MagSafe Battery Pack and iPhone Battery Health

[Skyuser]

Becoming the owner of an iPhone 13 in the coming days. I have learned that when a MagSafe Battery Pack is attached to a compatible iPhone, it will hold the iPhone’s battery level at 90% as long as it is not drained. So is it possible to keep the iPhone’s battery level at 90% as long as possible by attaching the Battery Pack for a prolonged time, charging it without detaching it when it depletes and thus preserving the battery health of the iPhone? Is there any potential harmful effect of doing this? Has anyone ever tried this?

Any idea is appreciated, thanks!

 

[russell_314]

Becoming the owner of an iPhone 13 in the coming days. I have learned that when a MagSafe Battery Pack is attached to a compatible iPhone, it will hold the iPhone’s battery level at 90% as long as it is not drained. So is it possible to keep the iPhone’s battery level at 90% as long as possible by attaching the Battery Pack for a prolonged time, charging it without detaching it when it depletes and thus preserving the battery health of the iPhone? Is there any potential harmful effect of doing this? Has anyone ever tried this?

Any idea is appreciated, thanks!

I wouldn't think so. I don't know how practical it would be to use the MagSafe battery as your only battery and not using the phone's battery. A replacement battery is $69. If you're buying that case to somehow not use the battery you'll be spending more money than just replacing the battery in the first place and trying to go through painful hoops to make it happen.

I don't see that wearing the battery. The main wear point of batteries is heat. Second to that would be discharging them all the way down. If you can avoid those two you're probably fine.

 

[Apple_Robert]

What you described is unnecessary and a real waste of time. Use the phone as you normally would, and leave the Apple Battery Pack for times when you may really need it. If after a few years you find you need a new battery, have Apple replace it. That makes much more sense than trying to treat a common tool as if it were a vintage car with parts that are very hard to come by.

 

[Jordan4613]

It would be cheaper and less time consuming to not worry about it. Replace the battery when needed and worry about other life stuff. At the end of the day, it's just a phone.