Its kinda funny as I remember when people wanted a phone that could last all day because there was plenty of time to charge on the nightstand. Feels like batteries got way better and people got lazy about plugging them in.
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cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I hadn’t watched the video yet, but my phone’s going the opposite way. It run slow charge overnight when it feels like it’s going to be enough for it to be fully charged the next morning.
We really should let electronics and tight software take care of these little things.
HubertManne@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
relativestranger@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
people got lazy about plugging them in
always have been, here. the old cdma flip phone went about a month between charges, even when it was 5+ years old. the new volte one sucks. with a higher power draw and the shitty 4g signal here, i have to plug it in every few days. the only ‘plus’ is that i always know where a charger cable is now, because it’s usb-c and i use that for other things, too.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 weeks ago
We always want better :)
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We just spend more and more time on our phones. I still charge every night. Each new phone I’ve gotten has had more battery life than the last but I also use the phone constantly, so it’s no more likely to last the day.
realitista@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
If you’d watch the video you may realize it’s not needed.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No need to wait aeons for someone who enjoys the sound of their own voice to slowly and laboriously explain it like astronomy to a dog. Someone wrote 15 words and I read it in about a half-second.
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not saying your opinion is wrong or that you have to watch the video or anything like that, but videos like this are made so that you can see the testing procedure and judge it’s validity without just having to assume they did their job right. I wouldn’t trust someone just saying “yup, tried it out, doesn’t really matter 👍🏽”
realitista@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah I mean there is a progress bar, you can just jump to the results if you are in a hurry.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
I’m sorry that you’re allergic to information.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Given that video is the format with generally the lowest useful information transmission rate, I think you’ve got that the other way around.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The point is that I never had to care about battery management for years. I just leave the phone doing its thing. Not that it’s useful or not useful to do so.
The whole point is that I leave that in the hand of people that know.
realitista@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
Well not charging to 100% all the time will improve your battery life, and if you keep your devices a long time and have a usage pattern that allows charging it less (I leave mine on a wireless charge pad at work), then it makes sense to make some adjustments to that particular setting.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah, I can’t be bothered by that. And the only device’s battery I really had issues with was a seven years old laptop, years ago. BMS and software will almost always know better than the user these days.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But the point of this video is whether the things you have control over make a significant difference.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
My phone tells me every night that it’s slow charging and it will be full by <the time I have my alarm set for>.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
iPhones do this as well, I assume both will also do it without the alarm as mine has simply learned what time I take it off the charger normally.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 weeks ago
That works if you have a correct sleep schedule… this feature only enabled like 20 times in my life, and half the time it disabled itself because I used my phone during the night