iPhone 5s Theory

[Ryoutarou97]

I purposely charge and drain my Iphone 5S battery from 100 to 0, properly like you should, and it still has like 90% of the battery capacity of when i got it. It's when you leave it plugged in 24/7 that you have problems.

Actually Lithium-Ion batteries shouldn't be fully discharged and recharged. That's for nickel-cadmium batteries. It's actually pretty bad for Lithium-Ion and you should only really do it when you need the battery level detector to reset.

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/169669/debunking-battery-life-myths-for-mobile-phones-tablets-and-laptops/

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-tips-for-extending-lithium-ion-battery-life/

 

And if you want graphs:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

[CommandMan7]

Actually Lithium-Ion batteries shouldn't be fully discharged and recharged. That's for nickel-cadmium batteries. It's actually pretty bad for Lithium-Ion and you should only really do it when you need the battery level detector to reset.

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/169669/debunking-battery-life-myths-for-mobile-phones-tablets-and-laptops/

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-tips-for-extending-lithium-ion-battery-life/

 

And if you want graphs:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Oh. well then at this point it's just me being lucky then. But my point that it shouldn't always be at 100% is still true.

[Ryoutarou97]

Oh. well then at this point it's just me being lucky then. But my point that it shouldn't always be at 100% is still true.

I wouldn't say that you're lucky, it's not like it's going to have a 10% chance to break when you fully discharge it, but yeah don't do that. They do still degrade either way, though, so yeah.