That’s pretty darn good battery health ! My 15 PM was at 89% with 390 cycles and first used in July 2024 - sold it though and hyped for the 17 PM
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iOS 26 Speculation Thread
- Thread starter Kylo83
- WikiPost WikiPost
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
- Status
Am I the only one who experience stutter in safari? Scrolling is not smooth with lots of jitter and stutter. On a 16e.
I’m at 100% with 81 cycles on my 16PM I bought in May, running the beta
My 16e does not experience this at all.
Have you done a force restart already?
There's no evidence that the beta causes battery health issues, it's just the beta lasts for months and people are still charging their phones.
My 16 Pro hit 95% at 300 cycles, so his being at 95% at 310 cycles seems normal.
Sure if it runs hot because of the beta, there is a evidence that beta can damage your battery health !
Likewise, 100% on my 16 PM. I bought it new (September, 2024) and have 139 cycles. Been running the betas since DP3.
If you have to charge your iPhone more often, it will increase battery loading cycles and that will drain battery health definitely
But yeah no evidence at all…
sometimes I just wonder about the comments in this community
This is true, but setting battery charge limits and utilizing the optimized battery charging helps a lot. For example, if you set the charge limit to 80%, topping off your battery will not necessarily complete another charge cycle.
I've been running the betas, and have charged a few extra times over the course of the betas, but have the charge limit set to 85%, and I'm still at 100% with 139 cycles.
As with many things technology-related, YMMV.
I really hope that Apple will focus on bug fixing for iOS 26.1. Especially visual bugs. I love the new Liquid Glass but all the small visual bugs that currently plaque the betas (and probably official release) is really ruining the experience. iOS 26 has the potential to become one of the greatest iOS releases but it really depend on whether Apple will be able to fix the visuals.
In two weeks they can polish a lot, I hope 🤞 for the RC version
All of the above can be true. Sadly, I don't expect another beta release, and have serious doubts that Apple will fix the visual glitches in the RC/GM version. Typical Apple approach to development... "half-@$$ed is good enough". SMH