Tips To Make Your Smartphone Battery Health Last Longer

Today's smartphones mostly no longer use separate or removable batteries. Because the battery is already installed in the body of the phone, most consumers are looking for a smartphone with a large capacity battery.

Moreover, now the existence of fast charging technology or fast charging makes users more attached to their devices. However, the absence of a replaceable battery means that eventually the lithium-ion cells in Smartphone will age and deteriorate over time.

Battery capacity inevitably decreases as the phone ages. However, there are things you can do to extend the life of the battery and handset.

Safe tips so that the smartphone battery remains durable

Here are some scientifically proven tips to maximize your phone's battery life

One of the most powerful battery myths is that you need to discharge and recharge once in a while to clear the “battery memory”.

This is actually a misunderstanding when applied to lithium-ion batteries. Partial charging when the lithium-ion battery capacity is down to a third actually has several positive benefits for cell longevity. When nearly empty, the Li-ion battery draws a constant current and operates at a lower voltage.

This voltage gradually increases as the cell charges, leveling off about 70 percent of the charge before the current begins to drop to full capacity.

According to Battery University research, charging your phone in the 30 to 80 percent range lowers the voltage and extends battery life. Recharging even a little but regularly is much better for a Li-ion battery than a long full charge cycle.

Moreover, now the average modern smartphone has battery technology that saves power. For example, the OPPO Reno5 which has a battery capacity of 4310mAh when charged for 5 minutes is able to play videos for 3 hours.

Meanwhile, to fully charge 100%, you only need to electrocute the OPPO Reno5 for 48 minutes, as measured in tests conducted by OPPO.

While on the OPPO Reno5 5G, the battery capacity is even higher, namely 65W SuperVOOC 2.0. This battery is powerful enough when electrocuted for 5 minutes can provide power for 4 hours of use.

Actual charging times may vary depending on device-specific conditions or individual differences, such as ambient temperature or performance degradation after battery use.

Based on tests conducted in OPPO labs, Remaining battery charge displayed may differ from device to device. With only 5% battery charge, it allows you to send messages on WhatsApp for more than 2 hours with the OPPO Reno5 device.

To ensure accuracy in testing, “5% battery” is defined as the equivalent of 5% of a 4310mAh battery, which is 215.5mAh. In addition, you should avoid charging the battery idle like at night. Charging overnight while sleeping is a very common habit, but it is not recommended for several reasons.

First, continuous charging from a full battery can reduce stability in the long run and can cause system crashes.

Second, the battery will be at a higher voltage when it is at 100 percent charged. Third, it creates excess heat caused by wasted power dissipation.

ideally the device should stop charging when it reaches 100 percent battery capacity, only restarting the charging circuit to recharge the battery every now and then – or at least reducing the charging current to a very small amount.

Due to consumer habits that often charge at night, OPPO provides the Battery Guard feature so that it can cut off the current when charging has reached 100 percent power.

With 100 percent charging, the phone actually still needs 200mA to keep the battery charged. Playing games or watching videos while charging is actually also not recommended because it can disrupt the charging cycle.

OPPO has also provided a 5-layer Charging Protection & Multi-cooling System to ensure safe charging of the OPPO Reno5 Series to prevent harm from the battery to the adapter.

however, the best way to keep the battery safe and charge fast is to leave it idle most of the time until the battery is sufficiently charged.

Heat Impacts Battery Life

Apart from proper use and charging, temperature is also a major contributor to a long battery life. The ideal temperature to maximize battery life is between 20 and 50°C.

Just like high voltage, high temperature stresses a battery and causes it to lose capacity much faster than when stored at a lower temperature.

The presence of fast charging technology such as fast charging or VOOC on OPPO phones is to help users recharge their cellphone batteries quickly and stay safe.

Often consumers act recklessly when recharging the battery with a makeshift type of charger or not the default from their cellphone. Using the wrong charger model also has the potential to shorten battery life, in addition to causing other potential damage to the smartphone.

Heat is a battery killer, so you shouldn't cover your smartphone while it's charging and keep it away from hot places. Well, one more thing that users often forget is to charge the battery while lying down and still use the device to play games or play social media.