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iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 15 owners, what is your cycle count and battery health?
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Battery Health: Normal
Maximum Capacity: 100% (started at ~103%, now ~102% via coconutBattery, calibrate often)
Cycle Count: 45
Manufacture Date: July 2023
First Use: October 2023
Maximum Capacity: 100% (started at ~103%, now ~102% via coconutBattery, calibrate often)
Cycle Count: 45
Manufacture Date: July 2023
First Use: October 2023
Probably/Possibly just wasn’t fortunate enough to receive an iPhone with a battery that was above design capacity.
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15 Pro Max
Cycle 32
Health 99%
first use October 2023
Optimised Battery Charging
Charging 0-100% with 20W original charger and cable, not overnight charging
is it normal?
Cycle 32
Health 99%
first use October 2023
Optimised Battery Charging
Charging 0-100% with 20W original charger and cable, not overnight charging
is it normal?
iPhone 15 Pro
First use October 2023
100% capacity
91 loading cycles
I'm using optimized loading. But apart from that I don't do anything special and don't think about the battery.
I load it every night on Belkin Qi-Charger not matter if the battery is empty or not. Sometimes I also load it on the MagSafe plug during daytime if I want to go out with 100% battery.
I nearly never load it via cable.
First use October 2023
100% capacity
91 loading cycles
I'm using optimized loading. But apart from that I don't do anything special and don't think about the battery.
I load it every night on Belkin Qi-Charger not matter if the battery is empty or not. Sometimes I also load it on the MagSafe plug during daytime if I want to go out with 100% battery.
I nearly never load it via cable.
15 Pro Max
75 cycles
100% capacity
Manufacture date : July 2023
First Use : September 2023
I do nothing special. I have it set to optimised charging, but since Im so irregular with charging I'm guessing that doesn't have a chance to learn my [lack of] routine.
Charging wired with an Apple 20w adapter.
I just charge when it's around 20%, and then remove from charging when it's at around 80-90%. On the odd occasion I take it up to 100% but do not let it sit there.
75 cycles
100% capacity
Manufacture date : July 2023
First Use : September 2023
I do nothing special. I have it set to optimised charging, but since Im so irregular with charging I'm guessing that doesn't have a chance to learn my [lack of] routine.
Charging wired with an Apple 20w adapter.
I just charge when it's around 20%, and then remove from charging when it's at around 80-90%. On the odd occasion I take it up to 100% but do not let it sit there.
Always charging from 0-100% is probably the worst case scenario to deplete battery health, but you can’t always be charging from 0-100% with only 32 cycles from October?
There are people with 100% BH with 100-200+ charge cycles. Their devices will have had a higher max capacity from the factory, like starting with 105%+ so they will take longer to get to 99% BH.
I think the 15 Pro’s are rated at 3274mah. My 15 Pro real battery stats show that my device had a max capacity of 3366mh, iOS will only start showing drops below 100% once it goes below 3274mah.
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Apple’s expectation/guarantee is the battery should be able to retain 80% up to 1000 cycles — it has doubled in the 15 series. The numbers indicate you’re needing to fully recharge the battery at least once per day, on average, which probably falls under the ‘heavy user” column. The shorter answer is the battery should last two years before hitting the recommended replacement threshold.
The longer answer:
242 cycles / 180 days (since 15 series launch) = ~1.34 cycles per day
1000 cycles / 1.34 cycles per day = ~746 days
And if we do a linear projection via percentage loss
100 percent - 80 percent (target) = 20 percent, 5 percent (loss) / 20 percent (target) = 1/4
1/4 * 4 = 1 (whole), then multiply the other side by the same, 180 days * 4 = 720 days
However, battery degradation is not linear; the capacity will drop a little quicker at first, the endurance will level off (for the most part), then plummet.
Not iPhone test results but here’s a fair representation of capacity to usage:
15 pro
Used since launch and I have no idea how many charging cycles it has had!
I've more to be concerned about than if I've lost a x amount of percentage battery health in so many months.
Ill be replacing it come September and it will easily last until then.
I wish they'd remove the battery health setting in all honesty, it seems every day there is someone asking about this. That's just me though
Used since launch and I have no idea how many charging cycles it has had!
I've more to be concerned about than if I've lost a x amount of percentage battery health in so many months.
Ill be replacing it come September and it will easily last until then.
I wish they'd remove the battery health setting in all honesty, it seems every day there is someone asking about this. That's just me though
