• Plant [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    How do you take care of a smartphone battery long term?

    Smartphones are environmentally disastrous so I'd like to use mine for as long as possible too

    • Amos [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Keep it charged between 10-90% (hitting those top and bottom extremes shorten lifespan) and don't let it get too hot or too cold.

      • Beaver [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Newer Samsung phones have a Battery Protector mode that stops charging at 85% batter. I use that most days, and then will top it off to 100% if I know I'm going to need the battery life the next day. An environmentally friendly approach would be to maybe do it the other way around, where you design phones around those battery limits, and then have a Battery Killer option to "overcharge" your phone (which communicates better that you're hurting your long term battery life when you do that).

      • NuraShiny [any]
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        2 years ago

        How do you propose for me to know when my phone is charged to ~80% without me having to look at it constantly? Genuine question.