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For people who use their laptops primarily as plugged in machines, there should be a 50% max charge mode.
Why 50%?
For people who use their laptops primarily as plugged in machines, there should be a 50% max charge mode.
I wish they'd give us the option (on the iPhone and iPad as well) to arbitrarily set the maximum charge level. Just like on my Tesla, I'd like to be able to tell my phone not to charge above 80%.
Then 500M people complaining on Reddit that their phones only charge to 80% for some reason.
I wish they'd give us the option (on the iPhone and iPad as well) to arbitrarily set the maximum charge level. Just like on my Tesla, I'd like to be able to tell my phone not to charge above 80%.
Then 500M people complaining on Reddit that their phones only charge to 80% for some reason.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why 50%?
the optimal charge state for long-term storage of a lipo cell is about 33%. 50% is a nice buffer on top of that if you use it unplugged for an hour or so, then put it away.
PSA: If you have a thinkpad, the lenovo settings app lets you control this too. In lenovo vantage, go to Device > My Device Settings > Battery settings > Battery Charge Threshold.
The only big issue is that they don't expose it through a friendly UI within Windows 10. It's nonsense that I need to go to the BIOS to tweak these settings.
It's amazing what we were able to squeeze out of lithium ion, but it's fundamentally a stop-gap.
I wish they'd give us the option (on the iPhone and iPad as well) to arbitrarily set the maximum charge level. Just like on my Tesla, I'd like to be able to tell my phone not to charge above 80%.