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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by tigershark on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:19PM (#16025986)
3.3 years on the iPhone 6 charging it once a day is 1000 cycles, well above 500..
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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by goialoq on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:26PM (#16026026)
Cycles are floats, not integers. It's only a full cycle if the battery is discharged very deeply.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_li...

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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by freedomben on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:04PM (#16026302)
Fascinating. Some tidbits to save others time:

> The worst situation is keeping a fully charged battery at elevated temperatures.

> Avoid so-called ultra-fast chargers that claim to fully charge Li-ion in less than one hour.

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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by LoSboccacc on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:25PM (#16026019)
Because you’re being throttled, duh
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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by tigershark on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:24PM (#16026405)
Better being throttled than having to endure boot loops, daily crashes and a battery dead at 5 pm honestly..
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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by LoSboccacc on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:28AM (#16028385)
Better having faulty hardware replaced tbh. Especially expensive hardware.
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