Apple uses different batteries for European and American devices?

[streug]

Hi everyone,



I have noticed that Apple’s devices which were bought in USA and in Europe have different batteries. The battery degradation(decrease of capacity, wearing) in the European version is much higher than in the American version. I had an American macbook pro 15 2013 year and after around 300 cycles it has battery capacity 94% from original one, my father has macbook air which has around 250 cycles and 97% capacity. One friend of mine has macbook air which was produced in march 2017 and now it has around 150 cycles already and still has 100% capacity and he has iPhone 7 plus and it has around 150 cycles too and has 100% capacity. At the same time I have all Europeans devices: macbook 12 2017, it has 35 cycles and 92% of battery capacity and I have an iPhone with around 250 cycles and 91% capacity. My girlfriend has an iPhone 6s and after around two years and around 460 cycles it has 75% of capacity. I had an American version of iPhone 5 and after 3 years and around 700 cycles it had still 84% capacity.

I have even more examples. At the very beggining I thought it was just a coincidences, but now I have a lot of examples and it does not seem like a coincidence anymore. Maybe someone knows something about that? Maybe has more strict environmental standards for batteries? Or something like that. Thanks.

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

I believe just coincidence. My MacBook is the best example...
Bought March 2010 and the battery lasted until October 2016.
6.5 years with 2500 cycles!!!!!!!
It was fantastic. I realised that Apple fit the very best components as sadly I could not buy an Apple recommended replacement battery and bought a SLODA UK made battery. After 14 months it is wearing. It has gone from 4 hours battery life to just 2 hours - a load of rubbish!!! Only had 150 cycles.
Truly shows why Apple products are expensive - because they fit damn good quality components!!!

Also my old iPhone 4S battery lasted 5.5 years!!! Only just replaced the phone last month with the X

 

[tomjleeds]

Your friend with two devices at 100% capacity is reading the wrong number.

 

[streug]

Your friend with two devices at 100% capacity is reading the wrong number.

But I have read these values by my own using CoconutBattery. If this program works correctly, it should be right values.

It's one of the American devices:

 

[tomjleeds]

That's...intriguing. I've literally never seen any device actually display 100%

 

[streug]

I have seen at least 3-4 iPhones from USA which had even after 100 cycles still 100% capacity... Maybe it's a good idea to buy iPhone from USA next time...

 

[NT1440]

Hi everyone,



I have noticed that Apple’s devices which were bought in USA and in Europe have different batteries. The battery degradation(decrease of capacity, wearing) in the European version is much higher than in the American version. I had an American macbook pro 15 2013 year and after around 300 cycles it has battery capacity 94% from original one, my father has macbook air which has around 250 cycles and 97% capacity. One friend of mine has macbook air which was produced in march 2017 and now it has around 150 cycles already and still has 100% capacity and he has iPhone 7 plus and it has around 150 cycles too and has 100% capacity. At the same time I have all Europeans devices: macbook 12 2017, it has 35 cycles and 92% of battery capacity and I have an iPhone with around 250 cycles and 91% capacity. My girlfriend has an iPhone 6s and after around two years and around 460 cycles it has 75% of capacity. I had an American version of iPhone 5 and after 3 years and around 700 cycles it had still 84% capacity.

I have even more examples. At the very beggining I thought it was just a coincidences, but now I have a lot of examples and it does not seem like a coincidence anymore. Maybe someone knows something about that? Maybe has more strict environmental standards for batteries? Or something like that. Thanks.

Unless every one of those devices was used exactly the same way these are just meaningless numbers assembled together hoping to find a trend.

Your data points have no consistency to them, so any conclusions you're finding are based off a completely faulty method to begin with.

 

[streug]

Unless every one of those devices was used exactly the same way these are just meaningless numbers assembled together hoping to find a trend.

Your data points have no consistency to them, so any conclusions you're finding are based off a completely faulty method to begin with.

Yes, I see your point, in general you are right. But I know how all these people use their devices and how they charge them. We have absolutely the same way of charging: use the device during the day and charge it at night.