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Re:macOS Catalina 10.15.5 by dan1234 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:51AM (#23320910)
Got any credible sources that back that up?

My 2015 13" MBP has been charged 221 times in 4.75 years. It has been plugged in for the vast majority of the time, yet still shows 88% total capacity and will still last 8+ hours doing standard web dev stuff.

My iPhone gets discharged every day, but its capacity is down to 78% after just 2.5 years.

Re:macOS Catalina 10.15.5 by jannes on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:09AM (#23321001)
Do you discharge your iPhone all the way to 0%? The bottom 20% are also not so great for battery wear.

Ideally you would stay between 20-80% (only charging to 100% and discharging to 0% when you really need it)

Re:macOS Catalina 10.15.5 by dan1234 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:20AM (#23321065)
I try not to but it has been below 10% many times (and occasionally so empty it turns off).

Now WFH, so it has been plugged most of the time since late March and I'm really just nursing it through until the newer phones are released so I can decided whether to get the updated SE or the newer model.

Re:macOS Catalina 10.15.5 by op00to on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:13PM (#23331323)
What’s to say your iPhone isn’t holding 20% in reserve cutting off the phone early so the battery doesn’t get into that 0-20 bad zone.