• @IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    018 days ago

    Odds are your phone has a modern connector so this isn’t necessary. I replaced my pixel 3a, which I bought in September 2019, last December. Thanks to wired phone projection, I cycled its USB-C connector twice a day for 5 years and 3 months. That’s ~4,000 cycles. The connector specification calls for a 10,000 cycle lifetime.

    I did have to de-lint the connector from time to time, but other than that I had no issues.

    Not to say that you shouldn’t use inductive charging of course :)

    • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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      018 days ago

      That lifetime assumes a clean testing setup.

      In the real world, grit and dust will work into the charging port and wear down the connectors much sooner.