If you are going to keep your phone for more than a year and aren’t interested in paying Apple for a battery replacement, charging with MagSafe will wear your battery faster than using a 5w brick or a 7.5w Qi charger.
That is true. Personally, I think too many people here obsess over battery due to resale value concerns.Yet the amount of additional wear we can only guess. Battery life doesn’t degrade proportionally with the charge going into the device.
If you are going to keep your phone for more than a year and aren’t interested in paying Apple for a battery replacement, charging with MagSafe will wear your battery faster than using a 5w brick or a 7.5w Qi charger.
To sum up: wireless charging puts a larger strain on the battery because the battery is actively being used 100% of the time.
This is not an anecdote nor a theory about heat. This is actually how it works.
I don't believe that but even if true, irrelevant. Only matters once the battery reaches 100% and is continuing to be used while on the charger. Who does that?Yes and here is why.
When you use a wireless charger all of the energy goes “through the battery” to either be charged or to power the phone while plugged in.
When you use a lightning cable, energy goes to the battery only when charging. Otherwise energy bypasses the battery and goes to the phone internals.
To sum up: wireless charging puts a larger strain on the battery because the battery is actively being used 100% of the time.
This is not an anecdote nor a theory about heat. This is actually how it works.
You’re right. I was wrong, my information has since been disproven after looking it up again.I don't believe that but even if true, irrelevant. Only matters once the battery reaches 100% and is continuing to be used while on the charger. Who does that?
Good luck on any wireless chargers. Watch your battery health drain 10% a year instead of like 2 to 3%.
I use a 7.5w QI charger for my iPhone mini. I don’t believe i will see a health drain of 10% a year from that, seeing how that is not a big increase in watts from the traditional power brick. The phone doesn’t get very warm at all and I remove it as soon as it hits 100%.Good luck on any wireless chargers. Watch your battery health drain 10% a year instead of like 2 to 3%.
Good luck on any wireless chargers. Watch your battery health drain 10% a year instead of like 2 to 3%.
Good luck on any wireless chargers. Watch your battery health drain 10% a year instead of like 2 to 3%.
I use a 7.5w QI charger for my iPhone mini. I don’t believe i will see a health drain of 10% a year from that, seeing how that is not a big increase in watts from the traditional power brick. The phone doesn’t get very warm at all and I remove it as soon as it hits 100%.
Sorry for the bump but I found this thread via a google search.
I’ve never charged via lightning and have only used MagSafe on my iPhone 13 Pro Max since my purchase last November. I’ve just notice that my battery health is 95%. To say I’m a bit disappointed is an understatement. I might ditch MagSafe altogether now if it’s going to chew away at the health like this.
My phone rarely gets below 20% and I hardly use it while it’s charging.