What can I do to keep my phone’s battery healthy for longer?
Provides charging habits and usage tips to maximize the overall lifespan and daily performance of a smartphone's lithium-ion battery.
- Practice Partial Charging & Avoid Extremes5
Lithium-ion batteries experience stress at very high and very low charge levels, and degrade faster under heat.
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🛠️ Phone charger
- Use Optimized/Adaptive Charging Features4
Many modern smartphones (iOS and Android) include features designed to learn your charging habits and slow down charging past 80% until shortly before you typically unplug, reducing time spent at full charge.
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🛠️ Smartphone with optimized charging feature
- Use Original or Reputable Chargers3
Using low-quality or incompatible chargers can potentially damage the battery or charging circuitry due to unstable voltage or current.
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🛠️ Original or reputable brand charger and cable
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