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iPhone SE (2016) How good is iPhone SE (2016/2017) battery with 65% capacity left?
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Probably not. When my iPhone 6 reached that level, it was randomly restarting and sometimes battery charge would go from 50% to dead then back to 100% after plugging in for just 5 minutes.
Renox, why dont you just replace the battery and then this 1st gen SE will operate like brand new. In the UK, battery replacement with ismash for example is only £30 (only have to wait 30 mins). Can imagine is even cheaper in the US. A low capacity battery at 65% will be very unstable as Ruinoonna explained.
Ahh, yes. I'm having this problem with my 2013 macbook. Lots of fun indeed.
Considering the iPhones I'm looking at are around $40-60, paying extra 30 seems a bit pricey. I'm just looking for a cheapest iPhone option to last me a year or so, so that I can have some exclusive iOS apps that I need.
I understand where you’re coming from here, but honestly even $40 for an iPhone SE that has 65% Battery Health is too high. I would suggest looking for one that has at least 85% battery health or more in order to let you a year.
Unless you’re willing to get a battery replacement.
Spend the money and replace the battery as long as the phone is in good shape otherwise, especially if you are relying on it as your primary phone.
If you are using it as something else, as you mentioned you needed it to access IOS only apps, and can just keep it connected to power, you might be able to get away with it for a year.
Not worth messing with it for $30 imo.
If you are using it as something else, as you mentioned you needed it to access IOS only apps, and can just keep it connected to power, you might be able to get away with it for a year.
Not worth messing with it for $30 imo.
Thanks for replies guys (and gals?). I've found out that there were quite a few deals with 85-89% battery life for the same price. Never thought that 65% was THAT bad, but close to 90% should be fine for a year. I would shell out for a fancy new iPhone 12, but these rumors about even smaller battery this year (I don't care how efficient those 5nm A14 chips might be), no USB-C still (i.e extra cable JUST for the iPhone), and no guarantee for AV1 decoder make it sound like a phone that'll be good for a year or two tops, and that's a shame considering how powerful their hardware usually is.
When it comes to batteries 80% is basically considered a threshold where under it things can often be bad and/or unstable enough where the battery isn't really seen as acceptable.
Good to know. Does this apply every battery tech? If so, is there a difference in degradation rate? I'm mostly wondering in case those fancy new solid state batteries (the ones that promise double the energy density) start popping up in new phones and such.