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Well I can see how you might derive that from what I've posted, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it isn't good. Certainly charging overnight to 100 percent with the standard charger is better for the battery than doing the same thing with the turbo charger simply because the turbo charger charges at a significantly higher rate during a significant portion of the charging cycle.
Still, the fact of the matter is that these batteries can be charged beyond 100% as we know it (which may sound technically impossible), but the current and voltage limiting circuitry in the phone prevent that from happening. 100% is actually an arbitrary charge level based on voltage, chosen by both the manufacturer of the battery and the manufacturer of the phone. 100% may represent 4.2 volts with one phone manufacturer and it may represent 4.3 volts with another. If its 4.3 volts versus 4.2, the battery that is charged to 4.3 volts will last longer per charge but will degrade quicker and reach end-of-life sooner than the battery charged to only 4.2 volts. So 100% is only 100% of what they want to charge to based upon their hopeful expected life of the battery and hopeful expected run time.
As mentioned in an earlier post, the level that you charge a battery to (voltage), directly influences its lifespan, so as I mentioned with regard to electric car manufacturers, in order to extend the lives of those extremely expensive batteries they offer the battery saver charging mode which only charges to 85% (or perhaps better said a lower voltage), of the rated charge level of 100%, again being an arbitrary number itself but now obviously reducing that significantly to further extend the long term life of the battery.
Still, the fact of the matter is that these batteries can be charged beyond 100% as we know it (which may sound technically impossible), but the current and voltage limiting circuitry in the phone prevent that from happening. 100% is actually an arbitrary charge level based on voltage, chosen by both the manufacturer of the battery and the manufacturer of the phone. 100% may represent 4.2 volts with one phone manufacturer and it may represent 4.3 volts with another. If its 4.3 volts versus 4.2, the battery that is charged to 4.3 volts will last longer per charge but will degrade quicker and reach end-of-life sooner than the battery charged to only 4.2 volts. So 100% is only 100% of what they want to charge to based upon their hopeful expected life of the battery and hopeful expected run time.
As mentioned in an earlier post, the level that you charge a battery to (voltage), directly influences its lifespan, so as I mentioned with regard to electric car manufacturers, in order to extend the lives of those extremely expensive batteries they offer the battery saver charging mode which only charges to 85% (or perhaps better said a lower voltage), of the rated charge level of 100%, again being an arbitrary number itself but now obviously reducing that significantly to further extend the long term life of the battery.
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