Reminds me of the character Marla Singer (or even the narrator) in Fight Club, who, though healthy, goes to cancer support groups for... reasons.
Seems disrespectful in a way :)
With crap entry-level Android phones, you could just play music or use navigation in the background while you run it off a charger and it'll never go above 2% even while it's plugged in :)
I remember when Pokemon Go was the rage, a friends OnePlus would need to be plugged in to a battery bank the entire time, even then it still drained slowly.
That's a fault of the charger you're using, the phone has nothing to do with it.
No, it's not. It's a Qualcomm QuickCharge 3.0 capable charger that exceeds all charge requirements and has no problem with other devices.
Then maybe I misunderstood what you mean by entry level. Or maybe you own a model that is an exception. I deal with cheap (sub $200) chinese android phones a lot because we do development in React Native but it still has to run smoothly on these things, and I've never encountered these issues with phones newer than 2015.
Wonder if it boots you out if battery increases after you open it. “Sorry get your power out of here!”