My 14 Pro Max is at 92 percent but, oddly, my Watch Ultra is still at 100 percent. Both have been used exclusively on beta builds except when a final release comes out and before the next beta is released.
Hi Aaron, i have an iphone 14 pro max, my battery life is at 96%, only charge it at night at sleep, don’t have always on display cause it uses too much battery, i don’t use beta updates, location services are set only while using for some apps the rest are off, tracking apps off, i have reduce motion on because it makes battery last longer, those are my settings
I have an iphone 11 pro from 2019, the battery dropped to 93% after some time. 2 years later i checked again and it was 100%? Battery lasts for a full day till late night. I charge over night and use it every day. Still going strong saying the battery health is still 100% even now!
There are many, many factors that affect battery health that it's not worth babying it. Even the battery health meter is just an estimate. Just use the phone sensibly - don't let the battery health inconvenience your life.
@@zollotech Majority of the time is heat that degrades the battery capacity I close the apps Because apps are not perfect and sometimes they crash in the background Crashing app can drain the battery faster than usual Overheats iPhone Slow Down iPhone
@@zollotechI understand the point of the video, but not every iPhone user is the same too. A lot of them specially in US use the phone for less than 2 years before switching but there are some that keep the phone much longer (I used 5y my old iPhone 6 for example) and the costs (buying and replacing battery) is much higher🥲 so I find worth to change (without much effort) my recharge/usage habit if I can have an extra year or two before replacing the battery
Yeah the don't let it drain to 20% or charge over 80% lol. That's why I buy phones with 4500- 5000mah, a lot of headroom, so in 2 years it will still be decent
One important factor that must be noted is that the mAh listed on iPhone batteries is the minimum size of the battery, not the actual battery size. Looking at the battery stats in the analytics, you can see what the maximum capacity was when new. My 14 PM has a maximum capacity of 4559 mAh even though the battery says the minimum capacity is 4323 mAh. I purchased mine on launch day, it’s been charged 134 cycles and has a current capacity of 4439 mAh. On the battery health screen, it still shows 100%. Until my actual capacity falls below 4323, it will show 100%. Chances are, your 14PM had a startling capacity at or very close to the minimum rating of 4323. Basically, on top of everything that was said, the ‘all batteries are not equal even in the same device model’ point is very important.
Thank you very much for your comment. I had no idea why my iPhone 13 Pro was still displaying 100% battery life after almost 2 years, now there's a plausible explanation for it.
My iPhone XS is 78% and It lives on the charger lol. I always say I’ll upgrade when the software is not supported. I thought it would be this year, but looks like I’ll have to survive another year. I have the money for a phone I just like to feel like a rebel. Or like Steve jobs would say “Stay foolish” 🤷🏼♂️
Being on wifi helps your battery alot. My wife’s iphone 13 battery health is at 95%, she’s had it since it came out. She watches alot of videos, she’s a heavy user. My iphone 14 pro max is at 90%, got it last october. Difference is I’m a truck driver, rarely do I use wifi. Most of my friends have the same battery health %. I charge my iphone to 100% and it lasts me all day. Dark mode and don’t over heat it. Just enjoy your iphone
Wi-Fi doesn’t affect it. Actually it’s the opposite, cellular is much more taxing than Wi-Fi and burns more battery. Usage and battery usage does, because if you burn more battery, the more you charge it, the shorter it lasts. It’s heat and cycles that affect it mainly.
I used to be really paranoid about the battery health on my watch and phone, but to be honest, especially with my series 6 watch, as long as it gets me through the day I'll keep it. Same with my iPhone 14
I was skeptical of the MagSafe charger just because I thought plugging it in would be safer, but I saw a previous video of yours where you mentioned using it and went out and got one. I stick it on every night and let the software do its thing and so far, I'm still at 100% battery health and it hasn't let me down.
My iPhone 14 pro max dropped to 99% battery health just two months ago and I’m now down to 97% in all honesty that’s not bad considering my charging behaviours and I’ve done 210 cycles but for you that’s pretty bad but I agree with everyone else just use the phone And enjoy it as I’ve almost had my 14 pro max for almost a year now it doesn’t really bother me and I’m not upgrading any time soon
Hi Aaron, excellent and very helpful video as always! I've followed your advice on maintaining battery health ever since I got my first iPhone (my iPhone XR) and your advice has paid off very nicely. As of this morning, I still have 92% battery health after 439 cycles over the course of 29 months of daily use. I recently upgraded to the iPhone 13, and will continue charging as you recommend. Thanks for all your great videos!
iPhone 12 Pro since dec 2020 still iOS 14.8 almost always charged from 30/40% to 85/95% with a 7w wire charger. I used it 6h/day always with a case and sometimes small gaming session. I disabled automatic updates both for iOS and apps so that it doesn’t keep running for stuff that I don’t need and eventually update the apps that i need. My battery health is at 91% after 969 days of usage and 629 cycles
i ve been using my 14 pro since day 1 and still at 100% battery health. i always charge every 3 to 4 days with a total of 5 to 7 hrs sot. i either use lte or wifi connection, also turned off background app refresh, tracking and aod. i use dark mode and never go over 40 % brightness. charging between 20 and 90 %
1. Use a 5W wired or quality wireless charger overnight. 2. Make at least some effort to keep your phone higher than 30% throughout the day. This gives you headroom for emergencies and such anyway. There are two main ways that are easy and simple. A. Charge up with a fast wired charger during the day if needed or when it’s convenient. Even 15-30 should be plenty for most people in most cases. B. Set your phone on a quality 5W wireless charger throughout the day when it’s convenient and sensible to do so, like at a desk. 3. Be at least somewhat mindful about the heat you impose on your phone, particularly when it’s unnecessary or avoidable. Playing CoD with the phone on the dash while connected to a wireless charger in 35°C weather is probably something worth avoiding. 4. Don’t worry about battery health all day. Seriously. A little effort goes a long way, but letting it consume your life ain’t the way. Some very smart people put a lot of work into making a phone that can do this stuff for you. 5. Just replace the damn battery if you really need to. Apple will replace the battery for $69-99, and third parties charge even less. Plus you can do it yourself for significantly less. It’s not that hard. And don’t you dare tell me that’s bad value. Modern phones aren’t worthless three years in when the battery loses 20% capacity, lol. Also, replacing the battery will increase both the resale value and your ability to sell it.use the phone 2-4 years, replace the battery, then repeat and/or sell. Easy.
This year is different for me definitely. I switched off the always on display for the initial few months. When they allowed to disable wallpaper I enabled it again. The main thing that has helped me maintain 100% battery health since last year is the use of magsafe charging manufactured by Belkin. Also I have now started to not charge the phone daily at night and to full 100% every time. This has helped immensely
Regarding my immaculate deep purple iPhone 14 Pro Max. I got it not long after release last year in 2022. Still 100% battery health and I am a heavy user. No idea why people are complaining about shorter battery health intervals. We’ve had a mild summer here in beautiful Northern Illinois. I never use wireless charging.
Thanks a lot for another informative video. Except while travelling, I always charge my 13 Pro with a 5W charger. Phone is 9 months old and the battery health now is at 98%.
20W charger, iPhone 13 Pro, used since launch, still 100%. I found out today in here that apparently the 100% statistic is for the minimum stated capacity of the battery by Apple, and only changes as soon as the battery max capacity drops below it, meaning that the battery in my iPhone is still likely larger than that minimum.
😂 I found it pointless using the crappy 5w if you are paying $1000 just to end up waiting 3hrs to charge F that I need max charging this It’s like buying a sports car just to drive 10mph With apple care & battery replacement etc you good no worries
My Battery Health is 100 % on my daily use 1 Yr. old 14 Pro ,, My Battery Health is 99 % on my daily use 2 Yr. old 13 Pro ,, I use original Apple 5w on all of my iPhones since 3Gs ,, I plug it in before I go to bed and leave it charging until next day just before I leave the room .
Thank you sooo much Aaron for your valuable hints! I charge both my phones(se2 and 13) overnight and use the se2 about 3 hours per day and the 13 about 5 hours average every day and enjoy both phones without worrying worrying about batteries percentage keeping them fully charged when not using the phones!
I upgrade every year and I’m at 90% right now and that has never happened. I’m not doing anything different either. I think it’s the battery they used this time but who knows. I don’t worry about it but still hope they change back to a better quality battery.
All I do is keeping my charging level between 30% and 80%, using the 5 Watt charger on my iPhone13 Pro Max. Almost 2 years old still 100% battery health. Since the battery lasts an entire work day it doesn’t need to be charged beyond 80% for me. My routine is to charge it about 1-2 hours in the evening when I come home from work and another 1-2 hours before leaving in the morning. That’s my habit.
My iPhone 13 mini had 100% battery life until the end of June where it dropped to 99% Then suddenly it went to 96% in a span of three weeks. No change win my usage so the 3% drop was highly unusual.
Same here. I had 100% before the update to iOS17. After the update it went down to 97% that’s highly unusual. Very odd. I feel like does that on purpose. 😔☹️😟🥺
Don't forget that the actual capacity of the batteries is usually higher than what's advertised and vary from one to another. This is why the battery health stays at 100% for a long duration of time - the 100% is set to the advertised capacity not the actual one the given battery have and will stay at 100% till the battery capacity drops below it. Saying that, it's actually good guess some are making that the battery quality is lower this year or alternatively the actual capacity is quite close to the advertised one.
My iPhone 12 Pro was 83% after two years and ten months of use. I took it to the Apple Store last week and replaced the battery for $89. I plan to keep this thing for at least three or four more years.
1) Use your phone from 80% to 30% 2) Charge wired with a 5W charger 3) Only use Bluetooth and location services when needed 4) Use your phone from 80% to 30% 5) Use your phone from 80% to 30% I've been using a 13 Pro Max since launch and I'm at 98% battery health
Bluetooth makes zero deference to battery at all as Bluetooth is very low power. Btw I used my 13 pro max 100% charger every day and it’s 98 as shown in the video
@@zollotech But did you keep your 13 Pro Max as a daily driver until now? Because I see you have a lot of phones and most probably you've replaced your 13 PM with a 14 PM or a most recent one since last year which would mean that your 13 PM could have much less usage than mine
I was so frustrated about the battery issue since i bought my phone now i just gave up i decided to change my battery when its goes down to 70 or just buy a Samsung after sometime because iphone got so many problems
I try not to charge above 85%. I have a Shortcut set up to notify when the battery hits 86%, and usually only charge either while I'm driving (usually never long enough to add more than 10-15%) or while I'm at my desk at home working, so I see the notification. Then I just unplug the wireless charging stand that it sits on.
My 14 Pro Max is at 92% after 266 cycles. I don’t worry about it but it is a bummer that with about the same usage this model’s battery capacity degrades so much. I actually have been noticing the reduced battery life as I’ve frequently had to charge it earlier. Hope the 15 series improve on this aspect!
I have 10 month old IPhone 14 Pro Max. Battery health still 100%. Charging only with slow original Apple 5W charger from 20% to 80%. No wireless or power bank and car charges.
I have a 14 pro since the release of 16.3 my battery health has dropped. My is 8 months old now the current battery health is 90%. The cycle times of the batteries is questionable. Do to use but I don’t use my phone that much and heat is not a issue. This battery chemistry is not has good as previous battery.
After 10 months i still preserve 100% just charging whenever i want, not even check the battery percentage..but never ever my phone dropped lower than 20% on battery..
Hey Aaron amazing video as always. Such great useful content 👍 So my iPhone is gladly still on 100% battery health… I avoid using wireless chargers for my reasons that it may be causing excessive heat on longer charging times. I prefer to using Apple Original or Anker/Belkin MFI certified charging cables only which makes a huge difference in speed of charging on the quality of charging. Secondly I keep my battery between 30-80% only with wired charging. I’ve setup a shortcut for music to play to remind me to stop charging at 80%. In less than a year it must’ve charged to 💯maybe 3-5 times. Thanks for all the info 😊
My 14 pro max at 98% and I got mine on release day. I try to keep it charged between 20 - 80% where possible and only max it to 100% when I need to. I also use dark mode 24/7. Also never use MagSafe I use anker charger and wire the 30 watt one.
When i use my iPhone 12 mini (Dec 2020) in the car on CarPlay, hence i need a cable connection it gets very hot and suspends Charging. It however does maintain the battery level and run my sat nav. Battery health is 81% so I’m not so worried about it now but with a new phone ill be removing the case in the car and positioning it so air can get around it.
After 10 months my iPhone 14 promax is still at 100%. I pay zero attention to it. I upgrade my iphone every 2 to 3 years unless there’s a major redesign. When the battery health comes up in your videos, I just skip right past it just because I can’t do anything about it. (No disrespect) I just looked at my Apple Watch series 6 battery health and that’s at 86%which I think is pretty good for almost 3 years.
Mine is at 99%. It lasts the day and that’s all I’m concerned about. I don’t manage the battery beyond what you mentioned, trying not to let it get below 10%.
I Slow Charge my iPhone 14 Pro when it gets below 40% ish & try to stop charging at 80% when at home. when I travel I pay less attention to the 20/80 tule. 11 months of use my Battery Health is still at 100%
My wife and I both have a iPhone 14 Max. We both still have 100%. capacities. We received our phones on release day. Never used the wireless charging on both phone due to heat. I try to stop charging my phone by 80%, but my wife always goes to 100% charge. Both phones are in cases.
About the case, I’ve been using my iPhone 14 Pro Max cáseles since I got it and my battery health has maintained itself at 100%. It does get warm from time to time given environmental changes but it’s been dramatically different if I compare my experience with my previous iPhone which was the 12 Pro Max.
Bought an iphone 13 in October 2022, and the battery health is down just a little bit in 10 months to 98%. I do not let that worry me at all - I just use the phone as I normally do.
I think they should just get rid of the percentage and have a rating like Healthy from like 85-100%, Replace from 80-85% and anything below that it triggers the performance throttling (that you can turn off but it notifies you that it will impact your battery life until you replace your battery).
My 14 pro max has also degraded significantly (91%). I rarely run beta software. I always wirelessly charged all of my phones at night. No case on my phone. The only difference this year is that I use an oem mag safe charger (not fast charged) vs a belkin charger that I used to use.
I have 94% on my 13PM. There are things I have turned off in setting that help. I will not be going to the 15 series when it comes out. I use Anker chargers and Magsafe wireless at night.
Great information as always. Thanks! I’ll just share some thoughts. As someone who works for an AASP and has this type of conversation every day, don’t watch your battery health. Only check on it if you seee issues with staying on or system performance. There are two thing to note. First, every time you use and charge your iPhone, the battery will degrade, everytime. The second is that Apple rates the percentage based against what they advertise is the phone’s maximum and they often place higer then avertived batteries in the various iPhone modles. That means that when it was showing 100% it could have been 110% or higher of the advertised capacity and took much longer to drop below 100%. For the iPhone 14 they are actually advertizing a higher total capacity, so it would not surprise us if the batteries had a simular total volume as befor so we see the percentgae drop from 100% sooner. One last point, over the years we have seen most iPhones can drop down to 85%-90% then stablaize for a long time, years in most cases. So again, don’t watch your battery life. If you are concerned, call Apple and they can test it remotely and advise you further or drop in to an AASP/Apple Store.
I have iPhone 14 pro from November and I charge it from 20 - 86% only on 3 occasions I had it charge to 💯 and now I am at 98 battery health… regular user no games just socials and yt
iphones usually stops charging at 80% when its hot. dont buy iphones if you live in hotter or tropical countries. its kinda annoying to use even if its not that hot and its already overheating😂😂😂😂
I have an iPhone 12 pro max since it got released, and it's on 92% battery health. All I did is get a smart plug and set it to permanently stop charging at 80%.
I'm using battery saving mode since it doesn't have a big impact on processing power but it does prolong battery life by a lot. I'm using an iPhone XR, it's nearly 5 years old now and it has 88% battery health. I always have it in a case, and I use a 15 watt charger in order to charge it. I live in Athens, Greece and typically we have a warm weather. Cheers!
I would charge my phone from around 60-70% to a hundred almost all the time and took my case off while charging. I used a ESR HaloLock wireless charger but my battery dropped to 99% on March 17, 2023. I got my phone on July 19, 2022. Battery capacity did not even stay on 100% for 8 months then dropped even faster and now it is at 95% capacity. Why is that? I barely use my phone. 1-2 hours max on average. Am I doing it wrong?
The battery health on my 13PM just dropped to 99% this past week after 9 months of usage. Not a super heavy user usually charging maybe every 1.5 days just using a slow charging cable and only sometimes fast charge if I need to
Tips For Gamers, Charge your iPhone to 100 Percent then Play Games like PUBG , G.Impact etc.. while charger plugged in, by doing this your game will directly run through the power coming directly from the Power Outlet not from the Battery hence reducing the load on battery and cycle count also. I am doing this only from past 1 year and my iPhone 13 Pro battery health is 96 percent even with one year of heavy gaming. REMOVE CASE ALSO FOR Heat Dissipation Further you want to reduce the heat then Turn on the Airplane mode and then Play games with WiFi this will significantly low the tempratures and increase the performance
Hi Aaron 😊 My 14 Pro is still 100% after 3 months old, I don't use any battery saving and I'm a topper upper daily, like now at 2:56pm from 9am my battery is still 87%, I'll top up twice probably before I turn it off at 11pm. My 13 Pro Max was still on 95% after 12 months. ❤xx
@@d3nnycadroThat’s because your battery had a higher actual capacity. The software will read 100% even while your battery is losing capacity, simply because it hasn’t reached the threshold of 100%. For example, let’s say the battery actually has 3200mah, and the software sees 3000mah as 100%. That percentage isn’t going to change until your battery loses 200mah in capacity
I’ve been using my iPhone 11 almost for three years, charging it every day, and it still showing battery health 99% on original battery. And I am sure that my battery is worse than 99% since it used to last 2 days, now one.
ESR has a 2-in-1/3-in-1Halolock (MagSafe) charger with Cryoboost. Basically, it's a little fan that turns on when the phone is charging. This is the first full year I've used it, and this is the first year, given all the answers you gave, that my battery health is actually really good. I've used this charger with a case basically every night, and things seem to be going well with the battery. Side note: I think iOS is a sneaky reason why battery health is rough for some, and I wouldn't doubt if these batteries were a bad batch that was put into the phone (and yes, it's a big batch).
I can back this up!! Bought one myself 2 weeks ago and so far it’s been amazing. I’ve actually notice that charging it slower with this wireless charger makes my phone last longer than if it were charged with a 30w wired charger. Don’t know why but it’s definitely noticeable
@@Hani.1988 I only use wired charging, and I do not use a case, and I only charge when battery is at/below 10% I do use a vinyl cover only on the back though for added grip.
Indeed, for those who live in the United States, it makes sense to change the battery, here in Brazil Apple is charging R$ 699 to exchange for a new battery... (this amount is equivalent to half of a minimum wage) it is an exaggeratedly high amount
I have the iPhone 14 Plus got it on release weekend back in October my battery 🔋 health is still at 100% so far almost 10 months. I’m very impressed over the fact that this is the first iPhone that I have had that’s still had its battery 🔋 health this long it’s a great phone.
Even at 87% battery health, my 12 Pro gets horrible battery life. I shut down all the location-based system services, 5G, and some other stuff as per the recommendations of the guys on the Payette Forward channel, and am going to manually, manage the battery charging optimization, like I have to do on my Apple Watch.
Hi Aaron I also at this point stopped worrying about the battery health and continuing to enjoy my 13 Pro. I charge it every night on the MagSafe charger and get between 20-30% battery left each day. Thank you for the tips on how to preserve the battery health.
I’m on 89% since months on my 13 Pro Max that I bought in October 2021 even though I followed all of your tips. Just shows that you pretty much can’t control it
The battery health might just be an issue with the 14 Pros. My regular 14 is still at 100% Battery health and I've also been running betas on it. But I do only charge my phone to 80% each night and then leave it on battery throughout the night, so that might be another reason. I'm probably keeping my phone for a couple of years so I am going to keep preserving battery health. And while the phone does get somewhat hot (especially when using Carplay), it hasn't really effected battery performance. That said, if you know you're going to upgrade soon, don't let battery health affect you.
