Did it make a difference to replace the iPhone X battery?

telal64 wrote:

Thanks, did anyone actually done it though! I’m asking because of most of the newest ios update feature are not supported in my old X! So did the new battery REALLY make a difference in its performance !?

The performance issues were due to CPU throttling when the battery health was under 80% on certain models. Batteries themselves not only lose capacity, but can produce less output with age, and supposedly the modes that were susceptible to this were the iPhone 6/6s/7 models. They could max out the battery's current and see the equivalent of a power "brownout" where the voltage sags and everything just restarts. Newer ones supposedly used different techniques to avoid shutdown with an older battery, so I'm not sure there was anything where the performance improved with a new battery.

Besides that, I'm not sure if anyone really wants the highest performance all the time. iPhones use a lot of techniques all the time to reduce power consumption where it's not strictly needed. There's no way to get 10 hours of battery life out of a small battery without it. But the big deal is balancing performance with power savings. Making it less obvious is the secret sauce.

Replacing a battery can make a quite noticeable difference.

The X is a good phone which should last a few more years with good care.

A battery replacement makes good economic sense for many people.

I agree.

80% battery = replacement. 👍🏼

That’s a different question altogether. It’ll give you a “like-new” phone as of nearly five (5) years ago.

It won’t give you dual-SIM, 5G, a low-light camera, or UWB just to name a few.

Only YOU can decide if the $70 for a few more years of “late 2017 tech” is is “worth it” to YOU…

… vice purchasing a newer, feature-rich phone.

I’m sure more than a few folks are awaiting the release of this Fall’s models who intend to re-power their older Xs, and 11s for use as “hand me downs.”

It’s purely anecdotal, but every time I’ve replaced a battery, I’ve found myself saying, …

… “Wow, I should have done this MONTHS ago!”

YMMV.

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