Well ain't that swell...

Here we'll discuss the importance of battery health, how it affects performance and what you can do when your battery starts to degrade and swell up!!

Technology truly is a marvel of the modern age, the advent of the transistor has revolutionised our world and is the most manufactured man-made product ever invented (more on this in another blog). But let's get back to basics. You've got an iPhone, Android phone or Laptop / MacBook and the battery can't last more than half a day, WHY?

Well it's more simple than you think, most Smartphones use Lithium-ion batteries that degrade over time. Their very construction has degradation built-in to it's design and will only perform at it's designed capacity for so many 'cycles'. A cycle is one full discharge of the battery from 100% to 0% and you should expect around 500 cycles from any Li-ion battery before you notice problems.

A battery's 'health' often referred to by Apple's ios as it's maximum capacity, is a measure of how well your battery is performing compared to when it was brand new. We consider anything under 90% to be degraded and under 85% as significantly degraded and needs replacing. iRepairs Hull offer battery replacements for just £25 when performed in conjunction with another repair, say a screen replacement or back glass repair so it's worth asking to have it done at the same time to save them pennies.