The other day I remembered that the iPhone actually has a battery, the resource of which is strictly limited. This happened by accident – I have a special attitude towards this issue, it has already expressed here.
I’m hardly in the majority, so I suggest looking at what happened after almost a year of active use of the iPhone 15 Pro Max. It’s too early to draw conclusions about the 16th episode, but it’s time to draw conclusions about the “tags”.
It seems to me that my pace of iPhone use is extremely average, that is, practically without extremes, but also without “downtime” during the day. So the result can be considered quite applicable to most users. Let’s see how things are going, considering that I don’t indulge in any “charging restrictions” in iOS.
How does work time feel subjectively?
Of course, everything is classic. It seems like an iPhone works lessthan in the first months after purchase. Most likely, technically this is true.
An iPhone is enough for the day from morning to night, if you don’t sit in the cart around the clock or take photos/videos at a rapid pace. The latter drained the device in a couple of hours in the first days after purchase; this is still the most resource-intensive task for Apple smartphones, with which even a top game cannot compare in terms of battery load.
I install all beta versions and have been tormenting my iPhone for quite some time with Apple Intelligence testing. In the first betas, the load on the battery from this Apple sub-neuron was critically high, the iPhone was constantly hot for at least a month, and this does not bode well for the battery.
I don’t carry portable batteries with me yet, but if I miss the next generation of iPhones in the fall, then by the beginning of 2026 I will definitely have to carry them. Or take a much more appropriate route, but more on that later.
How much capacity is left
Hopefully: I bought an iPhone in April 2024. Every day I use at least half of the battery charge, and sometimes I “burn out” 150% of the capacity or more (that is, I recharge in the afternoon).
Where to see the remaining battery capacity: Settings → Battery → Battery status. Also on the menu Battery You can see the rate at which its charge is consumed over time. To do this, click on the tab below Last 10 days.
At the moment and according to the statistics built into iOS, 9% of resource spent: 91% of maximum capacity. Number of recharge cycles – 286.
I note that I basically turned off the function Charging limitwhich is available in Settings → Battery → Charging. It limits the maximum charge of a smartphone to “extend battery life.” I don’t believe this feature is useful in real life. By the way, I also wrote about this. Also off Optimized charging. That is, the iPhone always charges up to “hundreds” without any eco-stories.
Application CoconutBattery shows the same thing: 91% capacity compared to the reference. The battery itself is made by a certain Desay Corporation at the end of 2023 and he is 429 days old.
In 267 days since purchase, I have accumulated 286 iPhone charge cycles. Cycle per day – quite adequate, considering that I always charge the iPhone at night, and the remaining two dozen cycles can be attributed to relatively rare cases of the 15 Pro Max being completely discharged within one day.
Is it worth changing the battery now?
You need to understand that the battery capacity decreases non-linearly, and over time, especially over two or more years of using the device, it begins to “drain” much faster than before. So it will get worse, and that’s normal.
Then there are two ways. You can walk in circles around your iPhone, turn on all the charging limits, optimizations, and generally blow off specks of dust from the “battery.” But I like the second option much better.
When capacity drops to 85% or lower, I I’ll just replace the battery. There have never been any problems with this in Russia, even taking into account the lack of ASC and official warranty and post-warranty service from Apple. Now to do it wisely (with “interests” and without “errors”) costs about 14 thousand rubles.
91% of the maximum capacity can (very roughly and superficially) be translated as minus 10% of the maximum battery life of the iPhone 15 Pro Max over 9 months. I think it’s adequate. In reality, I don’t feel any discomfort from this yet and I wish the same for you.
P.S. It is clear that my example does not mean that this should or can be the case for everyone – the load on the iPhone battery varies from user to user. But I sincerely do not understand how, with even the slightest active use of the device, you can live with a non-Pro Max or Plus iPhone series…
Source: www.iphones.ru
