Smartphone Battery Charging & Battery Life

For you guys interested in lithium ion batteries...and battery charging. Here's an interesting story regarding smartphones...lithium ion batteries...charging rate...and battery lifepsan.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/tech...ge-your-phone-overnight/ar-BBvUggF?li=BBnb7Kz

- Nick

Good read. I agree with the writer of the article that most folks nowadays are going to swap out their iPhone or Android every few years or even every year to get the latest and greatest. Over at MacRumors in the iPhone forum folks there are foaming at the mouth for the iPhone 7 and can hardly wait to order one. Hard to believe isn't it when a simple phone, now a smart phone, costs $900! Apple and Samsung are cashin in!

I got my iPhone 5 used (from the wife). Maybe it was suffering from the battery life shortening due to charging conditions mentioned in the article. I replaced the battery for $15. Been working great since. Of course I'm now doing exactly what the article mentions...charging the phone at night.

The charging station I have has 7 charging ports. Five 1-amp ports...and two 2-amp ports (for tablets). I only use the 1-amp ports for the iPhone. According to the article...using a charger "smaller" than intended for the device is supposed to "slow-down" the ions...which slows down the charge rate...and be better for the battery.

My understanding is...the Apple 5 watt iPhone charger...charges at 1.0 amp. So unless someone purposely sources a 0.5 amp charger for the iPhone. We're kind of stuck with the 1.0 amp charger...and the supposed "bad effects" mentioned in the article.



- Nick

I plug mine in at night, but it is on all night with an "Alarm Clock" app, so I can see how often I wake up. Some times I leave iTunes streaming throughout the night too.

I do have a lot of "other" branded power bricks from other phones, I wonder if they charge at slower amp? Somehow I've accumulated 7 of them.