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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't know but anecdotally I've experienced this with every single phone I've had that's been wireless charging.

It just shortens its life somehow. I thought I was crazy. It didn't make sense unless it does fancy shit with the crystals inside or it heats it badly

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is a deeply unsatisfying non-answer.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seeing as you're unhappy with the actual answers, I'm thinking you just wanted to be agreed with.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm unhappy with the answers because they just parrot the first comment and provide little evidence.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Which only states that wireless charging will wear out your battery faster than wired. Not that it's critically damaging the instant you opt to use it, or that it will shorten the lifespan of a device to nothing.

There is a difference, that's straight up true. One method has the battery sitting at a temperature that is worse for the chemistry involved. That is indisputable. Super fast fast charging that only slows down to keep an already hot battery from becoming dangerous, essentially redlining it for the whole process, has the exact same downsides in terms of thermals, except that wireless charging, being inherently slower for equivalent temperatures, keeps the battery warm for longer.

What exactly the difference ends up being, varies from application to application, and from device to device. Obviously, if you lower the charge speed of wireless until it doesn't heat the battery any more than wired, there wont be a difference, but then you could just do the same for wired charging, and have the battery last even more cycles.

Bottom line, whatever option runs the battery the coolest on a given device, WILL CAUSE THE LEAST WEAR. That's simply true.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I've only ever wirelessly charged my Pixel 5 and it's still going strong after 3+ years.