aa9r0 wrote

And they do. Mostly for marketing reasons because to charge vattery to 80% takes almost same time as charging from 80 to 100. Thus pr team can claim super fast charging

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SexysNotWorking OP t1_j6aa2q3 wrote

Right?? My phone does actually have a setting under battery maintenance to have it only charge to 85% and the people at the Verizon store also told me I'd be better off charging it to 80% and that it wouldn't really affect how long the battery lasted (which makes no sense to me) because that first 15-20% drains so fast? This is why I'm confused.

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Buck_Thorn t1_j6afjfn wrote

The sub would have not let me answer your question with just a link, but since this is not a top-level answer, I can.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/smarter-living/phone-charging-advice.html

(Internet Archived version with no paywall: https://archive.ph/YqHsD )

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SexysNotWorking OP t1_j6c5fel wrote

Thank you! They deleted my post for being inaccurate, but looks like the info all lines up it's just a bit more complicated than "it's better.". Appreciate the link!

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