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Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News
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They talk about Apple but Sony phones have had this feature for a while. In the settings you can choose whether the phone is always 100% charged, or whether it charges to 80% (or a custom %) or whether you want it full by the time you wake up.
I use the 3rd option. It stops charging when it gets to 90% and I tell it when I'm getting up, and just before it will charge up to 100 %.
Best of both worlds. Only ever having 80% to start is not nice because you get less juice during the day and need to charge by the evening. Plus battery anxiety. I'd rather have a 100% full battery.
Clearly newer, better battery tech is needed. Plus replaceable batteries.
Samsung, too.
I use it because I want my phone to last as long as possible, but the downside is that it won't last a day so I have to charge in between. Ironic, isn't it?
Very ironic.
That's why I just tell it to be full by morning because I purposely bought a phone with a great battery . Why would I want to hamper it by 20%???