Gadgetory

you've probably heard people say that you shouldn't leave your phone plugged in overnight doing so depreciates your battery life and makes it age faster you're killing your battery I always charge my phone overnight and then always let it reach a full hundred percent charge am I really killing my battery am i a murderer I can't live with this guilt so I called it some battery experts to find the truth Daniel Steingarten associate professor at Princeton University told that actually did you hear that I'll say it again as much as you can the way he sees it is that we all need our phones ready in charge so you might as well keep them fully charged Trevor your phone is pretty smart and its software recognizes when it reaches full charge so you can't technically overcharge your battery problem solved but not really I also called Venkat Srinivasan the director of the Argonne collaborative Center for energy storage science and he told me don't charge the battery all the way to other percent get it up to 90% and then stop it he never lets his phone reach a full charge what he says we should keep our phones between 30 and 80 percent charged because once they reach a hundred percent certain reactions occur that to gravy electrolytes and depreciate our batteries so this is probably where that overcharging myth comes from alright so I went back to Dan and I asked him to clarify like Venkat says you're wrong and Dan told me that both of them are actually right so awesome you do damage your battery when you charge to 100% but if you're going to that full charge already keeping it there it doesn't harm it basically if you are a normal human who just needs their phone on all the time feel free to go to 100% and keep it plugged in forever but if you care a lot about your battery's life like a lot a lot or you don't use your phone that much Govan cats are out and try to keep it in the narrow charging range I admire your discipline and maybe you'll extend your battery's lifespan ultimately though batteries are meant to be used and phones are meant to be used to you don't do any damage by leaving it at a hundred you'll probably replace your phone before your battery totally dies or in a worst-case scenario you replace the battery that's not that okay glad we settled this go live your truth keep it 100 good bye