iPhone 14 Pro I got a battery replacement on my iPhone 14 Pro.

[phill85]

iPhone 14 pro as the title says, and yesterday I replaced the battery. I checked Monday the latest log files and I was at about 280~ battery cycles, 88% battery life. If I had to say a major contributor to the decreased capacity, I’d argue the couple of months of iOS 17 Beta 1-4 burnt my phone up heat-wise quite a bit. The current version is much more efficient.

My phone’s battery life is noticeably better already. Yes, it really was 105$ total. If you aren’t upgrading I absolutely recommend just getting a battery replacement, it’ll breathe new life into the phone you have!

 

[VineRider]

iPhone 14 pro as the title says, and yesterday I replaced the battery. I checked Monday the latest log files and I was at about 280~ battery cycles, 88% battery life. If I had to say a major contributor to the decreased capacity, I’d argue the couple of months of iOS 17 Beta 1-4 burnt my phone up heat-wise quite a bit. The current version is much more efficient.

My phone’s battery life is noticeably better already. Yes, it really was 105$ total. If you aren’t upgrading I absolutely recommend just getting a battery replacement, it’ll breathe new life into the phone you have!

Did Apple do the replacement or did you take it to a 3rd party shop? I’ve heard some people have had issues with Apple refusing to replace the battery if it wasn’t below 80%.

 

[phill85]

Did Apple do the replacement or did you take it to a 3rd party shop? I’ve heard some people have had issues with Apple refusing to replace the battery if it wasn’t below 80%.

I took it to an official Apple store. They didn’t give me any issues at all. Honestly, I had that worry as well but came away pleasantly surprised.

 

[BigDO]

You were pleasantly surprised that they changed it for $105 at less than a year old, 280 cycles and 88% with visibly degraded battery life? Mmmmkay.

 

[okkibs]

I’ve heard some people have had issues with Apple refusing to replace the battery if it wasn’t below 80%.

That's for devices that are replaced in their entirety, Apple Watches and iPads and probably some worse designed iPhones. With the iPhone 14 series it seems they can switch out the battery and hand you back the same unit so the below 80% restriction should not apply here.

 

[Ameer_1]

You were pleasantly surprised that they changed it for $105 at less than a year old, 280 cycles and 88% with visibly degraded battery life? Mmmmkay.

I had 163 charge cycle and it still at 100%. Its weird that people pay $999 for a product and have to replace the battery.

 

[ctjack]

My wife has 14pm with shot battery. If i go replacing it, then i am left only $280 away if decided to trade it in instead towards 15PM.

 

[FunkyTang]

So you paid $105 to run the beta?

 

[Fat_Guy]

This happened to me running betas on a 12 Pro Max. It was only the battery capacity that got messed up by the beta program. Took half a year before the battery health began to drop again because Apple never increases battery capacity.



This is not to say the batteries are not crap. They cheapened the manufacturing process for this year - go figure…

 

[winxmac]

I had 163 charge cycle and it still at 100%. Its weird that people pay $999 for a product and have to replace the battery.

14 Pro Max user/owner

Based on my experience with iPhone 7 Plus, the battery capacity on Wikipedia is 2900mAh however looking at the diagnostics log shows that the battery is 3000+ mAh which is the reason that battery health shows up 100% for a considerable amount of time...

This is just my experience but I am thinking that Apple may have done the same with the other iPhones... I just can't seem to remember when and on what forum thread I have posted about that diagnostic log from iPhone privacy....

 

[Brooke795]

Does anyone know if when you go for a replacement they don’t remove or damage your screen protector? I will probably opt for a battery replacement sometime next year but I worry about having my screen protector damaged or removed.

 

[Fat_Guy]

Does anyone know if when you go for a replacement they don’t remove or damage your screen protector? I will probably opt for a battery replacement sometime next year but I worry about having my screen protector damaged or removed.

it’s will be and they don’t remove it.



I thought I got away with it a few weeks ago - but if you looked at an angle two minor cracks appeared.


Just accept it’s going to also be replaced.

 

[Brooke795]

it’s will be and they don’t remove it.



I thought I got away with it a few weeks ago - but if you looked at an angle two minor cracks appeared.


Just accept it’s going to also be replaced.

Could you potentially just buy another fresh one and have them install it at the same time? Might just do that. I still have 93% battery healthy but it’s dropped from 97% from a few weeks ago… so I anticipate I’ll have to do it next year