Battery Limit feature - iPhone 13

[Waxgroove]

Was wondering why the adjustable battery charge limit isn't available for iPhone 13? Looks like it's available for iPhone 15 and newer - are there inherent features of the 15 (say A16 chip) that make this feature not available on the 13 or say 14?

Just curious -

 

[reppans]

Planned obsolescence/upgrade incentive most likely. In theory, any model with the ‘optimized battery charging’ (ie, pause at 80%) feature should be able limit charge (like my XR). As a battery geek/hobbyist, Apple’s battery mgt features are pretty basic/dumbed-down - you can do a lot better with an automated custom charge optimization (smartplug + shortcut automation or Chargie.org USB dongle). Well, at least assuming folks do the [not-insignificant] reading of the credible/corroborating batt research out there. My original batts last me 6+ years just fine - doubt I’d get that using Apple’s batt mgt features.

 

[doogm]

I don't think Apple has ever said. Quite often Apple doesn't bring new features to old hardware, but it could be hardware-dependent.

 

[FlyingDutch]

It’s hardly hardware dependent: the charging already pauses at 80% on many models , so technically it could be possible to set a limit on any iPhone . I’d say Apple is implementing this only in new models still covered by warranty (they do not care if your iPhone 13 battery degrades, since its warranty already expired)