Charging my phone
I’m the type who always forgets to charge their phone. It’s not to the point that I go out with 5% left, but it won’t really last the day. Yes, I do bring my charger everytime I go out because of my carelessness, but finding a power plug outside is a trouble in of itself. Not to mention that I would have to stay there for around 10 minutes for it to charge a decent amount (my phone has those quick charge features, though it’s only rated for 15W. fast, but not lightning fast). Turning on ultra battery saver helps a ton, but that could only get me so far with 10% left.
The situation at home is less of a problem because I can plug my phone in anytime, but 1. I always left it to charge for 4+ hours at a time because I took a nap and 2. it runs hot when it’s quick charging. I remember reading somewhere that charging while the device is hot leads to higher battery degradation (I don’t have a source for that), so I would like to avoid that. My battery’s only holding 80% of charge after 3+ years of continuous use. Not sure whether that’s good or bad, but it’s getting to the point where I have barely enough battery for the day without resorting to ultra battery saver.
So I decided to do something at home. I used a charger adapter that came with an old Samsung phone my family had bought more than a decade ago (those things last, the fast charging head we received with newer phones only last for around 2 years) and a usb-c cable (that supports fast charging, there’s no normal usb-c cable in the house). It charges at just a normal rate, like phones of the prior decade, but on the plus side I don’t have to worry about my phone overheating. Well, unless I decided to play a heavy game while charging. The battery on this phone is quite big (4520 mAh) so it takes a good few hours for it to fully charge.
Using it is quite nice as I would plug my phone in and do my work on my laptop. By the time I finish my work or I’m eating, the phone has been charged a decent amount. It doesn’t really work if I have to go out early in the morning as it can only charge by 5% the most, but 5% is 5%. Also I don’t have to bring out the charger I always bring with me at home to charge, so it’s less likely I’m going to forget bringing it :P
There are some days where I forget to charge it at home and leave with less than 20% left, but those days are fewer and far between.
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