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Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ok, before i watch the video, no damage is not what great scott found from his testings.. ( https://youtu.be/iMn2yVoEqPs ).

so i have no idea what to believe anymore, but my (based) experience is that it does damage it. Ill have to watch later.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yea, but that wasn't a great rest. I love Great Scott, but a lot of comments fairly call out his conclusion.

    Most (all?)phones don't charge at full speed to 100% charge, they fast charge when the battery is almoast empty, and charge slower the more full it gets.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Right, so basically he removed the software aspect in his tests which removes systems to protect the battery. I assume without them, it is damaging, like what great scott found.

    Ye, he should have continued his experiments then!

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