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Coconut Battery Results with new MacBook Pro 16
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Incredible you've only got 14 cycles on a year old machine. I got my 16" a week ago, have kept it basically plugged in the entire time and already have 5.
I get on my Mac very little and it's plugged in most of the time. I usually am in our living room with my iPad as it's just more convenient.
I don't keep my MBP 13" 2019 plugged all the time but I noticed that Charge Cycles count is increasing faster than actual 100% total battery use. It is currently around 90-95% per charge cycle, which is not how it is supposed to work. In the beginning it use to run even much more faster.
Mine usually says around 30 watts
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Another question: what is your battery life like? I am seeing a discharge of 30% in about 1 hour and 15 minutes, which would give me around 4 hours. I Have to say that I was steaming. I need to see what it's like during Word and safari only.
Apple lied. it's a 99.8Wh battery
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Actual rating of 99.8 watt-hours for 16-inch MacBook Pro. Testing conducted by Apple in June 2019 using preproduction 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. Testing conducted by Apple in April 2019 using preproduction 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using preproduction 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9-based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD. The iTunes movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The standby test measures battery life by allowing a system, connected to a wireless network and signed in to an iCloud account, to enter standby mode with Safari and Mail applications launched and all system settings left at default. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information.
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Actual rating of 99.8 watt-hours for 16-inch MacBook Pro. Testing conducted by Apple in June 2019 using preproduction 1.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. Testing conducted by Apple in April 2019 using preproduction 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with 8GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2019 using preproduction 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9-based 16-inch MacBook Pro systems with 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD. The iTunes movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The Apple TV app movie playback test measures battery life by playing back HD 1080p content with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The wireless web test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing 25 popular websites with display brightness set to 12 clicks from bottom or 75%. The standby test measures battery life by allowing a system, connected to a wireless network and signed in to an iCloud account, to enter standby mode with Safari and Mail applications launched and all system settings left at default. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information.
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The more memory you put in your laptop will affect your battery life. Apple tested (see above) with 8GB-16GB of memory. 32 and 64 GB of memory will consume a lot more battery life.
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I'm on the newest macOS 10.15.1.
It might depends on whether the MBP is plugged in or not. But now I'm unable to see that 2-checkbox version even if I unplug my MBP... very weird...
I'm right with you there :/ I hope this still gets corrected? Feels like I don't get heaps out of the battery... Who's your manufacturer?
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Simplo it seems. The battery capacity has gone up, usually stays within 98-99% design capacity. In real life usage under light ot medium loads I am getting good battery life though and I have the 64 GB ram option.
It's totally normal.
"The battery is an electrochemical storage system that is always changing and decaying, and never behaves exactly the same way from one charge to the next." - iFixit
Check this article on iFixit's website about battery calibration:
https://help.ifixit.com/article/265-battery-calibration
Keep it charged for a few hours. If the maximum charge capacity doesn’t increase I would return it.