It's got nothing to do with the chip or the battery themselves. That info has always been there, third party apps and cumbersome shortcuts let you read that, now Apple finally let users see it in a sensible way. I can't think of any other reason to gate keep it other than to differentiate the 15 models to the previous generations.
In other words, all iPhones are outputting the cycle count, it's just a matter of Apple deciding to implement it in the Battery Health section for all users to read?
...and charging it to 100% is perfectly fine if you're going to use it. What's to avoid is having the phone sit on 100% charge for a long time. That's why the "optimized charging" -which is intended for overnight charging-, works perfectly fine for your scenario. The phone knows your habit of getting up at 07:00am, so charges to 80% right away, then waits until 06:00am to charge it to 100% until 06:30. Therefore the stress on the battery is reduced to 30minutes instead of 6+ hours.
I wonder if the third party apps and the stock metrics will match up exactly? That will be a good test to see if there’s anything else happening here under the hood.
Correct. Matter of fact same goes for ipad lacking battery health value in settings, which you can still draw from analytics
On the Mac laptops it is already possible to see the battery cycle count, its condition and the battery health for many years. You have to open System Settings > About and click on "System Report." From there you click on power on the left side of the list and you will see all the information.
Seriously, why on earth is there no battery information on iPads? My child's iPad gets charged a ridiculous amount of times and I'd like to easily see information about the health, charge cycles, etc. There is no way to do this on-device in the Settings app. However, it can be known through 3rd party apps, and Apple can look at this information if you take the device in for support (which btw showed battery health at 89% with 1200 charge cycles!).
You are wrong, Apple can see our battery cycle, the Apple person has remotely used analytics to my phone and revealed the battery cycle to me
Right…because lots of people are itching to upgrade to know their charge cycle count…
After 500 they still work just at reduced capacity.
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500.
Mac app Coconut Battery allows you to check battery cycle count and remaining full-charge capacity via USB on older iPhoneOS/iPadOS devices. Been using it to do so for years
iPhone 15 users will be able to check their battery's cycle count for the first time, according to information shared on X (formerly Twitter).
Previous methods to check an iPhone's battery cycle count were unofficial (via third-party apps) or complicated, such as copying and pasting analytics into Notes and searching for "last_value_CycleCount." According to a screenshot shared by @Tech_Reve, battery cycle information is visible on iPhone 15 models by navigating through Settings, General, and About. A new "Battery" section is present toward the bottom of the page. In addition to the number of battery cycles, it also lists production date and the date of its first use.
While battery health has been visible on the iPhone for several years in the form of "Maximum Capacity," the ability to see its specific number of cycles is a valuable additional metric to determine its condition. A charge cycle is registered every time you deplete all of the battery's capacity. Battery cycle information can easily be accessed on MacBooks by navigating to System Information. From Apple's battery information webpage:Yesterday, it emerged that all of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models feature a new battery health setting that prevents the devices from charging beyond 80% at all times when enabled. Apple says all of the iPhone 15 models have the same battery life as their iPhone 14 predecessors. The devices launch this Friday.
Article Link: iPhone 15 Models Finally Show Battery's Cycle Count
