Is it better for the smartphone to drain the battery completely? Does a more powerful battery really last longer? And what about fast charging? On the internet you can find a lot about the batteries of smartphones, but not everything is true. Below are three common myths.
Myth 1: Milliamps say everything
The capacity of a smartphone battery is expressed in milliamps (mAh). But that doesn’t always say something about how long the battery will last. affect how long you can go with one fully charged battery.
The devices with the best batteries to date, the Huawei Mate 20 (4,000 mAh) and the P30 (3,690 mAh), do not have the same battery capacity. However, it is possible to continuously browse a Wi-Fi network on both 13 hours and 45 minutes before the battery dies. The iPhone XR then gives the best test results: it delivers just under 13 hours of browsing for a battery with only 2,941 mAh. And the Honor View 20, in third place, has a powerful 4,000 mAh battery, but only lasts 11 hours and 41 minutes.
- Huawei Mate 20 & Huawei P30
- iPhone XR
- Honor View 20
Myth 2: You have to drain it completely
No, this isn’t necessary, but it can’t hurt either. If you do this very often, it can damage the battery in the long term.
Make sure that you don’t charge it all the way to 100 percent every night, and then leave it on the charger. As a result, a ‘trickle charge’ is always passed on, a minimum of current so that the battery remains at that maximum, but that constant energy gives the battery a lot of stress.
Myth 3: Fast charging does not affect battery quality
Fast charging isn’t necessarily bad for your battery, otherwise manufacturers wouldn’t continue to support it. But as soon as you only use that fast charger for the daily charge, a problem can arise with the battery in the long term.
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