Do you think about age of battery when buying a device?

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On2or3wheels

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Master Geek

#300544 16-Sep-2022 18:50

Hi everyone,

Would you be concerned about buying a new phone or tablet & finding out it was manufactured just over a year ago?
Lithium batteries shouldn't be stored fully discharged but this device was completely flat which made me look up the date of manufacture.

I thought lithium's start deteriorating from the factory whether you use them or not, so there's both the age & the sitting around flat.

gzt

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#2969297 16-Sep-2022 18:57

Would you be concerned about buying a new phone or tablet & finding out it was manufactured just over a year ago?

No not really. I have some devices 10 years old flat for long periods of time. One year is not an issue for good quality devices. The other thing, by the time a device arrives in NZ, goes on special for end of line, one year or longer since manufacture is not unusual.

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On2or3wheels

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Master Geek

#2969298 16-Sep-2022 19:00

Thanks GZT, yes I'm probably concerned for nothing.

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#2969305 16-Sep-2022 19:38

Nope not if brand new

Huntakillaz

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Ultimate Geek

#2969408 17-Sep-2022 10:39

Battery's these days seem to last much longer than early mid 00's

so no not really, that being said i still have a nokia pre smartphone smartphone,and samsung s3, from back in the day still working today

cddt

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Uber Geek

#2969418 17-Sep-2022 11:49

Not if it's new, I wouldn't worry about it. If it's a device that has been used and abused for a few years then I expect battery life to be poor.

However I do have a laptop (it is an el-cheapo Toshiba, cost me about $600 new) from 2011 which has had only moderate use since then and the battery still lasts about 2 hours with normal use.

I think with phones the power draw can be quite high and heat dissipation is poor. I blame Pokemon Go for reducing the battery life on my iPhone 6+ and before that Skype on the Samsung S3 would need so much power the battery would still slowly discharge even when plugged in!

tweake

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#2969424 17-Sep-2022 12:10

On2or3wheels:

Hi everyone,

Would you be concerned about buying a new phone or tablet & finding out it was manufactured just over a year ago?
Lithium batteries shouldn't be stored fully discharged but this device was completely flat which made me look up the date of manufacture.

I thought lithium's start deteriorating from the factory whether you use them or not, so there's both the age & the sitting around flat.

the only device i have bought new that came with a flat battery is one i suspect was actually used as display stock.

On2or3wheels

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Master Geek

#2969425 17-Sep-2022 12:19

tweake:

the only device i have bought new that came with a flat battery is one i suspect was actually used as display stock.

This was the 1st one I've ever had flat out of the box, which is why I looked up the build date & was concerned initially.
You hear so many things about making sure to look after lithium's. It's a tablet as well which I would probably want to keep longer or pass on verse a phone.