Why Do Cell Phone Batteries Lose Capacity?

You purchase your fancy new cell phone.reduces the capacity. Withthese things in mind,
Thebattery lasts forever, but aftera couple ofhere are some tips to giving your cell
months the battery doesn't last as long. Still thephonebattery longer life.
capacityit has gets you by. After a year though,- Don't charge your battery all the way full unless
the thing hardly holds acharge. What was it thatyou really have to. Keep the charge as low as
you did that causes this?possible but with enough of a charge so that you
Manypeople think that they haven't properly caredwon't run out of power during the day.
for their battery, andthat's the reason it will no- Keep your phone cool. Avoid leaving it in a hot
longer hold a charge. They think that ifthey hadcar. Investing in a case to carry the phone away
properly discharged their batteries beforefrom your body heat may be a good idea as well.
recharging them, itwould've made a difference.- Avoid using quick chargers. Many car chargers
While this is true for the old Ni-Cadbatteries werapidly charge batteries. The cheap chargers you
used to use, this is not true for thefind on eBay these days are notorious for
lithium-ionbatteries that are used in the cell phonesdamaging batteries. Only use a charger that
we use today. Whatdoes matter is the age ofcharges the phone at a slower rate.
the battery, the temperature they are storedat,- Unplug the phone immediately once it's finished
and the amount of power left in themwhile theycharging. This will prevent exposure to excessive
are stored. The cooler the environment theheat.
battery is keptin, the less of a rate it will lose it's- When storing the phone or battery, discharge
capacity as long as it's notextremely lowthe battery as much as possible and place it in a
temperatures. Another thing to note is the ratecool environment.
ofcharging and discharging the battery also