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How often do you charge your smartphone battery?

And is it best to let it die completely before charging, or can you charge it before it completely runs out?

Thanks :smile:

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If I use for my phone that day then I have to charge it every day. Quite annoying. I miss the days when I my Nokia 3510i would last well over a week between charges.
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Billybob2
Every 2 days best not let it go to 0 keep above 20 and charge then also don't let it go too 100%

Although even charged every day for 2 years it won't need replacing
I'm an iPhone 4s user so mine is plugged in 2-3 times daily most days. The battery life on them is literally appalling.
I don't think I've ever let my battery die yet I usually charge it first! I charge it at least once a day sometimes twice if I use it a bit more if I don't bring my tablet to uni.
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lou 22
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Every couple of days, I have the z3 the battery is brilliant. I can be on internet all day while listening to music and the pecentage doesnt go down much.
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I charge it before it completely dies to replenish its battery juice :biggrin:.
My Dad always says to let it drain completely before charging it. I noticed when I didn't do that my phone would turn off at like 7% battery instead of
0%. So now I try to let it drain. Usually end up charging it most nights.


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I always plug mine in right when I get home.
I've heard it's good to let your phone die once a month or so, not sure if it's true....
My phone usually lasts for two days without charging (iPhone 5S) unless I'm using it a lot that day for whatever reason. I will always plug it in overnight because I prefer giving it a full charge. Whenever I plug it in during the day, and it says it's 100%, it will always drain again faster than it would if it had a full overnight charge. So whenever it dies during the day, it waits until night to be charged. I prefer to let it drain completely, but I have no logical reason why.
iPhone 5s.
Gets charge 3 or 4 times a day.
Facebook drains so much battery!
Nokia Lumia 520 which I charge every night

Yesterday I didn't charge it and it was like 62%. When I woke up this morning it was 6%

I really need to get a new phone :confused:
Daily.
The whole night

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I have a nexus 5, and i charge it when it warns me to. Usually once or twice a day.
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Original post by Emily.97
I have a nexus 5, and i charge it when it warns me to. Usually once or twice a day.


Hey how's the battery life of nexus? How's the phone in general ?
was planning to buy that but the battery life of nexus 4 (what I have now) is horrible .

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I have a S4 and I charge mine through the night. I'm usually on my laptop all day rather than my phone so it lasts up until the night when I charge it again.

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Probably once a day.
I tend to charge it when it completely dies out and it turns off by itself. :ahee:
If i can be bothered i'll just charge it when it gets low.
OPPO find 7 so charging from 0 - 75% in less than 30 mins... Also battery life lasts me about 2 days. Charge it for about 20 mins every morning just to top it up :smile: Avoid excessive charging and always take it off charge at 98 ish percent otherwise the battery can ruin - this happened on my previous Xperia Arc S (had it for 3 + years!)
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Hey how's the battery life of nexus? How's the phone in general ?
was planning to buy that but the battery life of nexus 4 (what I have now) is horrible .

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The battery life varies depending on what you do on it. If I play games/use the internet/ use the timer, it drains quite quickly, which can be frustrating, but it seems like smart phones are like that in general any way.

I'm no technopobe so I can't compare my current phone with anything, but I haven't had many problems with it. And the google aspects of the phone are very useful!

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