iphone 12 pro max battery health degrading

but optimized charging works directly on a routine, so if the phone charges at a different time, it'll think the schedule is messed up and it'll charge at a different rate to finish at the "normal" time. it'll still hold it at 80% for most of the night, but before and after that will be different, and that's what i'm worried about.

Roland0000 wrote:

Mine is at 88% after 10 months of use. Very disappointed with the battery health and performance, I wonder what my battery health will be after 2 years… for sure way below 80%. My use is mainly social media and I try to avoid overheating.

Anyone knows if the warranty covers this type of problem?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8796775d-5987-4ad2-bd73-447fc369175c

Not particularly. It's really more like a tire mileage warranty. An analogy would be that you have to wait until treadwear hits the wear bars before being able to access a mileage warranty. But one can't take a gauge and ask for replacement before it's considered worn, just because it seems like it's wearing prematurely Most tire warranties have time limits too. I get that it's unlikely that premature wear is likely to bring down a battery to 80% within the limited warranty period, but under AppleCare it might.

I don't really know of too many electronic device makers that even have any kind of battery health monitoring like Apple. It's been built in to most Macs for some time right in the system information. Most don't have any kind of indication of wear until they recommend replacement.

But in the end, battery replacement is relatively inexpensive. It's actually fairly simple with Apple. Try getting a battery replacement in a newer Samsung phone that's uses glued assembly.

amalia185 wrote:

The point is that I believe the batteries should last longer. A new phone and quickly it went to 89 % maximum capacity .

After how long? Apple's iPhone battery rating is for 80% battery health after 500 full charge-discharge cycles. Now charge-discharge cycles aren't a perfect way to correlate usage to battery wear, but it's what they use.

An alternative to achieve better battery longevity is to oversize the battery and use less of the capacity. iPad battery longevity is rated at 80% battery health after 1000 full charge-discharge cycles. Or keep it the same size and advertise shorter run-times, which is not a great marketing strategy.

But Apple doesn't have access to any kind of special battery technology. They have suppliers which are often the same as their competitors. And they all lose capacity as they're used. But they also have a repair infrastructure to replace the batteries for a fraction of the cost of a new device.

I bought my iPhone 12 Pro Max 128gb in February 2021.

Sadly I’m on 90% battery health.

At one point the % dropped a few digits within a month.

I went to Apple and they said because it’s not under 80% they can’t change the battery even tho I have warranty or whatever that is called. And I have to pay £ for it. I don’t get it. I am realising slow performance & very little battery life compared to when I first got it I was getting around 9-10 hours. Now it’s nothing like that and I get the most 6-7 hours if most.

recently my microphone had an issue while recording videos it wouldn’t pick anything up.

phone crashed a lot too & slow performance was a big issue.

I don’t know what to do.

That's actually good; as I mentioned my 12 Pro Max purchased in November is currently at 97%, as expected.

Deepsea_D_Blue wrote: "the drop is not linear..."

As expected in a dynamic chemical process and algorithmic estimate of "health".

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I agree that’s why I asked people to try the coconut battery app to see who manufactured their battery. Mine I Sunwoda and it’s dropping like stock off a building. Lol.

Yes, and as has been said several times in this thread (including in my post immediately above yours), this is normal.

You can't fix normal.

Don't believe third party software.

Battery Health is just a tool, but remember that if it falls to 80% or below within one year, Apple will replace the battery under warranty.

That’s exactly what you should expect. About 1% per month loss of capacity for the average user.

Again, is it worth stressing about?

Apple will replace your battery, under warranty, if the health drops to 80% or below within a year of purchase.

If you are concerned, contact Apple Support directly:

Contact - Official Apple Support

Just have a chat with the support team. He said if the battery health drops below 80% within a year of warranty cover i can have the battery replace for free.

So, eight months ago…

Apple says 1% drop per month of usage…

(100 - 8) = 92%.

Normal.

you know charge it as much as you want, get it to that 80% as fast as you can so apple will replace the battery its what im doing, lol 95-93% in a week in a half so far.