Why is my iPhone 15 battery capacity dropping so fast?

Hello everyone!

my iPhone 15 started losing battery capacity quickly. The phone was purchased in May 2024. I don't put too much strain on him all the time. Sometimes I play games and hardly use a vpn, I also charge with the original charger. Capacity has been falling rapidly since September. But it's been happening faster in recent months.

December 1 was 96%

December 16 was 95%

January 4 was 94%

January 12 was 93%

January 18 was already 91%

And today is January 30th, 90%

The phone lost 4% of its battery capacity in a month, previously it was not necessary to charge it often, now it has to be done twice a day. The settings show the device usage for an average of 5 hours and 7 minutes.

Please tell me, should I worry about the fact that the battery is defective?


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iPhone 15, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 30, 2025 8:34 AM

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Jan 30, 2025 8:50 AM in response to LiliaaNk

How many charge cycles is your iPhone at? Your iPhone 15 is expected to drop about 1% battery health for every 50 charge cycles, and the decline isn’t always linear. Even though your battery health declined 4% in a month, it’s very possible that it didn’t drop any percent the many months before or won’t for the many months to come. Back to what I said about the non-linear decline.


Keep in mind, all rechargeable lithium batteries chemically degrade over time. When your battery health reaches 80%, have the battery replaced.


Please also review the following support articles:


iPhone Battery and Performance - Apple Support


Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple

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