When charging a phone wirelessly, there is sometimes significant heat generated. That combined with higher charging rates that are now coming out with the Qi 2 standard make me wonder what the ideal charge for the battery would be.
Most of the time I just toss my phone onto a wireless charger before bed, and don’t really care how quickly it charges. Would it be better to use a 5W brick with a charging pad? Should wireless be avoided and usb used instead?
Additionally, if you follow the “stay between 20% and 80%” advice, you’re only ever getting 60% of your battery’s capacity.
Why not just use it normally and get 100% of it? And then sure, in 3-5 years the battery may have degraded down to only holding 60% of a charge, but that means you’re effectively in the same boat as above, except you got way more usability from the phone in the meantime, and you’ve not had to spend time stressing about your battery.
There’s also nothing stopping you from spending £30-60 and getting a new battery after 4-5 years.