iPhone 15 Pro Max Abnormal Battery Capacity

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iPhone 15 Pro Max Abnormal Battery Capacity

I bought a brand new iPhone 15 Pro Max in the beginning of November 2023, and the battery capacity has been 100% since!

In the early stages, I used to be careful to keep the battery percentage between 20 and 80, and that care lasted just until June. It often happened to notice relevant overheating, especially during this summer while using Google Maps on my trips.

Even daily draining (only) feels the same. I keep seeing many complains about the dropping percentage right after a few months but I can't explain my situation.

Can you please clear what is (or is not) happening? Should I get it checked for software bugs?

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iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Aug 18, 2024 12:30 PM

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Aug 18, 2024 2:35 PM in response to L3nix

A battery is a chemical device, and chemistry is generally pretty variable and uncertain, as well as being analog, not digital. Apple specs the battery capacity to remain above 80% for 500 full charge cycles, but that is a minimum requirement; there is no published maximum expected capacity. So sometimes batteries will perform much better than that minimum specification, and sometimes the change in maximum capacity won't be linear. There is no way to predict in advance what the real-life performance of any specific battery will be.

You are just very lucky to get an iPhone with a battery that exceeded its minimum standard.

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