if I set the limit charge to 95% will it be more damaged than 80 or 85%?

Tests have shown that charging a battery past 80% capacity reduces its overall lifespan. However, I haven't read any such reports where they mention what that difference is. Such as, will the battery last 5 years and 9 months rather than 5 years and 4 months?

Rather than trying to be a nervous mother hen, I just let my iPad and iPhone charge to 100%, and always have.

dischan93 wrote:

if I set the limit charge to 95% will it be more damaged than 80 or 85%?? because I heard that to preserve it was necessary to set the charge limit to 80-85% but I need a little more so it will affect my battery differently or not ??

What REALLY degrades the health of a battery is full charge cycles. As far as I'm concerned the Charge Limit is more gimmick than useful. A full charge cycle is from 0% - 100%. Since you NOT let the battery fully deplete as that can harmful to a Lion Battery, partial charge cycles wind up equalling a full charge cycle. For example, let's say you charge your iPhone from 50% - 100%. That is 1/2 a charge cycle. Doing that two times equals a full charge cycle. Charging your phone to a level lower than 100% usually means charging the phone more often, so Battery Health is going to decline regardless of what you do.

Most of us senior members just use Optimized Battery Charging, where we plug our phones in to charge when we go to bed, leaving them plugged in all night EVERY night. We awaken to a fully charged phone, which should be more than enough charge for a days use, then repeat the cycle each night all over.

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What do you advise me to set the optimized recharge or limit it to 80-85%?

Frankly, it does not matter. You do know that even if you set a Charge Limit of 80% or 85% or 95%......the battery will still charge to 100% occasionally, correct?

When I tried Charge Limits, I found that the battery was still charging to 100% 2 or 3 times a month. Some users report even more frequency while some report less. The point is.....if you use Charge Limits, you cannot prevent the battery from charging to 100% unless you are watching the battery charge every minute. Who has the time to do this?

Somehow, Apple and iPhone users got by just fine for 15+ years without Charge Limits at all. Like some of the other posts that you have seen, I also think that the limits are much more of a gimmick.....(to sell more phones).....than anything else.

If Charge Limits were really important, Apple would offer this option for every model of iPhone. They don't do this of course.

Yes, you might get a month or two more use from your battery, but after 3-4 years of use, does this really matter? I am happy to give up a few months of battery use in return or starting every day with the battery at 100%.

With Charge Limits, you obviously will have to charge the battery more often......that's more wear and tear on the battery.....which the Charge Limit crowd does not want to talk about.

My advice......use Optimized Battery Charging and connect the phone to the power supply at night and leave it connected all night.....every night. I got well over 5 years of use on my iPhone doing this.

dischan93 wrote:

What do you advise me to set the optimized recharge or limit it to 80-85%?

I suggest you use Optimized Battery Charging.

As Kurt states, the further you charge your iPhone past 80%, the less its lifespan will last. But we don’t know how much less, and if it’s one or two percent over a few years, I don’t mind. By the way, if you were to go out of your way to set a 95% Charge Limit, at that point I would just suggest you set it to 100% with Optimized Battery Charging. That ultimately is the best charging practice as you start your day with a full charge and it waits to charge past 80% before you need to use it, which reduces the time fully charged. Also keep in mind that your iPhone will still occasionally charge to 100% with a Charge Limit, so it defeats the purpose of the limit.

Bob Timmons wrote:

What do you advise me to set the optimized recharge or limit it to 80-85%?

Frankly, it does not matter. You do know that even if you set a Charge Limit of 80% or 85%......the battery will still charge to 100% occasionally, correct?

When I tried Charge Limits, I found that the battery was still charging to 100% 2 or 3 times a month. Some users report even more frequency while some report less. The point is.....you cannot prevent the battery from charging to 100% unless you are watching the battery charge every minute.

Somehow, Apple and iPhone users got by just fine for 15+ years without Charge Limits at all. Like some of the other posts that you have seen, I also think that the limits are much more of a gimmick.....(to sell more phones).....than anything else.

If Charge Limits were really important, Apple would offer this option for every model of iPhone. They don't do this of course.

Yes, you might get a month or two more use from your battery, but after 3-4 years of use, does this really matter? I am happy to give up a few months of battery use in return or starting every day with the battery at 100%.

With Charge Limits, you obviously will have to charge the battery more often......that's more wear and tear on things.....which the Charge Limit crowd does not talk about.

Kind of like the engine stop and start feature of most new cars, which is designed to increase mileage ratings for new cars. But this wear out the starter motor faster, which ultimately could cost the consumer more in the end run. When I get in my car and start the engine, the first thing I do is turn off the start/stop engine feature.

One thing everyone needs to understand is that Apple’s algorithm (think AI) is much smarter than what we can manually manipulate. The algorithm measures dozens of parameters and usage conditions. For an example here’s my wife’s iPhone battery condition.

Please notice, the battery is almost 2 years old and at 86%. She likes to see it charged to 100%. But notice that the algorithm is recommending, in green, to set to 90% to improve battery life. Listen to the algorithm. Why? Because day and night, it’s monitoring your battery’s performance, usage, charging and a variety of other factors.

Follow your algorithm, it’s optimizing your battery for the way you use your iPhone, not how someone else uses their device.

When I get in my car and start the engine, the first thing I do is turn off the start/stop engine feature.

My wife's car (much newer than mine) has that "feature". Which she turns off every time for the reason of it wears out the starter much sooner than would otherwise happen.

Haven't confirmed it, but I read that in New York (the city area), turning gas engines off at a red light is required. So if you don't have one of these auto stop/start engines, you're supposed to do it manually.