Had mine for about a month and a half and just looked and it’s down to 99. My batteries never fair well. Must be my usage pattern. Been trying to keep battery charged between 40 and 80 percent most of the time. Just curious. May trade in next year so it likely doesn’t matter. But wondering if this was fairly normal. I hear about people still around 99 after a year. Seems crazy.
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iPhone 11 How long before your battery health dropped below 100%?
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Currently have a Pro Max, which I got on launch day, and with 28 charge cycles, still at 100%. I've also been charing it between 40% - 80% and unplugging it once it reaches 80%.
Launch day Pro Max and you’re only at 28 cycles? My 11 Pro is at 78 cycles already.
I used to have bad battery OCD and let me tell you, when you stop worrying about it, you feel like a weight is lifted off your back. A new battery is cheap, and even the most hardcore user will easily make it 12-18 months before needing to consider one. 40-80% is a massive waste of time, and I am kicking myself for all the years I babied my phones. Knowing it's at 100% when you wake up is a far better feeling than keeping it at 80% and maybe prolonging it a few months. If you're keeping it 2+ years, save $80 for a new battery. If you plan to get rid of it before 2 years, babying the battery is a waste of your time in my humble opinion.
Absolutely. People really need to stop fannying around with batteries and just enjoy their phones. We will all be dead soon enough...stop fretting about the trivial
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Just stop looking at the battery health and enjoy your device, unless you have issues.
The percentage indicated is just a raw indication, nothing very accurate, and 99 or 96% basically means nothing.
Sometimes it will stay at 100% for months and then it could drop at a lower value, sometimes the drop is more regular.
It doesn’t really matter.
Anecdotal evidences on my part showed that you start experiencing a battery life decrement when going below 88/86 % of battery health.
Yes as other people have mentioned just use the phone and dont worry about the battery! But I checked my 11 Pro Max in coconut battery and it seems to have an extra 100 mAh at 4068 mAh? In this case when I hit 90% capacity I will be around the design capacity which is 3969 mAh (if coconut battery is correct).
Absolutely right.
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Yep, quite strange. I bought mine on 30th September and I’m approaching 80 cycles too.
Here's what happens if you never charge the battery to 100%.
thanks all. not super concerned, especially considering I am used to my battery getting worn out quicker than most other people for whatever reason. just always wondered why. again, have considered upgrading next year anyway. may make it kind of an annual xmas gift to myself since i should only have to pay a couple hundred if i trade in the current one. prior to this i had an 'ancient' 6S+ which was the last iphone i got that was subsidized mostly by my carrier and a 2 year contract. so now that i've made the leap by paying full price for one, i should be able to leverage that for regular upgrades for a modest price.
how do i tell how many cycles? do i need an app? i think i used to use one of the battery apps for this but can't remember which one.
how do i tell how many cycles? do i need an app? i think i used to use one of the battery apps for this but can't remember which one.
Yea I couldn't even imagine the panic if people had someway to see their bodies' health %.Absolutely. People really need to stop fannying around with batteries and just enjoy their phones. We will all be dead soon enough...stop fretting about the trivial!
Pro Max received launch day still at 100%.
Charge with 30 watt power adapter around 20-40% take to 80-90%. Occasional 100% once a week.
Charge with 30 watt power adapter around 20-40% take to 80-90%. Occasional 100% once a week.
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100% after two and a half months, I leave it to charge overnight or just whenever its below 60% and I need to go somewhere. I’m a heavy user and also use fast charging.
Constantly making an effort to keep it between 40% and 80% is insanity and what you gain from it long term is basically nothing. Just ignore it and use it normally, you’ll enjoy it far more.
As others have mentioned the health metre also isn’t even accurate, on my last iPhone it went randomly from 91% back up to 96% where it stayed for months.
Constantly making an effort to keep it between 40% and 80% is insanity and what you gain from it long term is basically nothing. Just ignore it and use it normally, you’ll enjoy it far more.
As others have mentioned the health metre also isn’t even accurate, on my last iPhone it went randomly from 91% back up to 96% where it stayed for months.
Yeah just use it. After 1.5-2 years, you can pay the $79 or so to replace it.
It's not worth babying an iPhone over the course of 2 years, every single day and every single charge, to save $79. Unless you couldn't afford an iPhone in the first place.
It's not worth babying an iPhone over the course of 2 years, every single day and every single charge, to save $79. Unless you couldn't afford an iPhone in the first place.
I don't believe their recording is accurate. Age alone should have taken more than that much capacity alone. Even with your healthy charging habits.
Apple batteries last forever; just ask my PowerBook G4 from 2000. I don't know why everyone seems to worry about the stupid 'Health' number. Seriously why did Apple add it in the first place? everyone's paranoid about it.
I'm not a heavy user and I'm not glued to my phone 24/7, especially during work, my phone always stays in my pocket. I don't fully charge it to 100%, and I always unplug it when it reaches 80%. So I pretty much charge it daily but only from 40% to 80%.
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It doesn’t matter what you charge/discharge it to a full cycle is 100 percentage points even if it’s 5x20%. But if you’re a light user then that explains the low cycles on a Pro Max since you’re making almost 3 days on a full charge.