TLDW; No
Basically the video is testing phones with varying charging speeds and how much battery degrades after 500 charging cycles. Also, the affects on performance after battery degradation at 5:37
Timestamps of some tests:
- Test results for different charging speeds at 3:06
- Storing batteries at 1%, 50%, 100% at 3:43
- Battery performance at 4:42
After 6 mins he talks about why the tests took 2yrs and how they did it 3 times.
The amount of time the battery spends at higher voltage definitely affects its capacity over time. There’s plenty of research on Li-ion battery service life characteristics done with greater scientific rigor than is possible with batteries installed in phones.
It can take longer than the few months these tests required to see the effect. A phone that’s usually stored at 60% will eventually show a big capacity advantage over one that’s stored at 100%. That’s probably mostly true at 80% as well.
For some anecdata, my Pixel 4a has spent most of the past five years limited to 60%. It reports 1152 cycles and 91% capacity.
But is there an advantage on artificially limiting your battery to 60% rather than charging to 100% and having 40% degradation at the end of the lifetime? In the second scenario I start at 100% capacity that slowly gets lower and lower whereas in the first scenario I have only 60% from the start and still some (although much less) degradation.
The advantage is that I can occasionally charge it to 80% or 100% if the situation demands it.
Yes, but given how the battery charge controllers already manage it, I don’t think you’ll see a meaningful difference. You’ll probably replace it for other reasons before then.
Dude runs a 4a. Probably not.