iPhone 7/Plus iPhone 7 out of warranty

[Flynnstone]

Looking for recommendations for my daughter.
her iPhone 7 is about 3 month outside the standard 1 year Apple care.
iPhone 7 128g.
very slow to charge and battery only lasts a couple hours at best. Apple tech says battery fine.
what to do?

 

[one more]

Looking for recommendations for my daughter.
her iPhone 7 is about 3 month outside the standard 1 year Apple care.
iPhone 7 128g.
very slow to charge and battery only lasts a couple hours at best. Apple tech says battery fine.
what to do?

The battery health depends largely on the use/charging patterns. Check this guide out:

iPhone battery and performance - Apple Support

Understand iPhone performance and its relation to your battery.

support.apple.com

You could also check the battery health of your daughter’s iPhone by installing a tiny app on a Mac. It is called CoconutBattery and quickly shows you how the battery is doing:

coconutBattery 4 - by coconut-flavour.com

With coconutBattery you are always aware of your current battery health. It shows you live information about the battery in your Mac and iOS devices (iPhone, iPad)

www.coconut-flavour.com

The difference between what we see in Settings - Battery and CoconutBattery report can be huge. In my case iPhone was reporting an 88% battery health and CoconutBattery - 56%! If the battery is worn out you can replace it at Apple Store or any of their approved repair centres - it is fast (between 30 min and 90 min) and not very expensive.

If you are sure the battery itself is fine, you could also try a fresh installation of iOS 13 on her iPhone via iTunes.

Good luck!

 

[now i see it]

Apple has a vendetta against the iPhone 7. They told me the exact same thing - (battery doesn't need replacing) which was BS. Mine is at 85% too and it's shot.

They want to get as many iPhone 7s out of circulation ASAP due to impending loop disease development. There's already a lawsuit in the works.

My advice: insist on a battery replacement and pay for it. They're no longer allowed to refuse battery replacement (like they did in the past) or sell the phone and get an 8.