Constantly leaving phone in charger...aye or nay?
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To make a long story short: I constantly leave my phone in its dock on my desk when it's not in my pockets when I'm away. Essentially, it spends 99.9% of its time plugged in. This is now the third time I swap its battery because it ends up being badly swollen. Some will try to convince me that I shouldn't leave it charging all the time. But, the electronics are supposed to be monitoring and cut off the power when the battery's fully charged. What's your story? Would you blame this bad experience on the fact that it's left plugged in 24/7?
When you buy a new phone or battery, there is a reason they are charged to around 50% charge. This is the optimal charge to ensure the longevity of the battery. I only ever charge my phone to 60%, and that is after it has discharged to around 40%. Doing this, my iPhone 11 which is now 2 years old still shows battery health capacity of 100%. If you want to maximise battery health life, do not charge to 100%. Lipo batteries are not like a car battery in the way they work. Stop Charging your Phone Overnight! - YouTube[^]
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Well you'd better hope fringe companies like Fairphone[^] survive. Just about everyone else has embraced full perimeter gluing for water protection; and even if you manage to avoid breaking your antique eventually LTE will go the way of 2/3g and it'll lose service.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius