How does charging a phone beyond 80% decrease the battery’s lifespan?

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Samsung and Apple both released new phones this year that let you enable a setting where it prevents you from charging your phone’s battery beyond 80% to improve its lifespan. How does this work?

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Think of a battery as a balloon. You pump air into the balloon and then the air coming out is what powered the phone. Over time the balloon will get stretched and worn out, making it not as good as pushing power to your phone. This happens to all balloons eventually, but if you’re pumping it up to the maximum size every time, it happens much more quickly.

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