When to update iPhone SE with 85% battery capacity?
We have 2 SE3's. Mine has only 85% battery capacity. My wife's is at 90%. Should we update now or wait until additional update iterations come out?
iPhone SE, iOS 26
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Might as well do it now. For any device you should ideally have the iPhone connected to power while updating and not rely upon battery. I suspect most power drain will occur for a short while after updating while the device is re-indexing the contents.
85% isn't catastrophic. Apple considers 80% to be time to consider replacing the battery, or device it it is an old model.
iPhone battery and performance - Apple Support
- see the section about "Battery health degraded"