I’m sure there are. Average Joe probably doesn’t even bother checking battery health. They just realize it’s dying sooner, say damn, charge it earlier and live around it, only seek support if it becomes extreme.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max iPhone 14 Pro Max Battery Health (After a Year)
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Looks like Coconut Battery will be the next "must have" app to download once I have iPhone 15 PM in my hands.
iOS definitely have good apps that I don't know about!
iOS definitely have good apps that I don't know about!
The 15 series is what the 14 series should've been.
If you can (if you currently have some money saved), you could resell your phone to Apple & it'll knock down some hundreds off of the iPhone 15 Pro's total price.
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And those are some reasons why everyone who has the money should buy their phones outright (factory unlocked with no carriers). Especially when you're constantly traveling outside of your country/continent for either vacations or business trips.
That way, you're not at the mercy of big phone carriers who are controlled by governments through their two or three year contracts, & won't have to jump through hoops just to get your phones unlocked, even when you pay off your phone in full before the contract is up. And the same should go for every country &/or continent.
My 14 Pro Max is still at 100% after 8-9 months of use (Sunwoda). You would want Sunwoda as manufacturer as batteries manufactured by Desay degrade rapidly.
Wife's 13 Pro 14 month usage battery health 84% with 212 cycles (Desay). Mom's 14 Plus (Sunwoda) still at 100% after 7 months with 101 cycles.
Wife's 13 Pro 14 month usage battery health 84% with 212 cycles (Desay). Mom's 14 Plus (Sunwoda) still at 100% after 7 months with 101 cycles.
This is not strictly true. I’m on Sunwoda and still losing battery capacity like crazy, literally every other week.
30 days till my 14 plus is 1 year old and im still at 100%, I don't get how some are already in the 80-90% range.
Granted the plus doesn't have the features as the pro does but in fairness do you want your phone to be sitting there using battery when it doesn't need to.
Granted the plus doesn't have the features as the pro does but in fairness do you want your phone to be sitting there using battery when it doesn't need to.
28th September 2022 - now my 14 PM is down to 90%.
One of the worst iPhones for battery and I’ve had iPhones since the 4.
One of the worst iPhones for battery and I’ve had iPhones since the 4.
Welp, it’s another week and another drop in battery health. I’m at 96%. I’m losing approx 1% per week. Not sure what’s going on.
You’re talking about 90% after 2 years compared to 90% after not even a year here.
Yeah true, I’m just comparing it to battery tech from seven years ago. You’d expect it to get better, not just more expensive.
nice to hear that, because....
I will buy a 14 Plus for the same reasons...
after using my SE 2020 for 3 years now with only moderate battery "degradation" to 86% at this moment (which is fine after 3 years) I need for both professional and personal reasons an iPhone battery with more capacity.
And a larger and less energy consuming screen with a larger on-screen keyboard for professional reasons and a 512 GB space.
Prices for the "old" 14 Plus get cheaper every day now and this is the moment to purchase now.
--> As for limiting battery consumption during the day:
There as a million recommendations (even made by apple themselfes) about presets and things/limitations to chose in the IOS system on every iPhone that will not reduce using pleasure and comfort but reduce enormiously battery consumption.
one of them being activatibg "optimal charging" which I chose at the very beginning.
I am really astonished about the fact that people buy at day one a extremely expensive (= the MOST expensive model) smartphone and scandalize the fact that their battery capacity falls (maybe a little bit more than with prior iPhones).
apple now has drastically reduced their price for exchanging the battery of their iP 14 and iP14 Plus so that an exchange of the battery is a no-brainer. And this also for exchanging the screen.
The reason for that is that these two "basic" models have a design of the electronic parts inside that allows to open front and rear sides and reach much more easily all the compnents inside than with the 14 Pro/max components.
The 14 Pro/Max models are the LAST models that have been designed neglecting following costs for repair -
So is the good news for iP14/Plus owners.
As for all future products including the iP15:
apple designs from now on products being much more repair-friendly. Maybe this is thanks to stricter legislation of the European Union which demands definitely more environmental-friendly design for electronic devices which began with the design to charge only by USB-c connections for ALL smartdevices imported in the EU.
So we have to thank the EU (and in parts the US legislation as well) for both : legislations that protect the environemet AND making pressure even on the most mighty and arrogant enterprises on earth -with the nice side-effect that repairs will get more easy and cheaper for their clients. Abd third-party and owners themselves can repair much easier than before.
Conclusion:
Why complaining about "degrading" batteries although exchanging the battery will cost less than 1o% of the price when purchased ? After this little investment it will be as new.
--->> Recommendation for 14Pro/Max owners:
Make pressure on apple to reduce theur pruce for replacing batteries of these models o the same level as for the badus models!
And think about going to court to reach that aim- because apple should pay himself for idiotic internal design of their iPhone-housings...
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I think you nailed exactly what this article was trying to get at, and to help others when getting a battery replacement at Apple for your iPhone 14 Pro (if you keep it). I would request a Sunwoda battery as a replacement if I kept my iPhone 14 Pro Max. In the end, like every year though, I will get the new phone but especially this year since I think the iPhone 14 was not of the greatest releases to date. I think the 15 Pro Max will be a powerful unit, but only to be topped by a completely revamped iPhone 16 Pro Max camera system next year (which will definitely hook me).
great point and one I made to Apple and my friends who have the 13 Pro Max. They are at 90% after 2 YEARS of use, when our 14 Pro Max's are down to 90% (wait let me check... phew, still at 90%) after 1 YEAR of use.
I was saying to myself if my battery drops below 90% (I just need 1% more to drop) before the iPhone 15 Pro Max is released then I am allowed to get it. 🤣
Checking the battery health on my launch day 14 pro max it says 94% in the battery app. Not sure how many charge cycles but my phone is in the red every night before bed.
14pm launch say and at 93%. Was at 94% two weeks ago so it is interesting. I use magsafe almost exclusively and never use optimized charging.
Plan to get a 15pm or maybe a regular 15+ this time
Plan to get a 15pm or maybe a regular 15+ this time
Exact same scenario here. Launch day 14 PM. Wirelessly charge every night. Sitting at 100%.
40/80 usually means don't let your phone go below 40% or over 80% SoC (state of charge). It's the "sweet spot" batteries like this are best at. Sitting at 100% all the time isn't good for it, dropping low and recharging isn't good, etc. Also heat makes a big difference, like not gaming and charging at the same time because it overheats the phone and can create more wear and tear on the battery.
Another reference point - wife's 14PM Sunwoda is at 89%(ios) and 90.8%(coconut) - given of course the abuse of 450 charging cycles. Though it doesn't deter the phone from holding 12.5-14 hrs SOT.