Does anyone know if Samsung's super fast charging will cause the battery to degrade faster than normal?
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No, no one actually knows. No matter what they're about to tell you to convince you that they do know.They can theorize, speculate, pontificate, bloviate, and fornicate to their hearts content, but no one's actually gone and tested it long-term (at least no one allowed to come and tell us the results anyway).
Exactly. We need to wait and see. I can't help but think that there a few bright people at Samsung who have figured this out. It would be a huge fail if the rapid charging and wireless charging would degrade their own product.
But they're Korean, come on.Very possible. But also remember, sometimes technical people build something, and document the caveats (like not overusing a feature because it causes excess wear) but then the marketing and documentation departments downplay the caveats, or outright "forget" about them (trust me, I've seen it, it's so damn frustrating). That's why we'll have to wait and see.
Exactly. We need to wait and see. I can't help but think that there a few bright people at Samsung who have figured this out. It would be a huge fail if the rapid charging and wireless charging would degrade their own product.
It depends on when and how much it degrades when compared to "regular" charging batteries. All batteries degrade. If it's only a small amount more than normal, it probably won't be perceivable to the user and to them it's a moot point. What I plan on doing and recommend everyone else doing is only using the fast charger when you need to. I plan on using the wireless charging for my over night charging and probably the same at work if I need it. The quick charger will be in my kitchen/living room which is usually where I am when I realize I need some juice before going somewhere.
Talked to the Samsung sales rep at Best Buy. He actually said that it would charge so fast that it would be sitting on the pad fully charged for hours.
Once it is charged it can sit on the pad indifferently, it will not over charge. Regulator circuit will prevent this.
Quick charging 2.0 has been around for a bit and I have never seen any true degradation from using that charging on my M8 I have had access to a wall / car charger that was 2.0 for some time and my battery experience was nearly the same for the last year. Even with 5.0 update I have never seen any difference in using a quick charging circuit. Given this is not a 2-5 year test results but I have been using it DAILY for a very LONG period of time so I think I can give my feedback on my device.
Someone buy me 2 S6`s and I volunteer to do the experiment.
I am glad to help too! and I have experience!![]()