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We asked, you told us: Many are charging their phones all night, every night
July 03, 2025
I’ve been thinking a lot aboutbattery degradationlately. With new and exciting quick charge tech coming out every few months, companies are touting super-fast charge times, even on phones with big batteries. But one thing they don’t advertise is how badly some of these quick charge methods degrade your phone’s battery over time.
Let’s talk aboutOppo’s new 125W Flash Charge. OPPO says it can charge your 4,000mAh battery from 0-100% in just 20 minutes. That is insane. However,OPPO also tells usit can “maintain” 80% battery capacity after 800 full charge and discharge cycles at this 125W speed. In theory, upon reaching that 800-cycle mark, your 4,000mAh battery will act more like a 3,200mAh battery. Also insane, but not in a good way.
That’s what prompted me last week toask youabout your phone charging habits. Are you an all-night charger? Or do you only charge up your phone when it’s getting low? Out of over 1,900 total votes, theAndroid Authoritycommunity seems to be split.
When do you charge your phone?
Coming in first place with 851 votes, 44.72% ofAndroid Authorityreaders said they don’t have a set routine for charging their phones. You can see many of these comments below — a lot of people charge their phones when they get down to a certain percentage, or simply when it’s convenient.
A lot of you are still charging your phone all night, every night. 35.16% of voters plug their phones in before they go to bed. If you’re one of those people and are concerned about battery degradation, I’d urge you to read Rob’s explainer on the subjecthere. It’s very informative!
Nearly 15% of voters said they only charge their phone when it’s nearly out of battery, while a measly 0.32% only charge their phone when it completely shuts off.
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Here’s what you had to say
Here are some of the best comments from last week’s poll explaining why they voted the way that they did:
That’s it for this week. As always, thanks for voting, thanks for the comments, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the results below.
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