I was told by an electronics guy and a tech support guy (2 different guys in vastly different places) that the real enemy of battery life is letting them get below 50% and leaving them plugged into a charging port for long periods after they are fully charged. And then Samsung recommended that I keep my cell phone plugged in while the GPS is in use while I'm driving.
And, as an automotive technician, I know, at least in car batteries, that letting your car battery dip below 50% charge even occasionally, will make it so that they can't recharge as efficiently, and if you keep doing it, they will stop holding a charge. And no Chevrolet (all GM products actually) should sit and not be started at least every 3 days, or you will kill your battery permanently.
I should also add, that the only malfunction I've ever had with a cell phone battery was a couple that got very hot because I was charging it while I was using it. Granted it was a Samsung and it was before the exploding Note7's. Since they seem to have fixed that issue my phones sometimes get hotter than I'm comfortable with when I'm trying to do too many things, but I don't have trouble with the batteries wearing out. My nearly 4 year old LG V60 thinQ still holds a charge and still charges as fast as the Pixel or either of the Samsung devices we currently use. My over 4 year old Samsung tablet takes a LONG time to charge if I let it go below 50%, but once it gets over 50% it charges just like it always has, 1 hour 35 minutes for anything below 60%, even when I'm using it.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/2024 08:11AM by Morledzep.