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itixmix t1_ja8ypa3 wrote

Reply to comment by Anotsurei in Can some one explain the clear area on my iPhone charging graphic? by TOPLEFT404

To me that doesn’t make sense because, the horizontal line below shows that it was still charging during the blank space. So if it was still charging it would have maintained 100% which should be represented by a vertical line that goes all the way to the top. It shouldn’t be blank. Personally it’s either a bug or the device was powered off but remained on charge

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Anotsurei t1_ja97uum wrote

The line with the bolt represents the time the phone was on the charger. The phones try to extend their battery life by not overcharging. Overcharging makes batteries degrade faster. This is also why phones have the option to only charge up to about 80% during times you’re less likely to need it. For example, if you normally get up at 8 AM the phone will wait till about 6 or so to charge past 80%. This is because it takes more energy to bring the phone up to 100% during those last 20%.

If the phone is at 100%, then it no longer needs to charge the battery and can simply use the electricity from the charger to do its functions.

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