• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Most people can’t tell how much battery life has been lost to wear and tear just by using the battery.

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        11 months ago

        This is especially true for users of Lineage os. Its hard to know if the reduced battery is related to updates or not.

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        11 months ago

        If you don’t notice an issue, there is no reason to replace the battery.
        But if Google now puts a fat “your battery needs to be replaced” notification, those users who didn’t even notice an issue are driven to buy a new phone out of fear their phone will explode.

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          11 months ago

          Now that is a good point. The average consumer will see that and think “gollygee I better spend more money.” They don’t have the knowledge needed to protect themselves.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Honestly sometimes I get carried away on my device and eat through 20-30% of my battery. And then start thinking it needs replacement because it felt like it’s just been a few mins… before popping open the battery stats and realise i’ve actually been on my phone for hours 🤦‍♂️

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Worse if you buy it used.

        The phone I bought used was fortunately a company phone where the prior user barely touched it. So it lasted two years before really going to crap. But I’ve seen stories of used phones working fine for a few months then the battery just goes to shit.

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        11 months ago

        does it see future? all it knows is the current calculated capacity and cycle count. the battery might continue degrading linearly, or it might go down a cliff. nobody knows.

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          11 months ago

          Ever look at a weather report? Predicting the future according to a model whose inputs are measurements of things we can’t directly perceive is something we do all the time.

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            11 months ago

            You can predict things when you

            • know how things are now
            • have seen how similar events unfold in the future

            Now who is keeping current performance data for every single battery batch? For every single battery model ever produced?

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              11 months ago

              You’re seriously gonna argue that having a complete history of a battery’s usage and data from phones of the same model doesn’t tell you anything more than a user’s gut feeling about how well the battery is performing?

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                11 months ago

                Oh it will show the actual capacity. But who knows when will it fail (i.e. start degrading a lot faster)?