Looks like you are really submitting it to some heavy usage; as I am mine (my Cycle Count is something like 8)
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Looks like you are really submitting it to some heavy usage; as I am mine (my Cycle Count is something like 8)
I bought M4 iPad Pro 13” with 38 cycles and 100% battery health a month ago. I set 80% charging limit always keep the battery between around 30% till 80%. So will say how it goes, now I have 47 cycles. Checked with CoconutBattery which says 102% and with Apple Support which said that everything in my iPad works fine (I bought it from a second hand so I wanted to be sure).
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Honestly, your numbers don’t seem too far off from what others are reporting. iPads do tend to drop health a bit faster early on, then they stabilize after a while. Cycle count, usage habits, and even software updates can all make the percentages look inconsistent.
I’d keep an eye on real-world performance more than the health number itself — if it still lasts long enough for your daily use, you’re probably fine. If you want a bit more insight, feel free to check my bio for how mine has been holding up.
I’d keep an eye on real-world performance more than the health number itself — if it still lasts long enough for your daily use, you’re probably fine. If you want a bit more insight, feel free to check my bio for how mine has been holding up.
Not really. I forgot I was the OP of this thread and checked again. It’s at 81% and out of warranty, but still says “Healthy.”
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80% seems to be the threshold for “healthy”. You might find if/when it drops below 80, it changes to “needs service”.
M4 from 5/24, 202 cycles, 87% battery health. I think the reason for this is poor charge protection in older versions of the OS. My iPad is connected to a display when it is usually at rest on my desk, meaning it is on charge most of the time. When I got the device, charge protection at the time seemed a lot more rudimentary (80% limit would cause more charge cycles because it kicked in the second it dropped below 80%, and the monitor connection wouldn’t sleep the monitor during iPad sleep, just blank it out, so the parasitic drain was a lot higher) and I think having it on charge. Also, I’ve gone through a few of the OS betas, and the charge protection often degrades during the beta process. On 26, I’m seeing no hit to having it connected to a monitor so much, with no change in battery health since the public release of 26.