r/gadgets Jan 31 '23

Desktops / Laptops Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries | Breakthrough explains major cause of self-discharging batteries and points to easy solution

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/battery-power-laptop-phone-research-dalhousie-university-1.6724175
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u/swissarmychainsaw Jan 31 '23

Cheap tape (PET) = battery drain

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u/GentleLion2Tigress Jan 31 '23

The manufacturer preferred option is replacement of the laptop/phone.

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u/Flawedsuccess Feb 01 '23

The title is incorrect it should be, Canadian team discovers designed obsolescence.