Eli5: Why does putting dead batteries in the freezer make them last longer but my phone dies in the cold?
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The lithium battery in your phone is really bad at working in the cold.
Bad things happen to cold lithium.
Works harder, and then drains faster.
Lead acid batteries (like most car batteries) also have a bad time when it’s cold (though they don’t catch fire and explode, so that’s nice)
Most batteries you would put in the fridge, AAs etc don’t have the same chemistry in them that gets angry in the cold the same way. I think it was proven that fridge batteries isn’t actually beneficial at all, but I could be wrong.
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