iphone xs maximum battery capacity

Didn't have the chance to look this up yesterday, but this page has some good info too: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208387

Most notably, towards the bottom is this text: "A normal battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 500 complete charge cycles when operating under normal conditions.

Additional information about what charge cycles are is here: Batteries - Why Lithium-ion? - Apple

The take away here is: If your phone is performing as expected (battery is lasting through your day, no unexpected shutdowns, etc), don't bother looking at that battery info.

If you start having issues, go look there and see what's being reported. If your battery's capacity is closer to 80% or you see a message about the iPhone shutting down incorrectly, consider making an appointment at an Apple store to have it evaluated.

~Lyssa

Hi Lyssa. Hope you’re doing good. I got my new iPhone XS & I had the same battery problem that was mentioned above but when I saw your reply I got relaxed & I checked it after a long time & now my battery capacity has dropped to 95% from 98%. Any suggestions you’d like to give? Shouldn’t I be worried about it? I’m a bit worried now.

I'm on the same boat. I'm at 98% and I only noticed that after my phone died at 0% but there has been nothing weird going on with my phone every thing is running normally.

I scheduled an appointment with the Genius Bar to look into it. Will update if I'm able to learn anything.

Purchased iPhone XS 256 September 22 - 100%

October 6 - 99%

October 15 - 98%

October 31 - 97%

November 15 - 96%

I'm on track to be at 95% before the end of the month. I never fully drain it, I plug it up or have it on the wireless charger all night. I rarely let it get below 20%. This seems ridiculous. My wife's 6 month old iPhone 8 is at 98% which I'd expect and she uses her phone about twice as much as me.

I have exactly the same case as you. Bought the phone on launching day, now going into end of November I expect my phone to be at 95% maximum capacity. It's ridiculous... Apple have to do something about this!

Hi All,

I posted a while back when I purchased a Xs on launch day in the UK and only after a month the battery maximum capacity was showing 97/98% and it appears a few other owners had the same issue. So the new Xs was showing to have a rapid deteriorating compared to much older iPhones.

So, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it. I dropped my Xs and cracked the back glass cover, but I had Apple Care (Phew!) So I took it into an Apple Store and they replaced it for me. I was also told because of the wireless charging at the back of the phone this is not an easy job to replace the cracked glass cover.

However, two things to note if I did not have Apple Care the cost would have been 618 GBP! I mean you can get another phone for that price!! Secondary, I had the phone replaced on the 3 Nov and my Maximum Capacity is still showing 100%.

Same with my XS 256GB model except only had it for 4 weeks now. Can’t believe it’s at 96% already. I charge it once a day at bedtime.

I know people who have an iPhone 6 which is at 97% battery max, and a couple years old. Maybe it’s the new software on new phones being more accurate? At this rate we should be at 52% after 1yr.

Nothing, that number is an approximation anyway and can vary by the time of day, how much charge you battery has, the operating environment and other factors. And the battery is covered by your warranty. Worry about something more important.

My iphone XS is exactly 3 months old with 77 charge cycles. My maximum battery capacity has dropped to 95% and i always charge it carefully without overcharging and usually wait until it drops below 20% to charge it and don't unplug until it reaches at least 80%. Is there anything defective with iphone XS batteries in general? Apple says that a battery is designed to hold 80% max capacity after 500 charge cycles. This means that max capacity should drop by 1% around every 25 charge cycles. So mine should be around 97% max capacity but it's at 95%. Having said that, i compared my max battery capacity with a friend's iphone XR who has had the phone for 3 months and that phone has 100% max battery capacity with similar charge cycles. so puzzling..

Hey. My iPhone xs is only 3 months old, and it is at 97%. My mom have an iPhone 8 plus, and she is using it 2 hours at day, her phone is at 93%...In my country aren’ t Apple stores, so I am going to T-com tomorrow and show them issues with my phone. I will recommend this to you.

Hi. I have an iPhone xs. I have bought it in February. After 3 weeks, it was at 98%. Now it is July, and iPhone is on 96%. I don’t think that we do something wrong. There is an issue with battery I think, and Apple has to solve it.

My iPhone Xs is from 28 September, 18 days later 99% of battery capacity. I have iPhone 6S from 2 years and 6 months and he have 76%.

This number is nothing more than a point of reference. Going down to 99% after 18 days is nothing to worry about.

Take a look at the number after a few months and see how it's doing.

~Lyssa

Hi, my iPhone Xs (256GB) is four weeks old and it is showing a Maximum Capacity of 97%.