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hinch on 29 August 2013
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Adinnieken said:
hinch said:

Spreading more anti Sony FUD, I see. When was the last time a lithium battery failed on you?

The DS3 controller I'm using now is 5 years old and still holds its charge.. which is more than can be said about my two (official) dead battery packs for my 360.

Are you seriously trying to suggest a Lithium battery doesn't wear out?

While Lithium batteries don't have memory, they absolutely wear out.  The life of a Lithium battery is really dependent upon the usage and charge cycle.  The hotter the battery gets, especially during charging, the shorter the battery life will be.  Ideally you don't allow a Lithium battery to drop below 30% charge and don't charge it beyond 90% capacity.  This way, you don't burn out the cells.

I've had a Lithium battery wear out in my cell phone before.  I've also had one explode.  When I worked in electronics, I routinely had to replace Lithium batteries for customers.  And more often than not, if someone has a laptop, it's a Lithium battery and if it's more than 3 years old it's likely worn out or severely degraded.

I highly doubt, unless you routinely charge it without letting it go down to nothing, that your DS3 controller's battery is 100%.  In fact, I hope you knocked on wood, because it's most likely not going to survive much longer. 

Nope, not at all.

Honestly, from all the electronics that I own and have owned throughout the years most, (if not all) of my lithium batteries still work. I never had one flat out die on me. My OG PSP battery I have tucked away still charges and works just fine. Sure, some they might have degraded (haven't noticed this much at all tbh) on my old phones and laptops but they work. And besides.. I can just service the controller for a few quid if anything should go wrong with it.