Other Battery replaced today , battery almost empty

[Guacamole]

Today Apple replaced my battery on my 6s plus.
I only realised when I was out that I left with a 16% left of battery charge. Is this normal? I would have thought a brand new battery would be almost full capacity and not 16% after walking out the store .. hmmm

 

[Freakonomics101]

As long as the battery operates like it should, you should be fine. The battery could have sat in inventory for a long while.

 

[StumpyBloke]

Today Apple replaced my battery on my 6s plus.
I only realised when I was out that I left with a 16% left of battery charge. Is this normal? I would have thought a brand new battery would be almost full capacity and not 16% after walking out the store .. hmmm

Surely it depends if they charged it or not? Have you tried to charge it? It’s a complete non-issue IMO if you can charge it ok, and it holds that charge.

 

[Guacamole]

Surely it depends if they charged it or not? Have you tried to charge it? It’s a complete non-issue IMO if you can charge it ok, and it holds that charge.

I'm charging my phone now.. for the first time. I will have to keep an eye tomorrow and see how it goes.
It's just that it surprised me how little charge it had when I walked out. I didn't even realised there otherwise I would have asked them.

 

[Shadowbech]

During the iphone battery replacement program, I had Apple replace my wife's 7 Plus battery and after the replacment it only came 4%. Had no issues and still no issues.

 

[curtvaughan]

It's a 3 year old phone model, so the battery likely sat on the shelf for at least a year or so. The main issue is that it hasn't discharged below 5%, that it charges promptly, and that it holds its charge sufficiently once in use. LI batteries naturally discharge over time, even when not actively in use.

 

[BoricuaHec01]

Create thread once you actually tested out the battery after fully charged.

 

[C DM]

Today Apple replaced my battery on my 6s plus.
I only realised when I was out that I left with a 16% left of battery charge. Is this normal? I would have thought a brand new battery would be almost full capacity and not 16% after walking out the store .. hmmm

What does the battery health show?

 

[Guacamole]

What does the battery health show?

100 % max capacity level

 

[now i see it]

Due to safety reasons, Lithium ion batteries kept in storage are never stored at 100%. Usually near 40%. But they can self discharge slowly over time. So newly manufacturered battery stored at 40% could drop down to 16% several months or a year later. Since the 6S is an old phone, you could have gotten an old new battery.

 

[iApplereviews]

Due to safety reasons, Lithium ion batteries kept in storage are never stored at 100%. Usually near 40%. But they can self discharge slowly over time. So newly manufacturered battery stored at 40% could drop down to 16% several months or a year later. Since the 6S is an old phone, you could have gotten an old new battery.

Also since they are shipped alone not in the phone I think it’s safer to have less of a charge as well. Lithium ion batteries are less likely to have a thermal runaway with a lower charge. Same reason you should discharge them before removing them from the phone if you accidentally puncture it you have less of a change of a fire.

 

[Shadowbech]

Also since they are shipped alone not in the phone I think it’s safer to have less of a charge as well. Lithium ion batteries are less likely to have a thermal runaway with a lower charge. Same reason you should discharge them before removing them from the phone if you accidentally puncture it you have less of a change of a fire.

This is correct, if it's a stand alone lithium they are usually shipped with a very low charge. This is why almost, if not, but all of the XS/XS Max/XR smart battery case came with no charge out of the box.

 

[C DM]

100 % max capacity level

And that basically tells you that the battery replacement should be all good.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

When I had my 6S battery replaced last November it came with 4% charge also. Charged it up and it worked as designed, no issues.

 

[Zune55]

Today Apple replaced my battery on my 6s plus.
I only realised when I was out that I left with a 16% left of battery charge. Is this normal? I would have thought a brand new battery would be almost full capacity and not 16% after walking out the store .. hmmm

It's normal that you have 16% battery you should consider yourself very lucky. iPhone 6s is a very ancient device and you still got that much juice?. When I get my new iPhones it's battery is not 100% charged. I wish iPhone battery works like car battery always 100% charged.

 

[ranini]

The same here, my wife's 6s battery was replaced 2 weeks ago(by apple) and it cames with 7%
by the way everything is working well