▲ 680 ▼ Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 163 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL;DW: Fast charging over 2 years only degraded the battery an extra 0.5%, even on extremely fast charging Android phones using 120W. And with that, hopefully we can put this argument to rest.
[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child) So not planned obsolescence, then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 1 year ago* Well, if they realize the problem and do nothing to fix it and don’t advertise this problem, it ends up being a less worse type of planned obsolescence, but it’s still planned obsolescence imo More like unplanned obsolescence but it’s a convenient problem so we plan on it happening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 point 1 year ago* Well, if they realize the problem and do nothing to fix it and don’t advertise this problem, it ends up being a less worse type of planned obsolescence, but it’s still planned obsolescence imo More like unplanned obsolescence but it’s a convenient problem so we plan on it happening permalink fedilink source parent