iPhone 16 Pro Rumored to Support 40W Fast Charging and 20W MagSafe

WarmWinterHat said:
I can tell you the amount of amount of ram in every computer I've owned since 1994, but I can't tell you the ram in a single iPhone I've owned, and I've been using them since the 3G. Customers won't demand it, because they don't care.
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Precisely. Unfortunately, customer's inattention to these details does nothing to improve our position as consumers. Quality goes down, prices go up. We all end up paying more for subpar features. Demand more for your money.
 
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contacos said:
Meanwhile I am still using my old 5W charger on the iPhone 15 Plus and it is still at 100% after nearly a year.

I never use MagSafe charging because it makes my phone hot AF and that cant be "healthy" for the battery and I personally think this is the reason my previous iPhone 12 PM battery got "fried" so quickly.
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Remove any case that you may have on your phone, don’t use while charging, place your phone on a cool countertop whilst charging.
 
tomchr9 said:
Precisely. Unfortunately, customer's inattention to these details does nothing to improve our position as consumers. Quality goes down, prices go up. We all end up paying more for subpar features. Demand more for your money.
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At this point, I care a lot more about software than hardware. The hardware has been good enough for a while now, but software is lagging.

The only hardware bits I care about, that my 13 Pro doesn't have, is satellite messaging. I'd like to be able to get rid of my inReach subscription as I spend a decent chunk of time away from civilization, but I don't trust the iPhone to replace it, yet..
 
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iMac The Knife said:
I haven't found this to be true, over the course of the year (at most) that I own my phones. I have seen similar battery degradation between a slow charging iPhone and a super fast charing Android within a 12 month period. I cannot speak beyond that though, as I don't own phones for longer than a year.
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It's very basic sience. Charging a battery faster generates more heat, which degrades the life of the battery faster.

Even your N=1 one "experiment" can't countradict that.
 
I have been using magsafe on my 14PM since I received the phone on launch day, and the battery capacity is now already down to 90%. The 12PM I had before that I was charging with a wired connection, and that never dropped that low in the same amount of time. I think for the 16 I'll switch back to the wired way of charging.
 
SanderEvers said:
It's very basic sience. Charging a battery faster generates more heat, which degrades the life of the battery faster.

Even your N=1 one "experiment" can't countradict that.
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What is not ‘basic science’ is whether this degradation (which may or may not exist) is big enough to be noticeable or even measurable.
 
winxmac said:
iPhone battery got improved from iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max when 3D Touch hardware was removed in iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max...

Look at what MagSafe did with iPhone 12 series battery... It reversed the battery improvement and made worse by 5G network use...

Since cable charging is still faster, Apple should get rid of MagSafe and focus on increasing the battery capacity instead...

Based on the reaction, so many people love charging wirelessly but also worry about battery health...
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MagSafe is great for the battery attachments you can put on while out and about and not have to carry a cable with you. That’s about the most I use MagSafe for.
 
pksv said:
Nice update. Wondering guys, do you use wireless charging much?
- Yes, all the time
- Yes, sometimes
- Never
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I have a wireless 3 way charger stand on my bedside table, so it gets charged wirelessly every night, so I can use nightstand mode.
 
contacos said:
Meanwhile I am still using my old 5W charger on the iPhone 15 Plus and it is still at 100% after nearly a year.

I never use MagSafe charging because it makes my phone hot AF and that cant be "healthy" for the battery and I personally think this is the reason my previous iPhone 12 PM battery got "fried" so quickly.
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That's right, I have been charging my past 5 iPhones (1 13 PM, 2 14 PM and other 2 15 PM) when connected to my work PC or my MacBook and the batteries haven't seen major degratation, maybe 3-4% a year.

First 15 PM with 8 months of usage, 99%.
 
Thanks guys for all the answers regarding wireless charging.
I only use wired charging which is faster and better for the longevity of the battery and I could get the impression that almost everyone is doing the same, but it's good to get a different perspective. Most people seem to use wireless charging, so it has already become a key feature of the phone.
 
winxmac said:
I mentioned wired charging is still faster but my point was for Apple to get rid of the MagSafe hardware to make room for a bigger battery with higher capacity...
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You are most interested in a larger battery. I'm more interested in just slapping my phone on the charger and using as a clock when I go to bed.
 
The faster the charge the the more heat and stress on the battery? Looks like Apple is going to introduce some new battery tech on the 16 series which mate mitigate this who knows.
 
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