Proper phone charging
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In fact, it was so good that Apple stopped supplying power adapters with their more recent iPhones.
Less is more.
Yup, more money for Apple, because the cable they ship with iPhones is usb-c instead of usb-a so it doesn't work with the 5w cube.
The iPhone box is also smaller so they can ship more of them with the same size container.
I'd think most people won't buy an Apple USB-C power adapter. I have a couple (packaged with iPads) but they're still in the box. The ones I use are third party including Anker and two of a house brand from a discount store, although the latter are UL approved. Those cost $10 each.
Samsung doesn't package a power adapter either.
Same here but on a 13 pro max that’s almost 2 years old. For my entire 12 hour shift at work (except breaks) it sits on a charger at 100% while streaming music/podcasts/youtube. 91% battery life remaining according to the phone.
Sometimes it gets a fast charge off the MacBook charger at home, sometimes it slow charges off the couch, but all 3rd party cables
BTW my battery life is 99%
I do switch between LPM and regular, maybe that's a good thing, but LPM certainly does extend a charge, with no noticeable slowing of functions.
I do switch between LPM and regular, maybe that's a good thing, but LPM certainly does extend a charge, with no noticeable slowing of functions.
My battery health is going down fast. Was at 81% a few weeks ago, was at 80% for maybe a week and is now 79% with a warning to replace it. I will set up an appointment and do it at the Apple Store. $89 for Apple to replace it.
I keep Adaptive Battery and Protect Battery (85% charge max) turned on. I tend to charge when the remaining battery capacity reaches 20%. I use the supplied manufacturer's 25W charger at home and when traveling, I charge in the car via USB or I use a power bank. My last phone was 4 years old at the time of its violent, fiery, and watery demise and it still had excellent battery endurance - roughly 2 days with average use.
JHZR2
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I’m still running a 12pro. So a few years old. But the battery is getting to the point where capacity loss is noticeable.
I was going to change batteries, but a Black Friday deal and change to T-Mobile is resulting in a 15pro…
I’ll be interested to hear how the battery replacement by Apple works out.
Where is all of this supposed "heat" coming from? I'll charge my phone from 20% to 100%, (it takes less than an hour), and notice nothing to the touch afterward as far as any temperature increase.
JHZR2
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Ohms law. Are you denying it?
Maybe your nerves are numb. Maybe the phone is on a big, cool mass. I don’t know the situation.
If the resistance of the battery is lower, the heat generated is lower.
My cheap Motorola edge came with a real short wire and no power adapter
All these just makes my mouth sour on the cheapissity of such companies. $1000 phone and no power block. Sweet!
Oneplus 12 release around the corner so pretty good prices on last generations.
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I'm not "denying" anything. I'm simply saying if there is all this heat being generated, I can't notice anything.
At least not with my phone and charger. My charger takes about an hour or so to take the battery from 20 percent to full charge.
Perhaps a more powerful charger would generate more heat?
What phone? What charger?
My Pixel 5 will charge at about 20 Watts or so, and it will get noticeably warm while doing it, but nothing crazy.
JHZR2
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Don’t forget that what is dissipated through the skin of the phone is different than internal to the cell. Depending upon the materials and their heat transfer you may feel more or less, amongst a host of other battery and phone design factors…
I don't doubt that. The guts are perhaps a little warmer. But I can barely feel it at all.
Motorola Moto E phone with this charger. I usually charge both the phone, and my JBL TV headphones with it at the same time. Both take about the same time to charge.
