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shawnz
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Ask HN: Have you ever tried to live without a phon...
It's very bad for the lifetime of a lithium battery to let it drop all the way to 0% charge
dwighttk
on Sept 12, 2020
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Do most devices wait until 0% to turn off?
shawnz
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No, but the higher the depth of discharge, the worse the degradation will be.
See:
https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/how_to...
BlueTemplar
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The "0%" is somewhat arbitrary, this is also why it's recommended to keep lithium ion batteries between 25% and 75%.
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