My former car had wireless carplay. It's my opinion that for wired carplay, which charges the battery as well as uses gps, hammers away at the phone more then wireless carplay.
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iPhone 15 Pro Max: One Year Review
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Oh, just a personal opinion.
well my opinion is the opposite after using wired carplay for more than 8 years. Never had any issue. On my latest car tried wireless carplay and the iPhone gets burning hot. Heat is definnitely a killer for batteries.
Ok, two people two different experiences. Not at all unusual. Using wireless carplay my phone did get warm to the touch, but that's it. And as I said, YMMV.
And wireless carplay connected in the blink of an eye.
This is my opinion too. I think wired carplay is better for the phone’s battery longevity, because (I assume) most cars with wired carplay use low-wattage USB charging, such that it isn’t fast charging, but is more like the equivalent of the older small 5W mini-brick iPhone chargers. Which many people (though anecdotal) would say, while slower, is better for battery health longevity.
I think wireless carplay brings in 2 use cases. 1) is when you have it “docked” in the wireless charging cradle, and thus, are charging your iPhone wirelessly. From my experience, I’ve heard the wireless chargers in cars tend to be of poorer quality (than say, a high-quality MagSafe or Qi charger), and especially given the space for charging tend to be larger (to accommodate different size / types of phones), there’s more room for the phone to move around while driving, and have poor wireless charging contact / inefficiency / heat-loss / excess heat generation. I would agree that in this situation, most people would agree wireless charging is worse for iPhone battery health longevity over time, especially a poorer-quality inefficient wireless charging cradle in cars.
2) is when you are in the car using wireless carplay (since it’s all bluetooth connection), but the phone is in your pocket (or in the cupholder), or wherever, just not in the wireless charging cradle. In this situation, obviously you’re not charging, so not as much of an impact on battery health, other than the fact that you’re using the phone with bluetooth more on battery while driving…
iPhone 15 Pro 100% battery 226 cycle count since October 2023. iOS 17 has been extremely lackluster with a ton of small bugs in the software, making the device not feel premium. I actually do use the action button a ton for the flashlight. I also do very much appreciate the lighter frame.
The 15 Pro sometimes gets annoyingly hot, to the point I stop using it.
I really miss iPhone 13 Pro on iOS 15 though—it was so smooth and performed great. I’m not getting a new iPhone in the foreseeable future.
The 15 Pro sometimes gets annoyingly hot, to the point I stop using it.
I really miss iPhone 13 Pro on iOS 15 though—it was so smooth and performed great. I’m not getting a new iPhone in the foreseeable future.
I'm at 376 cycles, I guess that's what I get for using my personal device as a development tool.
I've had mine now about a year -- it's rock solid, the battery is still like 98% which is pretty sweet. I don't really see a point in upgrading at this time.