How often do you charge your phone?

[AW111]

As the title says, how often?

Mine gets charged every 3 days or so.
Sony Xperia z5 compact.

Navigation chews the battery, so if I use that a lot it needs charging more often.

[anonymous-user]

I tend to just plug it in if I'm in the house or car etc or when I go to bed.

I use the satnav loads so probably need to charge it every second day. (iPhone 6)

[boxst]

At every possible opportunity so I don't get battery anxiety.

[dazwalsh]

Every second day with an Xperia z5 compact. Battery seems a good un compared to my old iPhone 5

[jas xjr]

i charge mine every night so that i start the day with a full battery. stuck at home for a few weeks so hardly makes any difference.

having said that my battery only lasts a day if i am out and about with my old phone. so i put on charge in the car with my budget handsfree.

Edited by jas xjr on Monday 17th April 09:52

[Rich1973]

I try to run the battery down as much as possible between charges. Tends to be every 3 or 4 days.

[spikeyhead]

I use an old Nokia, it gets charged on Wednesdays whether it needs it or not.

[AW111]

dazwalsh said:

Every second day with an Xperia z5 compact. Battery seems a good un compared to my old iPhone 5

Do you use "stamina mode"?
I leave it in stamina the whole time : it would seem to last 4-5 days, hence me charging every second or third day.

[AdamIndy]

I stick it on charge when I go to bed and have a full battery for the next day. iPhone 5s so the battery isn't great.

[ambuletz]

It depends on usage but usually every other day. I tend to wait until it gets to around 20% battery before I go to fully charge it again. Though if I am out in london using maps/GPS it will drain quicker so if I visit a friends house or whatever I will always put it on charge to top it up just incase.

If i am home i'll leave it normal. If I'm out ill put on power saving mode. If I'm abroad and I don't use data then it's on extreme power saving mode.

[Hoofy]

I play games on it so any time I get the chance if it is below 90%.

[dingg]

when it needs it

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[Jonmx]

Once a week maybe. I had my first touch screen smart phone thing back in 2002/3, a huge brick of a Motorola. Ever since then I've had overly complex phones, but last year I decided to go back to a really simple phone. It's made a huge difference in many ways; £10 a month pay as you go bill, no worrying about battery and I probably save 1-2 hours a day on unnecessary browsing.
I have noticed the battery life is beginning to drain a little faster than it used to, maybe a £9.99 phone isn't designed to last for life. If it reaches the stage of charging it every day or two I may splash out on another one.

[Quhet]

Overnight every night. I'd imagine this is the same for most people with a smartphone

[Z06George]

I could do 5 days with my Nokia Windows phone but now I have a Sony Xperia and it's once every 24-36 hours. There's so much crap on it that doesn't need to be on there that downloads updates etc. but half the apps can't be uninstalled. It's bigger than the Nokia too which sucks

[anonymous-user]

Funkycoldribena said:

Once a week.
But then it is this-
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_204428.html

my phone too, nice and solid great phone for the money as well.

[V8Matthew]

I have an iPhone 4 that I use for calls, work e-mail and messaging, have to charge the bloody thing twice a day. On a cold day, it will get to about 30% and shut off.

[p1esk]

spikeyhead said:

I use an old Nokia, it gets charged on Wednesdays whether it needs it or not.

Mine is also an old Nokia, but I've long forgotten which model it is. In the normal course of events it isn't used much so it only gets charged every three or four weeks.

[Ki3r]

Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge. Put it on charge every night. I use it a lot during the day. Social media, Netflix when bored at work etc and sometimes it has Spotify going all day depending what van I'm in at work. Do keep a charger on me, but don't often use it.

[Munter]

If I didn't use it it'd be every few days.

But I didn't buy a phone to not use it, so it's on a charger whenever there's a charger available.