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Coconut Battery Results with new MacBook Pro 16
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Mine reported 8847 mAh on Cycle Count 1. The Design Capacity is 8790 mAh. And the battery is basically at 100% with very little "extra" capacity unlike my 2012 rMBP which was like 104% at Cycle Count 1.
My battery is made by DSY on 9/20/2019 and had about 98% charge on it when I took it out of the box yesterday at the Apple Store.
I thought the battery capacity mAh rating on our 16 inchers are supposed to be HIGHER than what CB is reporting. I wonder if it's a bug that will get squashed with an update.
My battery is made by DSY on 9/20/2019 and had about 98% charge on it when I took it out of the box yesterday at the Apple Store.
I thought the battery capacity mAh rating on our 16 inchers are supposed to be HIGHER than what CB is reporting. I wonder if it's a bug that will get squashed with an update.
What mAh is Apple advertising? I didn't find this anywhere.
Only spec I saw is: "Built‑in 100‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery".
Assuming the voltage is 12V, a Design capacity of 8790mAh would be equivalent to about 105Wh.
Seems about right to me.
Only spec I saw is: "Built‑in 100‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery".
Assuming the voltage is 12V, a Design capacity of 8790mAh would be equivalent to about 105Wh.
Seems about right to me.
Thanks to everyone for their fast replies. My MacBook Pro has a build date of 11/11 and the battery was made on 10/9. Out of the box the battery was showing at 100% and 7900 for current charge and design capacity at 8790. After 20 minutes on the charger the battery gradually moved up to 8750. Then I unplugged the charger and turned the brightness down to 50% and eventually the current charge move up to 8853. Wonder if this is normal for a new battery?
I have seen this happen. That’s why I only take a reading at full charge - when it stops charging which can be a long time after it hits 100%.
I just noticed you have 11 battery cycles on your machine already so I went and checked mine on my 2018 MBP that I got almost exactly a year ago and it has 14. Definitely different levels of usage between us. Mine will probably go up considerably when I give it to my wife when my 16" arrives on Wednesday.
How is it possible? Did you charge your Mac only 14 times for whole year?
More likely, he just kept it plugged in most of the time. It's good to "let the electrons flow" by running it on battery every now and then to not cause capacity issues even though these batteries are supposed to have no memory effect. I have all my MacBooks Pros plugged in most of the time and have about 32 cycles on my 2018.
This is normal. Some batteries leave the factory a little over the listed original capacity and some a little under. It's just a gamble. It doesn't affect longevity of the battery.
Interesting my battery behavior is very similar to yours Nikita. Both our batteries were made the same day by the same manufacture. I have yet to be able show a full charge capacity number above the design capacity when plugged in. Only way to accomplish this is to turn down the brightness level when unplugged.
These numbers will change over time without too much pattern other than a gradual downwards trend. There's nothing wrong with your battery. Here's the history for my older machine. You can see it bounce near the end for pretty much no reason and the current capacity is higher than what it had 100 cycles ago.
Generally you'll see peak capacity after a bunch more cycles and it will start to decrease from there.
Generally you'll see peak capacity after a bunch more cycles and it will start to decrease from there.
Check this option. For unknown reasons mine wasn't checked. Now the battery life is way batter than before.
I think I got the short end of the battery capacity stick, although this could change after a few more cycles (I hope)
Discharge all the way + charge all the way to calibrate; works for most batteries. Battery capacity estimation isn't a very exact science. Same laptop as in my screenshot above, now one cycle later, the capacity is "down" almost 100 mAh.
Also y'all laptops are "older" than mine (my 16" is from 11/18) but have newer batteries (mine's from September) 🙃