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by JumpCrisscross 27 days ago
> we are all familiar with the smartphone battery degradation after 2 years

I haven’t experienced this for years.

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It was very common in the 2012-2018 era. Batteries have gotten larger (less cycles) and better (sustain more cycles before losing capacity) since then.

Also phones don't have the same sophisticated circuitry or devices as a car to keep batteries in an optimal state, e.g. Nissan Leaf gen 1, which had significant range losses (on top of having a small range to begin with).