iPhone’s battery life dropped from 100 to 98 in a year

Is it alright if an iphone’s battery life drops from 100 to 98 in a year? And if the iphone consumes a lot of battery while still not being used and on energy saving mode?



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Posted on Aug 21, 2021 9:10 AM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2021 11:10 AM

ulainnoor wrote:

What you should do:
. Don’t overcharge your phone if you’re not gonna use it
. I don’t charge my phone over 80%
. I charge my phone twice maximum a day
. Always have energy saving mode and dark mode on
. Don’t use it while it’s charging
. You should remove both location services and background app refresh
That’s what i did, hope it helps !

That is not the best charging strategy, but it’s not bad. The absolute best way to slow the decline of battery capacity long term is to enable Optimized Battery Charging (Settings/Battery/Battery Health) and charge the device overnight, every night. The battery will fast charge to 80%, then pause. During the nighttime pause the phone will use mains power instead of battery power, allowing the battery to “rest”, and thus reducing the need to charge the battery quite as often. The phone will resume charging to reach 100% when you are ready to use your phone; it will “learn” your usage pattern. If you enable iCloud Backup (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - iCloud Backup) the phone will back up overnight also, assuring that you can never lose more than the current day’s updates.

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Aug 21, 2021 10:17 AM in response to LD150

What you should do:

. Don’t overcharge your phone if you’re not gonna use it

. I don’t charge my phone over 80%

. I charge my phone twice maximum a day

. Always have energy saving mode and dark mode on

. Don’t use it while it’s charging

. You should remove both location services and background app refresh

That’s what i did, hope it helps !

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