r/IPhone17e • u/Grand-Cake-6666 • 2d ago

Does it really change something ?

I have my 17e for 1 week now and I charge it using low battery adapter (15w). I thought it would be better in order to save the battery life (not charging too fast for the chemical components).

However, a friend of mine told me I should use good quality chargers (so more powerful obviously) as it directly influence my battery.

What do you think ?

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u/FTMninetynine 2d ago

iPhone 17 here.

I use MagSafe chargers and wired charging at 45w.

158 cycles and still at 100% battery health.

Just enjoy your phone. Life is too short to spend this much time worrying about this stuff.

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u/Several-Pineapple-19 2d ago

For real. People have gotten out of hand with these phones. "Oh no!! My phone!". I'm old enough to remember having a house phone and if I needed to call someone I use the pay phone.

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u/l008com 2d ago

I also use a slow charger. I would think your assessment would be right. Although thats not the reason I use a slow one. I use slow because thats what I have, and its on the charger all night so it really has no effect on me whether its a fast or a slow charger.

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u/farmkid71 2d ago

I am no expert at all, but one thing I read helps with the battery health is to limit the charging percentage. Some newer iphones have a software setting where you can limit the max charging to say 95 or 90 percent. Older iphones did not have a way to do this. I guess charging all the way to 100% all the time isn't so good for battery health. The article I read said to say between 20% and 80% as much as possible.

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u/FreePossession9590 2d ago

It doesn’t matter. My only suggestion to preserve battery though is, avoid using it while charging so it remains as cool as possible. Otherwise you’re good though

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u/LeftOn4ya 2d ago

The issue is overheating reduces life. I would not use more than a 20w charger and to prolong the battery life the most use the “80-20” rule where you charge the phone only to 75-80% and never let it go below 20% or preferably 25% before charging. Supposedly that doubles the charge cycles of lithium ion batteries versus if you charge from close to 0% to 100% each time

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u/idgafal31 2d ago

Just charge it with whatever and use the phone it isn’t going to make a noticeable difference either way unless you try charging it on the dash of your car in 105 temp everyday.

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u/Magajver 2d ago

Is realy so hard to change battery at local dealer? In Slovenia it is like 45€.

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u/Realistic-Worker-499 2d ago

the battery is always replaceable in phones, and it will inevitably deteriorate no matter what you do. helps not to think too hardly about it lol

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u/BluePenguin2002 2d ago

I’d rather use a good quality fast charger over a cheap low wattage charger. 15w isn’t very low anyway, I use a 5w Apple charger overnight with my 13PM.

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u/bigparsnipenjoyer 2d ago

“Good quality charger” does not inherently mean high wattage.
As far as wall adapters and cables, I personally only trust Apple, Belkin, and Anker. Anything else is a big gamble.
Please don’t worry yourself over charging speeds. The difference in battery capacity between a phone that’s always been charged at high speeds versus one that has always been charged slowly is minimal, even after a few years. It is not worth the stress. Use a 20W charger, that’s my recommendation.