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iPhone 15 Pro Max Are you limiting your iPhone 15 Pro battery to 80%?
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I probably will enable 80%. I keep my phones at least 2 years, so would like to keep the battery as sound as possible. Also, I am in the habit of charging every night. Finally, when used as my navigation, it can be on the car charger for 12 hours at a time. I am sure 80% on my new Pro Max will easily cover my daily use.
my 13 pro .... 91% battery health after 2 years
so no ... and tbh if battery is a big issue down the line just replace it
so no ... and tbh if battery is a big issue down the line just replace it
Interesting--my 13 pro is down to 83% at two years. Still made it a full day of typical use for me.
I like the 80% limit because in my day to day use I usually use less than 50% of a phone's capacity in 24 hours. That, combined with the fact that I'd like to put the phone on a stand and use Standby, it'll be nice to not have it go to 100% every single night when it's unneeded.
I can turn the feature off for trips and such easily enough.
I can turn the feature off for trips and such easily enough.
Except car engines are not considered a replaceable item. iPhone batteries are.
My phone is charging on my desk for pretty much the entire workday so yep, I'll be enabling this for most days. The difference is now, the phone won't run kinda hot for several hours a day and I'll end the day with 80% battery instead of 100%.
I'll just go back to full charge when on vacation, etc. when I know I'll need more battery.
So what you’re saying is: if you don’t use it all the time, it will last longer?
I wouldn’t bother
I charged my 14PM when it dropped to 30 and mostly took it off the hook when it exceeded 80 most of the time and still degraded 10% in one year of use
So I started getting a lot more lax
Imo the battery chemistry of your particular battery will either hold up over time or it won’t. Largely out of your control despite the theory behind trying to mitigate. Ymmv
I charged my 14PM when it dropped to 30 and mostly took it off the hook when it exceeded 80 most of the time and still degraded 10% in one year of use
So I started getting a lot more lax
Imo the battery chemistry of your particular battery will either hold up over time or it won’t. Largely out of your control despite the theory behind trying to mitigate. Ymmv
So in order to protect against having a crap battery years down the line you pretend that your battery is crap straight out of the box by crippling it with a goofy charging regime?
That way you never get to experience your new phone with a fresh battery and extended runtime. Your runtime is mediocre from day one and remains that way until you move on from the phone. ☹️
It makes no sense. Sorry.
That way you never get to experience your new phone with a fresh battery and extended runtime. Your runtime is mediocre from day one and remains that way until you move on from the phone. ☹️
It makes no sense. Sorry.
I upgrade every year and just charge it to 100% daily. I don’t recall my battery health ever being below like 95% when I trade it in. I recall the health of the battery being about 97% on average.
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Whut?
You cripple your battery runtime to 30% in order to preserve the longevity of the battery? Lol. Your battery would likely never get that bad in ten years of hard use and yet you're happy to run with it like that from the off? That's insane.
Well it has 152 cycles according to coconut. Lithium batteries do not have a memory when charging. Health is Still at 100%, I’m happy. However they both will go bye bye soon. I’ll send them off when my two 15 pro max iPhones arrive. I’m so ready for those!!Whut?
You cripple your battery runtime to 30% in order to preserve the longevity of the battery? Lol. Your battery would likely never get that bad in ten years of hard use and yet you're happy to run with it like that from the off? That's insane.
I believe Apple suggests charging the iPhone battery when it gets down to 40% and stop charging at 80%. I’ve been doing this all year. Not many people can say their battery health is at 100% after an entire year of use.
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Your battery health might well be 100% but it may as well be an old thoroughly worn battery the amount of runtime you get out of it. You're crippling it and limiting your own enjoyment of the battery in order to strive for a meaningless figure on Coconut Battery.
I agree to disagree.. I carry a couple of 20k battery banks with me at all times and charge the iPhone when needed. It has worked well for me. The health percentage probably will not drop until after 200 cycles of the battery. Lithium batteries are typically great anymore after 500+ charge cycles.
That capacity only matters when it matters. I have a charger at my desks and in my car. No enjoyment is being lost going from 80-60 instead of 100-80.
My launch day iPhone 14 Pro dropped from 100% to 99% capacity about 4 weeks ago. Last week, I sold it to a company (that wanted it to have at least 80% capacity) for ~70% what I paid for it last year. For context, and none of this is directed towards you and your experience, I lived in a hot country for a lot of this year, and I charged the iPhone overnight almost every night on the MagSafe charger of a Belkin BoostCharge Pro charger. I barely ever used a cable, and it was used often with wireless CarPlay. Needless to say, I didn't really go out of my way to look after it, yet it was still on 100% at around the 11-month period. I didn't put it on charge when it was almost full, though, and it rarely ever got very low. My wife charged her launch day iPhone 14 Pro the same way, and it has 98% capacity now.
In general, echoing a lot of what others have said, my point is that it's likely just not worth worrying too much about it. I do care, and I want to look after my devices, but I managed to find a sensible (for me) balance this past year. What I don't see many people mentioning when discussing battery capacity is what they actually do on the phone between unplugging it in the morning and plugging it in at night. They can trickle charge it on the slowest charger all they want, but if they're hammering multiplayer games at full brightness on a 5G connection, pushing the device to its limit, they're likely doing more harm to the battery than leaving it plugged in overnight.
Enjoy your new iPhone when it arrives! I got an iPhone 15 Pro on Friday and I love it.
Eh, no. Pushing the other components in the phone, sure. But the rate of discharge even in the most demanding of circumstances will put a fraction of the stress on the battery that quick charging does.
I'll most likely enable it since I usually get a new iPhone each year. Hopefully, the battery health stay at 100% within a year.
I think for the average user, keeping the phone at 80% charge in order to prevent it from being able to only hold 80% charge in 3-4 years is pointless.
However, I can definitely see this as useful for someone who has their phone plugged in the majority of the time. A developer device, an uber driver etc... if your phone is mostly ON the charger, then getting optimal use of the battery during the first 3 years is irrelevant.
However, I can definitely see this as useful for someone who has their phone plugged in the majority of the time. A developer device, an uber driver etc... if your phone is mostly ON the charger, then getting optimal use of the battery during the first 3 years is irrelevant.
What I meant is that regularly playing a few rounds of a game, dropping 30% battery each short session, will be what's causing them to charge it so often, eating into their cycles. If they're carefully charging it only to 80% on a 5W charger, follwing best practices and expecting to maintain full capacity, they might be surprised when their phone has 90% capacity after a year. I have a friend who does exactly that — they charge with an old 5W charger, but play a lot of games on their phone. They lost ~10% capacity in a year. My point was that usage is also a factor.
You get a new one every year? So what does any of this matter to you? Why cripple your phone's battery for the 12 months you own it?
You will put up with a phone that only has 80% battery capacity in order to prevent the battery of a phone you'll soon be getting rid of from having 80% battery capacity 3 or 4 years down the line. Madness!
Do you also put covers on the interior of your car to keep the seats factory fresh for the next owner?