Bought an iPhone 13 Mini brand new about 3.5 years ago when it came out. I remember the battery was really good. Last year I had to get a screen replacement on it due to green lines on it and had the screen replacement done at the Apple store. I recalled leaving it with them for a bit and coming back later on and picking it up. I had considered getting a battery replacement as well since I had my phone for 2.5 years. I recall the battery health was around 86%. I read you should get a new battery only when the battery is below 80%. Is that true or false? Do people here get it when above that?
Now it's been like 9 months later and my battery health is 84%. Is there a reason it only dropped 2% during this entire time? Now the thing is I recently used my iphone 13 mini a lot while outside and used it in low battery mode while using my data. So this could be watching YouTube videos or using Twitter for a few hours straight. I recalled after doing that for maybe 3 hours or so, the battery went to about 30%. Is that normal when using data? I know data uses a lot of battery compared to wifi and obviously compared to wifi off. Now I used it sparingly a bit for less than an hour total and once the battery was around 20% or so, battery drained real fast. Then once it came to around 11%, the phone turned off. I would power it on and it does but can't click on anything that opens and it would turn off and it would show 8% and then 5% etc. Back when I had my iphone new or say a year into it, I recalled it was only when the battery was like 3% or so when the phone would shut off. It didn't have these issues at like 11%.
So based on this information, should I get a new battery replacement? I already spent money last year replacing the screen. I didn't want to buy a new iphone because I did not want a big size iphone. I prefer the iPhone 13 mini size. I don't recall how much it was exactly but it was over $250 or so. Does that sound right? I googled the price now and it shows Apple charges $229 so including tax, it comes to around $250 or so right or more less? So I googled and the price for battery replacement is $89 so including tax is about $100 right? So should I do that now or wait till it's below 80% battery? Now if I don't use my phone much while on data and just use it on wifi, the battery last pretty good.
The thing is I want to be able to use my phone's data a lot and use it for hotspot for hours. So with my battery now, it's not that good right? What I did recall was when my phone was new or close to new and battery health was 100% or high 90 percent, when I used it as hotspot and tether internet to my laptop, it would drain about 13% per hour. So essentially I could use it for 7 hours as a hotspot or so which is very good. Now it's much less but haven't tested it.
My phone is 3.5 years old almost. I should be getting a battery replacement for it?
