My wife’s phone dies every. single. day. and I don’t know why she doesn’t just charge it at night.

I’m just wondering how people live like this 😅

  • coffeekomrade@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    I read to fall asleep, so my phone usually stays with me in bed. Pro-Tip, if she has an iPhone, set the Sleep focus to turn on at a specific time and enable low power mode.

    • zettajon@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      For many years I always did this for my own android phone in Tasker, and more recently Samsung Modes&Routines, but thank you for this as I just realized I never did the same for my wife’s iPhone

  • Synapse@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Because I try to charge my phone when I am in the office, as much as possible. There are no small savings in my book :D

    • pingveno@lemmy.ml
      11·
      2 years ago

      Not necessarily. Many phones will charge more slowly during the night if you set a morning alarm. You could be wearing down you battery when you charge at work.

  • memphis@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    Keeping Lithium-ion batteries at 100% charge will reduce their lifespan. They want to live in the 40-80% range. I use an app that notifies me when my phone has charged to 80%, so that I can unplug it. It may be overkill, but I plan to use this phone for 9 more years or so.

    • bitsplease@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      Both iphone and androids have an OS option to stop charging at 85 though - I keep it on all the time unless I’m going to need that extra bit of juice

    • GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      9 more years?? I’ve gotten almost 6 years out of my Oneplus 5T and I’ve been ecstatic about it. It’s literally lasted 3 times longer than any phone I’ve had before it

    • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      Fast charging decreases the lifetime of your battery compared to traditional charging. It’s not a huge difference anymore (maybe 3% or something), but traditional charging isn’t that inconvenient considering you’re not using your phone while you sleep, anyway.

  • clarksonianpause@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    I have a wireless charging stand at work, so my phone is nearly 70% charged when I go to bed. No real point to me in having extra clutter on my nightstand.

    On the weekends, I’ll charge my phone on the kitchen counter while making breakfast for the kids.

    • shapesandstuff@feddit.de
      0·
      2 years ago

      I genuinely don’t understand how this works for so many people. When i watch something, I watch it and wont sleep until i make the concious decision to stop paying attention and close my eyes. Same with books or anything really. Maybe music works

      • dragnucs@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        Depends on the subject and how much interested you put in it. If the video is just random dumb shit with music, then you fall asleep. If it is a nice interesting movie you may stay awake. Even so, if the movie is boring, you may fall asleep.

        • shapesandstuff@feddit.de
          1·
          2 years ago

          Thats not how I meant it. The concious decision to stop engaging with stuff and close my eyes. No human can just decide to sleep and pass out.

          Yeah yeah someone’s gonna akshewally me but nah.