How long is the lifetime of Librem 5?

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@amosbatto

The one component that really degrades is the battery

In case you don’t know it, the L5 should be capable of limiting charging

Librem 5 "battery fully charged" audio indication

First of all, yes, the battery will be user replaceable. Second, caring for LiPoly/LiIon batteries has become sometimes more of religion than engineering The facts that I know are: they do not like to be discharged low they do not like to be recharged too often the last about 10-20% of charge cause the most wear Years of experience of Thinkpad users where the charge controller can be software controlled show that battery packs can be kept alive a lot longer when a) avoiding …

Long story short in the Librem5 we will implement a smart charger chip that can be controlled by software