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by actionfromafar 828 days ago
These phone cases with an integrated battery pack goes a long way towards replaceable batteries if you keep a stack of them. They probable put less strain and wear on the built-in battery too.
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> They probable put less strain and wear on the built-in battery too.

Nope, unless you can fore your phone to only charge to below 80% they strain the battery just as much if not more by keeping them at 100% all the time.

My S20 has an option to limit charge to 85%. It's already a reality.
This is false. It's true that staying at 100% is harder on lithium ion batteries than staying at 40%. However, the wear due to charge cycles is way, way more significant. Your battery will see much less wear if you keep it at 100% for some time vs discharging and recharging it a few times between (e.g.) 40% and 80% during that same time.
I don't know how they do it, but some of these cases keep the phone at below 100%.