I didn’t understand why we didn’t set the expectation years ago of phones ignoring the top and bottom 20%. Change it so 80 is the new 100, 20 is the new 0, and then play up the longevity factor and some marketing bs around “we squeeze every last drop out of the last 5%” (ie letting the phone go to 18% or something).
You aren’t. If you choose to limit it even further, you’re actually limiting it to 80-20% of that first 80-20%, or to 68-32% of the battery’s true capacity, if I did that math right. (I probably didn’t, but you get the idea.)
I just hate that 100-0% is a cycle regardless of the actual usage. 100-0% is more damaging to the battery than 80-30% twice.
I’ve turned it off on my P9ProXL just for that reason, i’m treating my battery well and will just swap it out if it’s shagged.
I didn’t understand why we didn’t set the expectation years ago of phones ignoring the top and bottom 20%. Change it so 80 is the new 100, 20 is the new 0, and then play up the longevity factor and some marketing bs around “we squeeze every last drop out of the last 5%” (ie letting the phone go to 18% or something).
We did. Your phone’s battery controller already does that, and the percentage displayed to you is normalized to the available range.
That doesn’t ring true when I read the voltage of my phone and compare it to the cell specs.
Then why are we still having to manage 80-20?
You aren’t. If you choose to limit it even further, you’re actually limiting it to 80-20% of that first 80-20%, or to 68-32% of the battery’s true capacity, if I did that math right. (I probably didn’t, but you get the idea.)