I’ve been using a Chargie for the last two years on my Android phone (my wife is now using it) and loved that it is a hardware device that shuts off the charging at a user set percentage. It does this by monitoring the battery and temperature via the app running on the phone.
This type of battery charge limiting was exclusively the reserve of rooted phones before the Chargie came along.
Yes iOS 14.5 has optimised charging, but that still charges the battery up to 100% which is a full charge cycle. So finally the Chargie is now available for iOS devices, and I’ve just ordered mine.
With the glued in non-replaceable batteries of today this device at $35 plus shipping is just worth it to me. The manufacturing has improved the quality further to prevent corrosion on the PCB inside which just means the device should be a once-only purchase.
See Chargie – phone charge limiter
#technology #ios #batterycharging #chargecycles #chargie
Charging your phone every night to 100% and keeping the battery like this for 8 hours is one of the main culprits behind early battery failure. We’re here to change that.
Chargie is an app+hardware phone charge limiting solution that makes your battery last for much longer than if you had charged i…