I’ve never stored a phone long term before, but I just bought a 128gb 7+ from a guy at work for $200. It’s in great shape, with a battery health of 90%. Apple says to charge it to 50% and keep it turned off in a cool dry place. That’s self explanatory, but would it do me any good to power it on and use it for a day every few months? Not sure I’ll ever even need to use it, but $200 was too cheap to pass up. I’m going to take it in for a $39 battery and then store it until one of my family members break our iPhone.
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iPhone 7/Plus Best way to store an iPhone long term?
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Definitely agree with the temperature being the most important, strictly because of the battery. If the phone had not been used for a while, it would probably be good to charge it sporadically to keep the battery from dropping too much, when ever a battery is completely depleted for too long, it is possible for it not to rebound.
This page from Apple has a lot of relative good information about the iPhone battery shelf life:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208387
This page from Apple has a lot of relative good information about the iPhone battery shelf life:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208387
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I have several iPhone stored and I set an alarm on my current device to every 6 months charge them to about 60 to 70%.
Why not wait until you need it to replace the battery? It seems like a shame to put a new battery in and let it sit idle.
Good point. But I think they changed the price to $69 normally, so still not a bad price and may be worth the wait.