Unverified battery health drop from 98% to 88% on new iPhone

please i bought my iphone last week with battery health capacity 98% and in less than a week it has dropped to 88%...please what do i do

it shows that my battery health capacity is unverified



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Posted on Aug 17, 2025 11:03 AM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2025 11:37 AM

Yup. Return it. Sounds like it has a non-Apple battery installed. That or it's just flat out defective. Either way, not worth bothering with.

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Unverified battery health drop from 98% to 88% on new iPhone

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