I have one of these and thought the bulk would be meh but actually I like the fit and the extra battery capacity!
The question I have is with general use, I've been leaving the switch in the 'ON' position (green dot visible) and letting the onboard battery keep the phone charged and running. I check the external battery charge periodically through the day and find that it will last most of the day unless I'm using the phone a lot.
Before retiring at night, I connect my charger and it recharges the pack.
I've read that you should leave the case switch in the 'OFF' position (red dot visible) and allow the phone battery to drain down, then move the case switch over to the 'ON' position so the case battery drains and charges the phone battery back up.
Is using the case battery all the time and keeping the phone charged 100% most of the time more detrimental to the phone battery, aka like leaving a laptop plugged in?
Of course full cycles, the Mophie is supposed to last at least 500 cycles. That's longer than I keep most devices so I have no problem with that.
Or would it be better to balance it out, start with both at 100% and flick the switch on when the phone is around 50% so by the end of the day when I charge them up both are depleted more evenly? (Actually what would probably happen is the mophie would be dead and the phone close to 100% so in essence the mophie is getting a full cycle and the phone half a cycle, etc.
Or does it really matter at all?
Given, I'm sort of a gadget freak and rarely use a device more than six months before handing it to someone else for something new!
The question I have is with general use, I've been leaving the switch in the 'ON' position (green dot visible) and letting the onboard battery keep the phone charged and running. I check the external battery charge periodically through the day and find that it will last most of the day unless I'm using the phone a lot.
Before retiring at night, I connect my charger and it recharges the pack.
I've read that you should leave the case switch in the 'OFF' position (red dot visible) and allow the phone battery to drain down, then move the case switch over to the 'ON' position so the case battery drains and charges the phone battery back up.
Is using the case battery all the time and keeping the phone charged 100% most of the time more detrimental to the phone battery, aka like leaving a laptop plugged in?
Of course full cycles, the Mophie is supposed to last at least 500 cycles. That's longer than I keep most devices so I have no problem with that.
Or would it be better to balance it out, start with both at 100% and flick the switch on when the phone is around 50% so by the end of the day when I charge them up both are depleted more evenly? (Actually what would probably happen is the mophie would be dead and the phone close to 100% so in essence the mophie is getting a full cycle and the phone half a cycle, etc.
Or does it really matter at all?
Given, I'm sort of a gadget freak and rarely use a device more than six months before handing it to someone else for something new!