You're charging your phone all wrong: 6 common myths, debunked
I fact-checked the internet's favorite battery tips, and most of them are horribly outdated.
Charging a phone to its maximum capacity can damage the battery, as devices like iPhones and Pixels are programmed to stop charging once they reach 80%. The charging method is more important than the brand. Draining a battery to zero percent is not necessary for calibrating a lithium-ion battery. The belief that doing so is an outdated practice from nickel-based batteries of the 1980s and 1990s.
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