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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man
Even "over cycling" is not a problem. Consumer rechargeable batteries will generally maintain their maximum capacity for 500 full cycles -- that is a full discharge followed by a full recharge. If you drain a battery to 50% and then recharge it, that's half a cycle, so frequently recharging a partially discharged battery won't shorten its life. And even if you surpass 500 full cycles, it just means a slightly reduced capacity and not that the battery will suddenly cease functioning.
Point being, there's no need to worry that one's charging habits will damage the battery in their electronic devices, and that by far the most common cause of battery failure is due to things entirely out of one's control.
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The above doesn't seem to line up with many people's experience with smartphones, unless there is a further explanation for maximum capacity? Most people I know who are heavy smartphone users (charge their smartphones once a day), complain about degraded battery life after one year.