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minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBuying new batteries now means the batteries will be sitting on dead for years, which is terrible for them. By the time you go to install them they’ll be in worse quality than your original.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSorry but no. Every replacement battery I have used is charged to ~50% when first installed. I have had batteries sitting like this for years and they work fine once put in use.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOK…I’ll tell my phone that. Cuase that is how it has worked for years.
minus-squareWhirlybirdlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGuess you got some of those magic next gen batteries that don’t do physics and chemistry.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOk… I guess the OEM S5 replacement batteries must be what you describe…
Buying new batteries now means the batteries will be sitting on dead for years, which is terrible for them. By the time you go to install them they’ll be in worse quality than your original.
Sorry but no.
Every replacement battery I have used is charged to ~50% when first installed.
I have had batteries sitting like this for years and they work fine once put in use.
That’s not how batteries work.
OK…I’ll tell my phone that.
Cuase that is how it has worked for years.
Guess you got some of those magic next gen batteries that don’t do physics and chemistry.
Ok… I guess the OEM S5 replacement batteries must be what you describe…