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TL;DW: Fast charging over 2 years only degraded the battery an extra 0.5%, even on extremely fast charging Android phones using 120W.

And with that, hopefully we can put this argument to rest.

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[-] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Granted, with all the planned obsolescence happening, you could also argue that engineers "knew" what they were doing.

[-] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 0 points 3 weeks ago

Planned obsolescence happens but it's not as common as most people think it is.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

its exactly as common as people think, when most people's phones are lasting 3 years tops.

[-] mark@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago

And probably not as intentional as most people think it is vs just laziness and maybe a lack of planning.

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