Common charging habits that are silently killing your iPhone

Your phone's battery life is arguably its most important feature as without any power the device is useless, but there are actually a number of common charging habits that you'll want to avoid as they are a silent killer in the long term.

There are countless common conceptions surrounding the battery life of modern phones on the market, as it's far harder to damage your device's internals than it used to be.

For example, many people are wary of the super fast chargers that are available to buy right now due to the sheer amount of power they inject into your device, but they're actually much safer than you think due to the way that these gadgets are designed to intake the power.

However, there are still plenty of common habits that you're likely still doing that can end up harming your battery life in the long term, so it's best to avoid them wherever possible if you don't want to have to replace the battery or your entire iPhone in a couple years' time.

There are a few common charging habits that you'll want to avoid with your iPhone (Getty Stock)

As reported by How-To Geek, one of the biggest 'silent killers' for battery life is how you charge your device — specifically relating to what's known as 'overcharging' and 'deep discharging'.

Overcharging relates to the process of continuing to power your phone when it has already reached the 100% mark, which is extremely common for people that plug their phone in overnight.

Not only does your phone not need to be constantly topped up when you're not using it, having your phone above the 80% mark is actually incredibly inefficient for the device, and harms the battery if that continues over a long period of time.

The inverse in true when it comes to deep discharging, which references the process of leaving your phone to deplete its battery or reach the ultra-low percentages before plugging it in, as that's never going to be healthy for the device.

You shouldn't charge your phone above 80% and dropping below 20% is ill advised (Getty Stock)

Tech experts advise people to pay attention to an '80/20 rule' where you try and never let your phone charge above 80% and drop below 20%, keeping in that happy medium as much as possible.

Additionally, how you use your phone can also play a key role, as doing high intensity tasks such as playing games or watching video content on YouTube or TikTok can quickly drain the device, especially if you're on a high brightness level.

You can thankfully check your iPhone's battery health in the settings menu to see how it's performing over the years, which might be enough to prompt a battery replacement, but if you take care of your device removing the aforementioned habits then you should hopefully feel like you can put this off for as long as possible.