How low do you let your cell phone battery get?

[cville]

At like 70% I think about charging.

I am deeply uncomfortable when it gets near 50%.



My bff regularly waits to like 8%. It causes ME such anxiety.

[cabbagecabbage]

Sometimes it dies in my hand. I try and charge at 20% but I’m lax unless I’m about to road trip.

[wambam]

If I'm in the vicinity of a charger, like 5. It never gets that low because I inevitably get in the car and in order to listen to music, I have to charge.

[Deleted]

3% or lower, depending.

[jinkies]

I charge it at bedtime, or when the battery dies completely, whichever comes first.

Similarly, I fill my car's gas tank when I am about to go on a road trip, or when my "miles to empty" display gets below 15 or 20.

[Deleted]

I sit in my office all day with a charger on my desk. I get anxiety when it gets below 90%, which is ridiculous given my first sentence.

[ECB]

I’m kind of like you. By 50%, i start thinking about when i can charge it. DH routinely lets his get real low. Makes me nervous!

[dreamcrisp1]

My phone dies at least once a day lol.

[shauni27]

I generally charge it every night when I go to bed; sometimes I am at 65%, sometimes 30%, sometimes 2%.

In the rare chance I need to charge it during the day it is just because it has less than 20% and I know I will be using it again a lot and know I will not have another opportunity to charge it.

[BaliHai]

I don't usually let it get below 15%. I don't LIKE it to get below 50%, but that's not always realistic.

[mrssandro]

I am trying to be better to let it get down to 30% as it's bad for your battery for you to always be charging it. I also have a charger at my desk and about 3:30 I will start charging it again.

[ssmjlm]

Usually around 40% I charge it, but I also charge it every night.

I'm working with a 4 year old 6s though, so my battery life is the suck.

[snshne322]

Mine practically never hits 50% unless I'm heading to bed soon and charging it then. I have chargers everywhere. Car, kitchen, couch. The what ifs make me uncomfortable.

[readyin07]

Aug 24, 2018 14:30:44 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

Sometimes it dies in my hand. I try and charge at 20% but I’m lax unless I’m about to road trip.

This happens to me like every day. 

[irishbride2]

Mine is at 75 right now and it’s making me uncomfortable.

Under 50 would make me panic.

Oddy I’m fine letting my tank get down to the warning light.

[thelurkylulu]

Maybe 50-70%? I also have an irrational fear that I’m charging it too much and ruining the battery. FWP 🙄

[cville]

Aug 24, 2018 14:32:05 GMT -5 wambam said:

If I'm in the vicinity of a charger, like 5. It never gets that low because I inevitably get in the car and in order to listen to music, I have to charge.

Aug 24, 2018 14:38:25 GMT -5 @bigtowlittletoe said:

3% or lower, depending.

Aug 24, 2018 14:41:39 GMT -5 dreamcrisp1 said:

My phone dies at least once a day lol.

I'm physically uncomfortable.

[iamgrace]

I am responding to this at 9% sitting outside with no intent on going in soon. Lol. Living on the edge!!!

[CurlyQ284]

15%

[W.T.Faulkner]

I LIVE ON THE EDGE.

Doesn’t it mess up your battery if you never let your phone die? So really, I’m just being responsible.

[onetruething]

My dd had an accident at school the *one* day I left my phone at home. She was a bloody mess at school and the nurse couldn’t get in touch with me. Since then I have had serious anxiety about not having my phone and having it charged. I have a long cord in my car, in my bedroom, at work and in my living room and I charge whenever I’m close to one. Ideally I’d like it to never go below 80%.

[Aloe Vera]

When it gets below 50% I think about charging it.

[shamrockshake]

It’s currently at 11. I always charge it at 3 because it bothers me that it auto dims so much at that point

[tealblue]

My battery is horrible and dies quickly so I usually put it on the charger at my desk between 50%-65%. The charger is plugged into my computer dock and not straight into the wall, so it charges slowly. But the battery dies quickly?

Going strong with my iPhone 6, and hoping to hold out until the next release (next month?)

[cville]

Aug 24, 2018 14:56:55 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

I LIVE ON THE EDGE.

Doesn’t it mess up your battery if you never let your phone die? So really, I’m just being responsible.

I know it's bad to keep charging it once it's charged (and I don't do that), but I think it's a myth that letting the phone die extends the life.

I don't have a landline at home so I'm paranoid I'll need 911 and won't have a phone that works.

[pantsparty]

It rarely dies before plugging in, but it'll get down to 5% or so before I do.

[skidunks]

I have a 6 with horrible battery life so if I’m sitting somewhere that I can charge it before it hits 50%. Right now it’s at 11% and I’m getting twitchy because I want to charge it but I’m comfy sitting on the couch.

[wildrice]

My battery is actually still decent. I charge it nightly, so it rarely gets below 25-40% anyway. Right now it's at 69% at 4:15pm so it basically never dies.

I would maybe be ok not charging it at night if I had 70-80% battery at bedtime but any lower and I would be afraid it wouldn't make it through the next day.

My H let's his die all the time. I've taken to plugging his phone in when I do mine, becasue I got tired of being unable to reach him or him stealing my phone.

[cereal K]

Below 30% makes me nervous, usually. But lately, my iPhone 6 (on it’s second battery that’s less than a year old, I should add) has been running through charge like crazy. I had it in a conference room, sitting next to me, nothing running or playing, didn’t touch it, and it went from 80% to 30% in 1.5 hours. So, I’m living the life of constant charging and battery cases until the next release.

[wildrice]

Aug 24, 2018 15:07:33 GMT -5 cville said:

Aug 24, 2018 14:56:55 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

I LIVE ON THE EDGE.

Doesn’t it mess up your battery if you never let your phone die? So really, I’m just being responsible.

I know it's bad to keep charging it once it's charged (and I don't do that), but I think it's a myth that letting the phone die extends the life.

I don't have a landline at home so I'm paranoid I'll need 911 and won't have a phone that works.

Honestly I'm not sure if any of that is still true anyway. My phone will be 2 at Thanksgiving and it still holds a charge really well. It is not a fancy phone (Moto Z Android) and I charge it at night whether it needs it or not. I'm not sure if it has ever died.