Wireless charging and battery

[CVisk]

Does it harm the battery at all by frequently setting the phone on and removing it from a wireless charger? Like if I have a wireless charger in my office and any time I get up would take the phone with me and then set it back on the charger when getting back to my office. This would happen many times during the day.
Thanks

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[Fred Wilson2]

Not really, however, for longest battery life, wireless is not the way to go.
That being said it's difficult to say how much more quickly wireless charging decreases the battery capacity compared to regular wired charging

Wireless charging produces heat and about the worse that that you can do to decrease the capacity of a lithium battery is charge it while it's hot.

Fred

 

[me75006]

I do mine the same way, have never found any thing with the heat. Battery is not all that costly. It is just too convenient.

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[Fred Wilson2]

Yeah, that's whats nice about these phones, one of the few with a replaceable battery

Fred

 

[Rukbat]

If the phone stays cool enough (some Qi receivers get pretty warm, some stay pretty cool), there's no difference between wireless charging and wired charging, as far s the battery is concerned. (As far as the charging port, of course, wireless is better.)

As for putting the phone on the charger and taking it off many times a day, that's not nearly as bad as letting it discharge below 40%. Popping it on and off all day may lose you a few percent of lifetime, letting it drop until the phone shuts off every cycle will kill the battery in about 6 months or less.

 

[scottysize]

I owned a G3 for almost a year with a Qi back and charger. I put it on the charger each night for 8-10 hours. Never had an issue.

I did this with my G2 for a long time and never had any issues.