iPhone owners have warned about common charging errors that are “less efficient and harm battery health”

WIRELESS charging may be more convenient, but iPhone owners have been warned it can be “tougher” on battery health.

Charging your device via a wireless dock generates more heat than a traditional cable, which affects battery longevity.

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The energy that is not transmitted to your device is converted into heat.

Continued exposure to heat will degrade your device’s battery over time – meaning your iPhone won’t be able to hold a charge as effectively.

This can get worse if you use a thick case on your iPhone, which can prevent the device from cooling down quickly enough.

“It generates more heat with less Watts. So not only is it less efficient… but it also harms battery health,” said an iPhone owner, @overunderr, he wrote on Reddit.

Battery degradation isn’t huge, but it’s something.

The iPhone owner added that “if you can pay between $80 and $100 (depending on the model) every 2-3 years to replace the battery, it’s generally not worth the time and effort to worry about it.” .

But if you can’t “or are still worried, go to settings and turn on the ‘only charge up to 80 percent’ setting found only on 15 series phones,” they continued.

According to Apple, your iPhone “may get a little warmer while charging.”

The company created a feature that limits charging above 80% if it gets too hot, in an effort to preserve battery health.

Apple’s MagSafe wireless chargers, as well as those from Samsung and Google, have built-in cooling fans to reduce overheating.

But most wireless chargers still don’t include this technology.

Bad habits

It’s not just overheating that’s a concern.

Wireless charging, available on iPhone 8s and later, can encourage bad habits like stopping and starting charging, which can also damage the battery.

You end up charging your phone much more frequently during the day than with a traditional cable, and this degrades the battery to an extreme degree

Reddit user @nikitadmv

“Yes, wireless charging generates more heat, but to me that’s not the real problem,” said another iPhone owner, @nikitadmv. warned on Reddit.

“The battery actually degrades much faster because every time I leave my room, I take my phone out of the charging station and mechanically put it back on the charger as soon as I get back.

“It’s a really bad habit, because you end up charging your phone much more frequently during the day than with a traditional cable, and this degrades the battery to an extreme degree.”