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noodlejetski ,

...and explode them in the next 60

thefartographer ,

Consider that the energy output of a 12-gauge shotgun is approximately 4500 Newton-meters and, from personal experience, can rotate a first-gen iPad at an extrapolated 240 rpm (extrapolated as this proved difficult to sustain). That gives us an equivalent of 113 kW! A modern ipad would only need about 13 kW to charge in one second.

So, one shotgun shell could easily charge yours and 7 of your friends ipads instantaneously, although the results are difficult to appreciate.

eveninghere ,

I feel the Doc in Back To The Future vibe.

thefartographer ,

Marty! It's your children! The little bastards won't stop playing Ska-booby toilets!

abbadon420 ,

No, most phones are allready safe to leave on your charger all night.

noodlejetski ,

probably because they currently don't get stuffed a bucketload of crackly juice* in 60 seconds

*I don't, in fact, know how electricity really works

Icalasari ,

More like, "Shoving it in so fast it makes the sauce in the battery super heat and create a bomb"

Skyline969 ,
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Been charging my phone overnight for years. Battery health is 100% and I never have to worry about charging.

ColdCreasent ,

Impossible for battery health to be at 100% after years. May still be working great, but not 100%.

boonhet ,

Battery degradation is ridiculously unpredictable. I've seen 100 cycle batteries at 75% and 2500 cycle batteries over 90%. I only dealt with like 5 MacBook models

ColdCreasent ,

Agreed, but not a “charge overnight for years” but no degradation at all.

areyouevenreal ,

Depending on what battery protection modes are in play, many have smart charging or other features designed to prolong life. Also a fair few batteries come out with greater than design capacity from the factory. It's called a design capacity and not an absolute capacity for a reason. A phone battery that left the factory at 110% could conceivably still be at or above 100%.

Fyi it's not overnight charging that's the issue either, it's charging to 100%. What one device consider 100% varies and devices will essentially lie to you about it. 4.2V is normally considered 100% full for Lithium Cobalt Oxide batteries yet some devices push higher than this while others skirt under to pad capacity and cycle life respectively. It's about tradeoffs.