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To: Yo-Yo; Rodney Dangerfield; Swordmaker
Battery capacity matters as well. My phone has a 3,400 mAh battery and it takes longer to charge than, for example, a 2,000 mAh battery, but it also lasts a lot longer. - Rodney Dangerfield
I use my iPad charger, which at 2.1 amps, recharges my iPhone 6 faster than the fastest time listed. . . But Apple doesn't include one with the iPhone. - Swordmaker
Faster charging lowers battery life. Since iPhones cannot easily change batteries, they are designed to charge slower. - Yo-Yo
IMHO these three comments pretty much cover the waterfront. Swordmaker's iPhone very well might give a shorter lifetime because of the use of a higher capacity charger.

I confess to an incomplete understanding as to how a higher capacity charger can work without imposing a higher voltage on the battery. I would assume that it has lower internal resistance, but that would only say that the the voltage doesn’t drop as much from its nominal value under load.


15 posted on 08/26/2015 5:58:44 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

It is current that recharges batteries, so a charger capable of providing a higher current will charge a given battery faster. For Lithium batteries, a constant current is required, so the applied voltage will change as the battery charges to maintain a constant current.

Heat is what kills batteries, and faster charging at higher currents produce more heat.


20 posted on 08/26/2015 6:29:01 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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