I guess it’s safe to say, for anyone keeping their 12 series iPhone and have AppleCare+, we will be getting a battery change before the 2 year AppleCare+ expires.
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iPhone 12 Pro iphone 12 Pro Battery life at 94%
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Launch day 12 Pro. 260 charge cycles and 93.7% battery health. Side note - my iPhone tends to overheat often when using maps for navigation. Anyone else experience over heating?
I deliver mail, and this week my phone has overheated to the point I had to put it in my cooler to cool it down. I’ve never had an iPhone do that.
Launch day 12 Pro. Cycle count 205. Battery Health 90%. Use MagSafe charger pretty much every night so guessing this is what is degrading it so much.
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Freshly made account extra for this here. I bought a 12 mini end of december. I dont really use it that much in my daily life. I still somehow managed to get 207 cycles.
However. Until august It was at 98% battery health. Now within a few weeks it came down to 95%. Today I looked again and it went down to 94%. I also don't use magsafe.
However. Until august It was at 98% battery health. Now within a few weeks it came down to 95%. Today I looked again and it went down to 94%. I also don't use magsafe.
iPhone 12 from launch day, I am at 89%. Previous phones were 99-100% after a year. I think culprit for me might be 5G. Battery started going down after ATT upgraded our plan to 5G. I am upgrading to 13 Pro Max(BTW first Pro phone for me lol) so I hope that new radios/modems/chips will resolve issues. My brother has whatever newest/best Samsung galaxy that came out this spring and he is having similar issues with battery life after plan was upgraded to 5G.
October 2020 iPhone 12 Pro 89%. Battery dies stupid fast and gets extremely hot. I am on iOS 15 RC.
iPhone 12 PM 128GB got in mid-October, 88% and 417 charge cycles. Contacted Apple as I usually am only at like 95-97 at trade in time who said the following…
“I just checked the result and I see that your battery is still in good health and it doesn’t need to be replaced. Take into account that a battery replacement is needed just if the battery health is under 80%, as you are facing battery issues, I’m going to send you some advice to optimize your battery life, ok? In order to maximize the battery life and performance, please never charge the battery to 100% and never let it drain to 0%. Also avoid charging or leaving the device in hot environments, including direct sun exposure, for extended periods of time. Also reducing the Brightness could help and you can check if the apps are consuming the battery on the background. This link has more recommendations or tips that you can review. If battery health decrease under 80% then we ca look for service options in order to replace battery”
“I just checked the result and I see that your battery is still in good health and it doesn’t need to be replaced. Take into account that a battery replacement is needed just if the battery health is under 80%, as you are facing battery issues, I’m going to send you some advice to optimize your battery life, ok? In order to maximize the battery life and performance, please never charge the battery to 100% and never let it drain to 0%. Also avoid charging or leaving the device in hot environments, including direct sun exposure, for extended periods of time. Also reducing the Brightness could help and you can check if the apps are consuming the battery on the background. This link has more recommendations or tips that you can review. If battery health decrease under 80% then we ca look for service options in order to replace battery”
I use it a lot but doesn't mean battery should die ridiculously fast. If it's at 100% 9AM. It is dead at about 6PM. Battery is 87% with about 369 on its cycle count.
I am thinking of going iPhone 13 Pro Max but I will wait for the battery reviews before hitting pre-order.
I am thinking of going iPhone 13 Pro Max but I will wait for the battery reviews before hitting pre-order.
While I know we are all as of yet above the 80% Apple considers “normal”, these fairly similar results across the board are pretty disappointing given the age of the devices, as is their canned response given the cost of these iPhones.
That being said, I have the iPhone 13 Pro preparing to ship as I type this. I guess it’s time to admit I have a problem, which is the first step to recovery
It’s very disappointing. And it’s not just a number for me. I can’t make it through the day without recharging. I listen to a podcast when I go for my 1.5 hour walk and my phone will go from 100% to 40%. Just ridiculous!While I know we are all as of yet above the 80% Apple considers “normal”, these fairly similar results across the board are pretty disappointing given the age of the devices, as is their canned response given the cost of these iPhones.
That being said, I have the iPhone 13 Pro preparing to ship as I type this. I guess it’s time to admit I have a problem, which is the first step to recovery
There is an entire thread about this train wreck of a battery for our 12's (29 pages of it.)
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-12-pro-battery-health.2285325/page-29
Many have the same problem...but some have no issues at all...still showing 100%, even a bit higher on Coconut app. It's like some dumb battery lottery. Battery maker Desay from what I can see is the worse of the 3 - Sunwoda and Huapu are the other battery makers. But even those makers, the degrade is far faster than any previous iPhone I've owned.
And some have had their batteries replaced already - even though it shows about this silly 80% health, many have not.
Mine started drained in Feb., short of 3 months owning it, draining 1-2% every 5-8 days. 103 cycles, it's been holding at 83% health for the past 2 weeks now. (It held at 84% for 3 1/2 week)
Going back 13 months - this story was posted...
www.phonearena.com
Yeah, in my opinion that seems to be the case.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-12-pro-battery-health.2285325/page-29
Many have the same problem...but some have no issues at all...still showing 100%, even a bit higher on Coconut app. It's like some dumb battery lottery. Battery maker Desay from what I can see is the worse of the 3 - Sunwoda and Huapu are the other battery makers. But even those makers, the degrade is far faster than any previous iPhone I've owned.
And some have had their batteries replaced already - even though it shows about this silly 80% health, many have not.
Mine started drained in Feb., short of 3 months owning it, draining 1-2% every 5-8 days. 103 cycles, it's been holding at 83% health for the past 2 weeks now. (It held at 84% for 3 1/2 week)
Going back 13 months - this story was posted...
Top analyst says Apple will use cheaper iPhone battery technology to offset cost of adding 5G
Reliable TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told clients in a note today that Apple is relying on cheaper and less complex battery technology to keep costs down for the 5G iPhone 12 line.
Yeah, in my opinion that seems to be the case.
I got my 12 Pro on launch day and it says it’s at 90% battery health…I do use it quite a lot though… the 13 Pro arrives on Friday though 
