8 BATTERY MYTHS BUSTED

The truth about what does and doesn’t harm phone batteries

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHARGE YOUR PHONE TO 100 PERCENT Charging your phone to 100 per cent each time actually causes a slight degradation in lithium-ion batteries. It’s a small difference, but it is there. These types of battery last longest when they’re being drained and then recharged in a continual cycle rather than being charged at 100 per cent (it’s a bit like exercise for them). YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FULLY CHARGE AND DISCHARGE YOUR PHONE So-called ‘battery memory’ – where batteries degrade if you don’t let them drain fully before recharging – is a real phenomenon, but it only applies to rechargeable nickel–cadmium and nickel–metal hydride batteries (the sort you’d pop into a remote control or toy car). The same is not true of the lithium-ion batteries inside phones and…

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