5-month old battery already deteriorating

I had my nearby Apple store replace the battery in my iPhone X almost 5 months ago, and its battery health (or as Apple calls it "maximum Capacity") is now already at 93%.


Is this normal/acceptable? I'm working from home, charging my phone every night when it goes down to about 20%, rarely 10%. The "Optimized Battery Charging" option has been always on.


Any suggestion would be appreciated!

iPhone X

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 3:50 PM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2022 4:04 PM

There are no guarantees about the performance. Typical performance is 500 cycles to 80%, but there are just way too many variables for all batteries to perfectly arrive at the same outcome. Heck - I had a Mac battery that was about 94% battery health brand new out of the box and I couldn't do anything about it since it hadn't hit 80% battery health (took over 5 years to reach that).


The warranty on all repair work and parts is 90 days unless it's still within the original warranty or AppleCare period. If it dropped below 80% before then, I'm sure that it would be replaced under warranty. Not really much you can do about it.

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Feb 7, 2022 4:04 PM in response to amifromskokie

There are no guarantees about the performance. Typical performance is 500 cycles to 80%, but there are just way too many variables for all batteries to perfectly arrive at the same outcome. Heck - I had a Mac battery that was about 94% battery health brand new out of the box and I couldn't do anything about it since it hadn't hit 80% battery health (took over 5 years to reach that).


The warranty on all repair work and parts is 90 days unless it's still within the original warranty or AppleCare period. If it dropped below 80% before then, I'm sure that it would be replaced under warranty. Not really much you can do about it.

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