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.

  • iopq@lemmy.world
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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…