Source: Nokia press Author: Apocalypso Source : Symbian-freak copyright © Symbian freak 2005, all rights reserved Trademarks All trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. SYMBIAN and all SYMBIAN-based marks and logos are trade marks of Symbian Software Limited. This website is not in any way endorsed or supported by Symbian Software Limited. NOKIA and all Nokia-based marks and logos are trade marks of Nokia Corporation. This website is not in any way endorsed or supported by Nokia Corporation Great move actually. However, it would be better if they could program the charger to turn itself off when the phone has reached full charge.
WTH? The phone/charger is suppose to cut off charging current to the batts as soon as the battery is full wert. Otherwise, all the batts would be dead within days of use.
The below is from my understanding of it: AFAIK, the charger is meant to send power no matter what. That is, it has no circuitry or mechanism to cut off the power to the phone no matter how much the phone is charged. It is just basically a one-way charger. As for phones, since the era of Li-Ion batteries, batteries can remain constantly charged no matter what. It is because Li-Ion batteries are designed to withstand such constant charges. Moreover, Li-Ion batteries 'love' being charged as much as possible, even when they're full. Anyway, the issue here is not whether the phone's battery will be overcharged (for reasons explained earlier), but for energy-saving purposes, because as long as the charger is connected to a phone and constantly charging it, it is using up precious energy.
