• @Zanz@lemmy.ml
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      6 days ago

      Samsung encourages battery provisioning in it by the user. So most people using a samsung only charge to eighty percent.

      • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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        76 days ago

        How so? With heavy usage all my Samsung phones barely made it through a full day. I’ve never considered throttling the battery for the sake of longevity or been encouraged to by my phones.

        • @Zanz@lemmy.ml
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          136 days ago

          When you do the initial setup it asks if you’d like to optimize for battery health and most people say yes. Most recently it wouldn’t even tell you that it was only charging to 80%.It would still charge to a hundred but that would actually be eighty percent. Around a year ago they changed it so now it says eighty percent when you’re at full charge if you have the battery health turned on.

          If you turn on the battery over provisioning you would see the same battery life at about a year and a half and then after that the provision battery will last longer. After the exploding phone they also provisioned five percent of all batteries.

      • @Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        5 days ago

        i did that for a month, it was actually more annoying than its worth, it made charge more often than i like. i was using a OPR12

    • @jalkasieni@sopuli.xyz
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      85 days ago

      It makes sense once you consider that these numbers are the manufacturers self reporting. That means they aren’t comparable, so drawing conclusions like ”manufacturer X has better batteries than manufacturer Y” from these numbers is silly.

    • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      66 days ago

      Doesn’t mean they use the same chemistry. There’s a lot of different lithium batteries.

      Samsung isn’t even using the latest\greatest tech in cell phone batteries. The Redmagic 10 pro uses a silicon-carbon anode based battery in a dual cell form. It means fast charging is split between 2 batteries so there’s less battery damage on a recharge, and the chemistry is more energy dense.

      Also, it seems the cell phone companies self assess the tests and report them to the EU, so take the whole thing with a grain of salt.

    • gonzo-rand19
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      66 days ago

      Well, it could be that their electrical design or engineering teams have a bigger budget for prototyping and R&D. It’s not just the battery that affects the charging function.

    • @masterspace@lemmy.ca
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      66 days ago

      Anecdotally it seems to be the case for me. I switched from the A series to the Pixel and I’m pretty disappointed in how quickly my battery life has degraded.