Batteries are quite variable even within the same generation and model. Just because you had good luck in the past doesn’t mean that it will continue. Why put extra stress on your battery when it appears that it provides no benefit to you?
I don’t care what you do though. Use your iPhone any way you want. But I’m taking advantage of a new feature of my iPhone that could benefit me in the future with no current downside.
You're right. It doesn't mean I won't get a phone with a less than stellar battery. But as to why putting the stress on it…it really comes down to "I don't care."
As I have explained many times on these forums, I sit in front of computers from the time I get up to the time I go to bed. That's 16+ hours or more. I chose a profession that involves computers. There are multiple computers at home and there are multiple computers at work.
I work from home now, so the multiple computers at home means I am surrounded by computers.
I get outside the house for roughly four hours a day. All of that is driving, when I should NOT be using my device/phone.
So, how I use my phone is limited. Outside of a bedside clock, it's phone calls, text messages, emails and light web browsing. I've got two 30" Cinema Displays and a 55" HDTV in front of me all day - I don't need/use my phone for computing/media tasks.
This means the battery isn't taking a hit - because the phone is mostly just sitting there for the entire day.
I don't resell my phones. At the moment, I have ten phones sitting on my desk, every phone I've had since 2007. So saving the battery for resale value is a non-issue.
If a battery goes bad, I replace it. In between, I plug it in. But because of how I use my phones, I haven't needed to put a primary phone on charger during the day for quite a while.
Everyone is different.
