iPhone 6 battery dies in cold weather

Hmmmmmm, I dunno maybe use higher quality batteries that don't suffer in the cold as much, like the ones used in the iphone 4 s for instance, I have an old 4S that is used for work it has far more charging cycles on it it is physically much older in years and doesnt go from 100% to flat in an hour outside in temps barely below zero like my iphone 6 does outside in the same pocket of my jacket. All these apple geeks who keep on saying it just works have their heads in the sand. There is a problem with these batteries, Apple are just too obsessed with making people buy the next generation item all the time they can't be arsed. Apple customer service amounts to just about sweet FA.

Does this?

Apple geek alert. Tell me something I don't know I am fully aware of the type of battery. Please tell me why an iphone6 uses more power with everything shut down in my pocket then an iphone 4 in my pocket with everything shut down. Both phones are doing nothing both phones are in my pocket one phone goes from 100% to nothing. The iphone 6. One phone is still at 98%, the iphone 4s. Both phones are doing nothing, everything is shut down. Your argument doesn't stand up and Apple do not admit a problem. The iphone 4s does not have a battery problem the iphone 6 does, get you head out the sand, why defend something that is obviously not fit for purpose. I will leave you to tell apple. I have better things to do than waste oxygen on more Apple geeks. It just works Hahahahaha! In fact dont bother telling me anything I'm not interested.

Alex my previous phone worked well in cold weather then all of a sudden when it was cold it would lose power fast , my new one was working perfect in the cold , never had and issue in the minus 20 temps but since last update appears that I no longer can take my phone out even when -5

Yet people I know with same phone that do not do the updates it works well in cold , very interesting in my opinion

The good thing is that I don't have to look, I just take any. :)

Seriously, there's - 10 today at my place and I keep using my Sony Xperia outside. No issues at all. I guess it's the same with Samsung and the rest. Not sure what Apple is doing but a bit over protecting their battery and their customers.

Yes, I do this daily 🙂

I work with mobile phones and I do measurements before and after battery replacement.

Here is an iPhone6 that I replaced the battery on yesterday:

Graph 1 show the behavour BEFORE battery replacement.

Graph 2 show the behavour AFTER battery replacement.

(since the battery died during test 1 the graph looks a bit strange, and its in swedish but I think it will be no problem to understand anyway. Number of charge cycle counts: 179)

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so, apparently there is a recall action from Apple for iPhone 6 (https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/) however it seems to be extremely selective, since my phone seems not to be accepted as faulty. I just believe, that shareholder value is more important than admitting that the batteries in iPhones are faulty. Would be interesting how they would react, if the batteries start to burn in our pockets, if they still would deny the facts when people are getting injured.

Is it possible this issue

https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/

is more widespread than they thought? Or they effectively drew a line in the sand where they would and would not fix defective batteries?

Sorry for the speculation, as we'll probably never know. But it seems coincidental we have issues with batteries and they have a (more limited) program to address a battery issue.

I didn't search further, but should have. I didn't think the cause had been released but apparently it had on Apple's Chinese site.

'We found that a small number of iPhone 6s devices made in September and October 2015 contained a battery component that was exposed to controlled ambient air longer than it should have been before being assembled into battery packs,' reads a statement on Apple's Chinese website.

'As a result, these batteries degrade faster than a normal battery and cause unexpected shutdowns to occur. '

Interesting:

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/740732/iPhone-6S-Battery- Life-Apple-Problem

Probably just a wear and tear with a battery. Cold and hot weather does also matter to the battery. Check out this link : http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/My iPhone 5 dies at 14%. Sometimes it shows that it has like 15% and all the sudden, the battery drains to 1%. You may considering changing out with a new battery very soon.

@Csound: if iPhones weren't able to operate at below freezing temperatures, they shouldn't allow iPhones to be sold in countries where temperatures can drop below 0. Instead, they should advise to buy another phone. But obviously this is a flaw in some iPhones, something you obviously don't understand, but luckily Apple has already acknowledged

Jan 18, 2017 6:04 AM Re: iPhone 6 battery dies in cold weather in response to MarkoL1

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MarkoL1 wrote:

So iphone shouldn't be sold in most of North America and Europe, right?

Running a business is clearly not your strong point."

Remember?

Jan 18, 2017 6:50 AM Re: iPhone 6 battery dies in cold weatherin response to marktso

marktso wrote:

I think it's excellent that Apple publishes the operating temperature. This says that if I put my phone in the refrigerator for a while (above freezing, temperature controlled, easily measured), it has to continue to work. I will do this as soon as I can. Might be interesting if we got a larger sample size to do the same.

Putting it in such a wet environment is also not good for it.

Good point. I have no desire to sacrifice my $600 phone for the sake of an experiment so I will use a plastic baggie.

According to their specs, it should be fine.

Environmental Requirements

Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

I think the problem is more nuanced than that - it seems to get worse with age and at about 15 months goes very quickly from showing a charge to dying When exposed to temperatures that should be within its operating range. Don't other phones have lithium batteries? It seems to be specific to the iPhone 6 and 6S. Thanks CSound1 - posting again https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/

I came across your post when trying to find out what to do about mine, experiencing the same issue with anywhere from 30-60% battery left...

I have a 6, but if yours is a 6s, you may qualify for a battery replacement like my friend did - check with your serial number here: https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/ (Sorry if someone else already shared this)

They simple don't care....