Does fast charging shortens the battery life?

I got a brand new iphone 8 and I am using an official apple 61watt brick as well as an official apple usb-c to lightning cable to fast charge the phone.


All official, all apple.


Questions is simple: does the fast charge shortens the battery life? If yes, profoundly because of the excessive heat, why Apple (and other manufacturers of course) employ such a feature on the phones?


What could be a decent ratio of normal & fast charge?


Thanks a lot


Nikos

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Nov 23, 2019 8:57 AM

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Posted on Nov 23, 2019 9:08 AM

No, fast charging will not shorten battery life. The phone monitors the internal temperature and will slow charging if necessary to keep it in a safe range. Fast charging is only fast to 80% charge; above that it slows the charge rate to avoid overcharging, and shuts of charging entirely at 100% (which is actually slightly short of 100% to really be careful about overcharging. My wife uses a 7.5 watt Qi wireless charger and just leaves the phone on it when she's not using it and overnight. That's slightly faster than the cube the phone comes with (50% faster to 80%), but this approach means she always has sufficient charge on her phone.

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Nov 23, 2019 9:08 AM in response to nikosdimitriou

No, fast charging will not shorten battery life. The phone monitors the internal temperature and will slow charging if necessary to keep it in a safe range. Fast charging is only fast to 80% charge; above that it slows the charge rate to avoid overcharging, and shuts of charging entirely at 100% (which is actually slightly short of 100% to really be careful about overcharging. My wife uses a 7.5 watt Qi wireless charger and just leaves the phone on it when she's not using it and overnight. That's slightly faster than the cube the phone comes with (50% faster to 80%), but this approach means she always has sufficient charge on her phone.

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