Opinion: Best charging habits for your phone’s battery health? Don’t overthink it


The fact is that today’s rechargeable batteries don’t love it when they are fully charged or run down too close to empty. — Photo by Vince Picipo on Unsplash

This week a reader asks two specific questions about charging batteries.

1. Are faster chargers harder on batteries than slower chargers (for example, is a 20W charger harder on a battery than a 12W charger)?

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