First Charge on an iDevice

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Do you use your brand new iDevices directly or charge them 10-15 hours on the first charge?

What is current opinion for this?

Thank you.

 

[Phil A.]

There's no way I'd wait 15 hours before using a new gadget 🙂 It gets setup immediately and I use it

 

[Newtons Apple]

Charging it for 15 hours is crazy! Why do that when it will be charged fully in a hours or so?

When I took mine out of the box it had like 70% and I just used it and charged it that night while sleeping.

Do not let the battery and charging interfere with your enjoyment of the device , just use it and charge when you want to do so. No need to dwell on the battery or charging.

 

[Swiss-G]

It's not necessary to charge 10-15 hours when first used. Unlike common Ni-CD or Ni-MH batteries, most lithium ion batteries are activated before leaving the factory. Due to their low self-discharge, it’s unnecessary to charge lithium ion batteries for such a long time when new. Lithium ion batteries are ready for use when the charger indicates so, and they will reach their best capacity after 3 or 5 cycles.

 

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It's not necessary to charge 10-15 hours when first used. Unlike common Ni-CD or Ni-MH batteries, most lithium ion batteries are activated before leaving the factory. Due to their low self-discharge, it’s unnecessary to charge lithium ion batteries for such a long time when new. Lithium ion batteries are ready for use when the charger indicates so, and they will reach their best capacity after 3 or 5 cycles.

Thank you

 

[ron7624]

Most iDevices I receive have about 80 on them anyway. I just start using them and then charge overnight. These batteries can't be hurt from what I've read.