Weekend poll: When do you charge your smartphone?

Ubettawerk , 11 months ago

I only charge overnight and during my 15 min commute while using CarPlay. My phone never falls below 60-70%

dan1101 , 11 months ago

About every second night. I normally use 20-40% per day so sometimes I charge every third night.

independantiste , 11 months ago

Whenever it’s getting to about 30%. I also use slow charging, and since most of the time I am near a charger, it’s never a problem. I often wake up with my phone at 35%, I plug it in before going and most of the time when I go I am at 70%.

weew , 11 months ago

Overnight. I find that “fast charging” as a feature is just a crutch for not having enough battery life to last a day. Why would I ever want to carry a bulky charger around all day instead of just having a phone that’s 1mm thicker?

oh right it’s to make us buy more accessories

JBloodthorn , 11 months ago

Thanks to overnight slow charging, swappable batteries, and a magnetic charge coupler, my S5 from 2014 still works great. I use it in the shower for tunes, and drag it to appointments to use the IR blaster to turn off fox news in waiting rooms.

So, in a way, it's also to make us buy more phones.

teraflopsweat , 11 months ago

I have a wireless charging stand at my desk, where it sits to charger while I work. On days off, I throw it on a quick charger for a short time, usually while I’m cooking

Ragnell , 11 months ago

When I sleep and when I drive.

housepanther , 11 months ago

I charge overnight.

SpeedLimit55 , 11 months ago

Mini is whenever. I have fast chargers all over the house, in both cars, at the office, and a power bank too.

UniquesNotUseful , 11 months ago

If commuting, I take public transport so charge on last bit of journey before (or after work) if needed or a heavy phone day.

At home/weekends - whenever it drops and I have time.

6mementomori , 11 months ago

my phone takes about 20 mins to charge completely and i charge it once every 2 days, in the morning while I’m doing my morning business.

confetti_8tVST5 , 11 months ago

Whenever its below 20% or when I sleep

kamiheku , 11 months ago

Same, except I rarely charge when I sleep. I just don’t have an outlet handy next to my bed. With the fancy Samsung turbo charger I get a decent charge in barely any time at all.

eight_byte , 11 months ago

Only during the night when I am asleep.

otter , 11 months ago

Same

Is manually limiting your charging to 80% necessary anymore? I’ve heard people say that modern phones / chargers are pretty good with handling that for you.

I’m looking forward to removable batteries again though. Being able to swap the battery when it degrades will be nice.

Jesus_666 , 11 months ago

Is manually limiting your charging to 80% necessary anymore? I’ve heard people say that modern phones / chargers are pretty good with handling that for you.

They are. My phone gets all night to charge to 80% and will only go beyond that if I tell it to in advance.

Nuuskis9 , 11 months ago

During my morning routine. It takes less than 1 hr from 0-100% so 30-45 minutes is enough.

Would be coom if Android offered a standard for calculating the charging power to reach 100% just before the alarm clock.

GrayBoltWolf , 11 months ago

Sony does this (and the iPhone), but yeah should be a standard feature.

Elephant0991 , 11 months ago

I charge my phone to 65%, and I start charging whenever it takes at least 30 minutes to charge, infrequently less if I want to make sure I have the most juice in the phone.

Alfiegerner , 11 months ago

Handily my phone can use the same chargers that we use for laptops on our house, and as the charge is fast, and battery capacity good, I don’t bother charging it at night unless it’s low. Before this phone I’d charge every night. Some sort of progress.