This is a cruel doubt and believe it if you can: it still continues to be an increasingly recurring doubt. To better contextualize, the traditional story of the "addicted" smartphone battery is still doubtful in many people's minds. After all, is not waiting for the device to finish charging before disconnecting it from the socket or charging it before the battery drains completely harmful? Thinking about it, I prepared a special article for you, check it out!
Currently, the batteries used in smartphones and other electronics are those of lithium ion (Li-Ion). They do not hold what has become known as "loading memory". In other words, they are not addictive. Therefore, there is no need to wait for the smartphone to completely download to carry out a new charge; likewise, there is no danger of leaving it “bad used” if you unplug it ahead of time.
However, this does not mean that the batteries remain “new” after years of use by the user. Most of the time, they have an estimated useful life of about three years, since they lose part of their capacity when over time. Therefore, we have the impression that our devices are no longer “the same”.
The curious thing is that, when cell phones became popular, information circulated that “batteries were addictive”. This is because if you charged them before completing the previous charge, the next charge would last less time, and so on. What happens is that, the first models of cell phones had batteries of Nickel, which required the charge to dissipate completely before recharging. Otherwise, they were affected by the “memory” effect. For this reason, old devices end up needing new batteries frequently if the owner does not want to carry the charger in his bag.
And you, do you know someone who believes in addictive batteries? 😉
