What's best for the battery: recharge each day or only every second day

Hi.
I can go two days on the battery of the Xperia Z1 Compact. How do I make sure the battery lasts the longest: By charging every day at about 50 percent battery, or by charging every second day at less than 10 percent battery, thus reducing the number of charge cycles the battery gets?
/Anders
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Of course,just take it back into service:
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/support/contact-us/
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