You increase your battery’s useful lifespan, so can use your iPhone for longer with its original battery. If you are on a long (3-5) years upgrade cycle, this can be useful.
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iOS 18 Actively Recommends Charging Limit Based on iPhone 15 Usage
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You increase your battery’s useful lifespan, so can use your iPhone for longer with its original battery. If you are on a long (3-5) years upgrade cycle, this can be useful.
I don't get how the "apple is all about planned obsolescence" crowd wraps their heads around stuff like this
Edit: a Google lens search found it.
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On the contrary, I find that the battery for iPhone 15Pro Max battery is of a much better quality
Whatever they recommend for battery life should be what they announce as 'all day battery life.'
SSDs have done this for years. When you buy a 1TB SSD, it is actually like a 1.1-1.2 TB SSD, but wear leveling only allows the 1TB to be used in order to prolong the lifespan. Something similar should be in place for batteries if that is the intention.
SSDs have done this for years. When you buy a 1TB SSD, it is actually like a 1.1-1.2 TB SSD, but wear leveling only allows the 1TB to be used in order to prolong the lifespan. Something similar should be in place for batteries if that is the intention.
I’m not sure what prompted you with this kind of reply, but since this feature is limited to iPhone 15 and presumably later - anyone who can afford an iPhone 15 can afford to replace the battery in 2,3 or 4 years timeframe…
The root cause of conservatism of all kinds is fear. Fear is not rational so you can't argue with them, Fear of running out of power overrides the mathematical-based knowledge that you only need 60% of capacity before you will be near a charger again. Our degree of response to fear might be genetic. This can be modified be education of just exposure.
Again, a first world response, a lot of people buy right at (or over) their limit of affordability and then to do that take out a loan. So there you are with a 48 month loan and after 2 years you have to replace the phone. You still have to pay for the old broken phone for two more years. But it is only a phone. but it is the single most expensive thing you own.
I agree that the problem is overspending. If you make $7 per hour you should be thinking about used phones. But not everyone is rational in this way.
Even here in the US, do you know how many people are at risk of missing a rent payment if an unexpected car repair is needed? That situation is VERY common. But likely rare among people who read this forum.
I was shocked that someone would post something as myopic as what jz0309 did. Some of us live in a bubble and think that the entire world has the same resources that we do.
This is actually a very big deal for preserving battery life. In fact, I should be able to set my battery limit to 60%. I can wake up, go to the gym, shower and get to work and still have over 25% battery, where I can charge back up to 60-80%.
If it makes you feel better from what I’ve read, the affect of charging on battery life is non-linear. It has little effect on much of the battery range but increases quickly as you get closer to 100%. That is why most people consider 80% to be a reasonable charge max. Charging lower probably is not significantly better for your battery than 80. But each step up from there has more impact and more impact.
Yes it certainly does, that's the main reason for the new law.
Because it got popular on Mac with 3rd party apps, so Apple followed suit on their iOS devices?
80% is too low for me. 90% would help preserve the battery but get me that extra bit though the day.
I don't now, but if I'm cutting my charge by 15%-20%, that might be a possibility.
lol how is that so? Smartphones are the most obvious devices that the regulation would be aimed at. Otherwise what type of devices would you target with that type of legislation? Like laptops or tablets? Certainly not in the first place.
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I’ve seen posts saying that they’re testing the option of using new battery adhesive strips, that would allow users to do the replacement themselves with apple’s self-repair program, so technically they would probably comply with it that way. But my take was more towards the fact that that kind of settings would prolong battery life and therefore delay the necessity of replacing a battery, which is going to be regulated by the EU sometime soon.
Do you disagree that it might be something with the hardware? Do you have evidence it's only a business (money) decision?
The law dictates that it must only require standard household tools to replace - torx etc. But of course adhesive is probably fine once opened.
Very unlikely as the optimized battery charging exists on the older iPhones, which means they are capable of holding at 80%…