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iPhone X How often to Qi charge?

aevan

aevan

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So I finally tried Qi charging with my X and it’s really convenient. You’d think there is no big difference and plugging in a cable takes two seconds longer, but the fact is putting my phone on a pad makes it easy to do quick charges I wouldn’t do otherwise.

With that said, I have a question - how often should I do it? For example, with my usage, the X battery lasts easily through the day and I charge over night. So lets say I’m at home and my phone is laying on the desk with 80% battery. Usually I wouldn’t bother to plug it in, but in this case, I might as well put it on a charging pad instead of a desk. Of course, I may pick it up from time to time to read a message or do something quick. So, my question is: do I just drop it off on the pad whenever I get the chance or just occasionally?

I am not obsessed with prolonging the health of my battery, but it’s not really a problem to do what’s best for the battery in this case - so why wouldn’t I? But, I have no idea what is the best thing to do - charge it from time to time during the day or just put it on the pad every chance I get. Any advice?
 
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You can charge or not charge any time you want. I just drop mine on the charging pad before I go to bed and it is ready to go in the morning. I usually have 70-80% left at the end of the day and see no reason to charge mid day.
 
Newtons Apple said:
You can charge or not charge any time you want. I just drop mine on the charging pad before I go to bed and it is ready to go in the morning. I usually have 70-80% left at the end of the day and see no reason to charge mid day.
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Sure, but is it ok to keep putting it on and off the pad as I’m using it (it’s on the pad, a message arrives, I respond and put it back on the pad, then a notification comes, I pick it up, return it, etc.)?
 
Actually putting the lightning cable in all the time will damage the charging port. I had to replace the charging port on the iPhone 5 coz it wasn’t charging properly.

So it’s better I think to charge on the charging pad in the long run. Replacing a broken charging lightning port will be expensive on the new 8 and X
 
jetlagged said:
Actually putting the lightning cable in all the time will damage the charging port. I had to replace the charging port on the iPhone 5 coz it wasn’t charging properly.

So it’s better I think to charge on the charging pad in the long run. Replacing a broken charging lightning port will be expensive on the new 8 and X
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Just as expensive as a battery will be so I dont follow your logic in that answer
 
Charging little and often does no harm at all. I have charging pad on my desk and place my X on it whenever not using.
 
Samuel79 said:
Just as expensive as a battery will be so I dont follow your logic in that answer
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There’s no recorded cases so far of iPhone 8 X battery going bad. But there’s a million instances where people replace the light charging port because of wear after plugging it in and out so many times. I had it happen twice on me.
 
Lithium batteries perform best when they're somewhere between 30-80% charge, as far as longevity is concerned. Probably the reason why charging speed slows dramatically once it reaches 90%. I personally recharge my phone every 2 or 3 days, though my usage pattern will of course differ as I'm a fairly light user. My X currently has 33% left after two days of standby and 7 hours of use.

My son's 6s just had its battery replaced (unrelated to throttling, it was eligible for the free battery replacement). This phone is just over 2 years old. I ran a battery test before bringing it to Apple and it showed 30% wear. He frequently charges his phone, never usually let it go below 70%. On the other hand, my daughter's SE which is about 1.5yrs old, she only charged it every 2 to 3 days like myself. It had just 1% battery wear when I just sold it to a forum member here.

Since you pointed out that you're not obsessed with preserving the battery, just use it as you please. With the convenience of wireless charging, my recommendation for heavier users is to drop it onto the charger whenever you get a chance, but only let it go up to about 80% when just topping off in the middle of the day.

My current charge:
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aevan said:
Sure, but is it ok to keep putting it on and off the pad as I’m using it (it’s on the pad, a message arrives, I respond and put it back on the pad, then a notification comes, I pick it up, return it, etc.)?
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Like I said, you can charge or not charge anytime you want. Nothing you do will greatly change your battery unless you run it to dead constantly and Apple even helps to prevent that too. You can use your charger as you wish. Might be just me but I would take it off the charger during the day to keep,the device on myself, but if home I would leave it on the charger and not worry.

The 80% thing sounds great for storing your phone in a drawer for months at a time and is recommended but I am not so crazy that I will watch my phone while charging to make sure I remove it at 80%. What a waste of time.
 
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Newtons Apple said:
Like I said, you can charge or not charge anytime you want. Nothing you do will greatly change your battery unless you run it to dead constantly and Apple even helps to prevent that too. You can use your charger as you wish. Might be just me but I would take it off the charger during the day to keep,the device on myself, but if home I would leave it on the charger and not worry.

The 80% thing sounds great for storing your phone in a drawer for months at a time and is recommended but I am not so crazy that I will watch my phone while charging to make sure I remove it at 80%. What a waste of time.
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Agreed, thanks.
 
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fred98tj said:
What’s best is to keep it topped off to around 80% and not let it drop below around 20%. If that’s what’s being asked. But in reality in the realm of things it probably doesn’t matter that much.
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This is the truth right here. A lot of people are heavy users and have to charge overnight.

Neither extreme is “good” for the battery, but it’s better to charge over 80% than to let it fall under 20%.
 
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