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iPhone 11 Pro Battery Health After 1 Year
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That’s nuts. I was at 89% in under a year with my 12 Pro and that’s part of why I got rid of it and got the 13 Pro, which I find to be way better with battery.
It have to be a iPhone 12 series thing, since I’m on 14.1, and my battery is at 86%. From the rumors I read in 2020, Apple must have used cheap batteries in the 12 series. I haven’t heard much nor have looked to see if the 13 series was having the same issue.
Cheap batteries in such an expensive smartphone? I won’t be impressed if that is the case. My battery health is freakishly low after just a year and I’m tempted to try for an answer off Apple as my previous iPhone was 2 years old with a similar battery capacity. Not impressed.
If it’s true I believe it. There should be no reason to have a battery at 86% for a device that’s 14 months old. All I can do at this point, is wait for the battery to hit 80% and have Apple replace the battery through AppleCare+. I’ll be keeping this phone as a backup when I upgrade to the 14 Pro Max.
It is only my theory, but I believe battery degradation is highly influenced or progressed by the amount of time a phone/battery has spent charging. At least, that is the common denominator I am seeing.
Your phone charges fast to 80% because there are little limitations until 80%. After 80%, in order to reduce damage to battery, the phone slows down the charging. It slows down charging even further as charge level approaches 100%.
I can't do the whole 40% to 80% upkeep. That is wasting my time, and frankly, not utilizing the phone as it was meant to be used. That is why I will get a smart plug to control and schedule the amount of time the phone is spent charging. As I have said before, when Apple does the 'Optimized Battery Charging', the phone is kept at that 80%. If your phone battery's charge level goes below 80%, Apple keeps trickle charging it, which makes the whole 80% charge level moot, imo.
One of our family members has 11PM from December 2019. Her battery health level is at 84%, and her charging method is whenever, wherever, mostly with lighting cable and 20W. And yes, the phone has died often from lack of charge.
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If my battery falls to 80% in under 24 months, I will be getting Apple to replace it for free. There is clearly a quality issue for a battery to deplete in such a short space of time.
That’s what I’m doing. I have a feeling it’ll be under 80% before November 2022.
How is that moot? It’s the way Optimized Charging is supposed to work. It’d only be moot if it charges over 80% too early. Batteries are gonna loose charge over time even when you don’t use it at all and you don’t need to charge the 1-2% it loses at the full 20W to top it off.
What I mean is, Apple continues to trickle charge the phone. The charging is not cut off at 80%, but maintained. So, the phone continues to charge overnight.
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iPhone 12 Mini purchased from Apple.com in December 2020, arrived on the 9th. End of November and up to now - it's already at 85% in 12 months. To me that seems rather alarming considering it almost never gets below 20% and is taken off the charger at night most of the time and never left on. Also has the "optimized charging" enabled.
I just sent my wife's XS off to get a new battery this week as it's nearing 900 cycles and it's max capacity was only finally getting to 80%. But also not lasting through the day so there's a lot more to it than just max capacity, seems with that many cycles it just flat out drains faster.
I'll have to search the thread for other 12 mini's, seems excessive to me considering it's only half paid off at this point...
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I just sent my wife's XS off to get a new battery this week as it's nearing 900 cycles and it's max capacity was only finally getting to 80%. But also not lasting through the day so there's a lot more to it than just max capacity, seems with that many cycles it just flat out drains faster.
I'll have to search the thread for other 12 mini's, seems excessive to me considering it's only half paid off at this point...
Trickle charging doesn’t damage a battery in anyway and partial charging is better for a Li ion battery and their might be other reasons too for them to hold on to this practice. They definitely know their batteries better and that’s what they think is best.
Sorry, I have to disagree. Following Apple’s steps have not helped reduce battery wear on most devices, as showcased by this thread.
I also disagree with Apple knows best. We were part of the group that Apple unnecessarily slowed down with iPhone 6. We experienced no issues with shutdowns, etc. And to be frank, the iPhone 6 after four years had much better battery life than my current iPhone 8. Hmm.