Are you suprised when your smartphone does not last longer than it used to after a full charge? Chances are, it is partially your fault because you have been charging it wrongly all this time.
We have this ingrained notion that charging our phones in small bursts would cause long term damafge to their batteries and we therefore have this preference to charge our devices when they are close to dead. We have been wrong all the time.
A battery company Cadex states that the lithium-ion batteries in our smartphones are sensitive to their own form of stress which could be damaging to the battery's lifespan.
To keep your smartphone in top condition and go adout your day wihout thinking about battery life, you will need to change a few things. First, do not keep your device plugged in when it is fully charged.
Leaving your phone plugged in when it is fully charged overnight is bad for the battery on the long run. This is because it gets trickle charge at 100% keeping the battery in a high stress state which wears the chemistry down. This is like working out in a gym for hours on end until fatigue eventually sets in.
If you are trying to keep you smartphone charged throughout the day, it is best to just plug it whenever you can during the day. Your batteries are happier when you charge them ocassionaly instead of charging them from a near dead state. Please do lug a power bank to acheive this.
This ensures your battery's optimal performance for longer and keepsit topped throughout the day. Periodic topup also ensures that battery dependent features are not lost when the phone goes to the low battery state.
Batteries are sensitive to heat and it is recommended that you remove certain cases that insulate heat during charge. Keeping your phones covered in the sunnt outdoors. Ocassionally I notice that my phone gets warm when plugged to the cigarette phone charger, especially in the low battery state. When this happpens, I simply hold my phone in front of the airconditioner vent till it is cool.
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