TL;DW: Fast charging over 2 years only degraded the battery an extra 0.5%, even on extremely fast charging Android phones using 120W.

And with that, hopefully we can put this argument to rest.

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    10 hours ago

    Wireless charging sucks. It costs significantly more energy to charge the same battery to full.

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      7 hours ago

      Your phone doesn’t have that much energy stored in it. 5 watt hours or so? Now consider the energy cost of making usb-c cords

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        6 hours ago

        The charging pad itself probably requires a USB-C cable itself? It takes much more materials to make them than a cable…