iphone 12 pro max battery health degrading

Ahh but look at the actual capacity is at 2923 milliamperes when it’s supposed to be 2815 so maybe you got lucky. Batteries are never absolute so this could be the one that lasts. If mine falls into the 80’s I’m going to get a replacement. Or maybe I’ll just upgrade to the 13 in September.

good luck with this one.

It seems to be a portion of devices are dropping battery health faster than expected. Since I joined this discussion mine dropped from 92% to 91%.

Mine should be about 93%-94% if dropping 1% a month is accurate. In the next couple weeks I assume mine will drop to 90% or 89%.

The 11 pro max I have which was used much longer & with heavy use is now at 96%.

Deepsea_D_Blue wrote:

Bought mine mid nov 2020… today it hit 90%… currently it’s dropping 1% every 1-2wks

That's good, that means Apple will replace it for free under warranty in August when it drops to 80%.

You're concerned, so if your calculations are correct your battery will be replaced for free under warranty in just six weeks or so.

Problem solved all around; you won't need to be concerned with battery health anymore.

Dogfiw is quite professional and senior in this forum but I always see him saying that all rapid health droppings are normal even with my 1% drop per week with just 3 charge cycles . If it is normal , why will apple replace it free of charge for me at last ? They even asked me if I would charge my mother board together just in case, But I preferred changing battery for trial first.

That's what Apple wants you to believe. Many older iPhones are still showing over 85% battery health after year's of use, I know 2 iPhone SE owners that their phones are still 95% and can still last them over a day as new. My iPhone Pro Max is already at 88% and doesn't last me a day anymore, it used to last over a day without a sweat. Don't just quote what Apple said and call it a day for crying out loud.

GGGGCLK wrote:

That’s the point. But there are people keep on saying the it is normal and ask us to wait till 80% with warranty. If extremely fast like me, then congratulate us that we should achieve 80% very soon. This kind of reply or suggestion is really useless

And, if the phone is under warranty when that happens, Apple will replace it for free.

Ok I think I was definitely freaking out for a sec. I’ve had my iPhone 12 since very early January and it’s only now gone down to 99%. So about 6 months to go down a percent. I think I overreacted but I still don’t like it being at 99% not gonna lie. Just makes me feel like now my phone is gonna deplete more and more way faster. Hopefully not but yeah I’ve been using my phone a LOT I will say and I can say I’m glad that the battery health is still this high so not bad. But I will say I’ve always been using low power mode since I’ve gotten my phone and I always have it on so that’s probably helping my phone stay healthy

No, it’s not normal. That 1% a month thing has never happened for any other iPhone except iPhone 12 Pro. The fact is a great potion of iPhone 12 Pro has batteries that degrade much faster than all other iPhones.

Yes, I never said 1%/week was normal; you keep conflating your unique situation with the more general case.

(Even in your case, had you waited until your Battery Health dropped below 80% your battery would have been replaced for free at that time.)

The Genius Bar manager was incorrect; they often are not provided with the appropriate data, they only know the directives Apple has sent directly to stores.

That's the same thing that is happening on my iPhone 12 (running iOS 14.6), turned on for the first time on December 20.

I've noticed that battery health went down to 99% after about 6 months and in the last 2 weeks it has dropped down to 97%: the battery health of my old iPhone 8 (whose iOS was constantly updated as well and with battery saving always turned on) went down to 90% after 20 months of usage.

I charge the battery only once per day and power saving is always enabled; I usually do not run many apps simultaneously, maybe some of them (e.g.: Microsoft Teams) are battery intensive.

This battery's depletion looks quite strange to me.

LuigiBruno wrote:

That's the same thing that is happening on my iPhone 12 (running iOS 14.6), turned on for the first time on December 20. I've noticed that battery health went down to 99% after about 6 months and in the last 2 weeks it has dropped down to 97%.

Yes, that is well within the range of normal behavior.

gilbertfromscarborough wrote:

What's up Apple?

This is a user-to-user forum. Apple is not going to respond to you here. You can contact them using the "Get Support" link at the top right of every page of these forums. Or, see here:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

discovered something odd from my coconut data

my defective battery was 2798 as design capacity but my replaced new battery is 2815.

Why????

are your defective batteries having capacity of 2798 instead iof 2815???

My 12PM turn 8mths old with 89% battery health… averaging 5-6hrs+ of screen on time & 19min of Screen Off ( Don’t know why its so Low and what is running when the screen is off… i turned off all background refresh )