There’s almost no real way to keep yourself from charging your battery up to 100 percent. I think depending on what kinda day is ahead of you charging to 100 percent makes perfect sense to me.
Lol I almost never charge to 100%, no problem with that. One thing you can do is charge only as much as you need to have 20% left at the end of the day (that serves as an "emergency" reserve). Anything more than that isn't necessary. And of course, sometimes you need 100%, or you might just not want to think about that, that's fine. There are more and more phones which can take care of themselves;) It's always a trade-off between the short- and long-term needs.
@@pmj_studio4065 in my daily routine I actually need my iPhone to be fully charged up since I work on it partially, but I charge it back when it’s at around 20% when I go to sleep with optimised charging activated so I take as much care of it as I can
Yes, it is a choice, some will prefer to baby their battery and some will smack it as hard as they can? No problem either way if you understand what you are doing. My XS Max is at 95% after nearly three years and there was little hardship maintaining a healthy battery charging routine.
Remember also that extreme temperatures can cause battery degradation too, so if you can avoid it don't use your phone too much in direct sunlight, don't bury it under snow etc. At the end of the day you're more than likely to buy a new phone at some point in the future so just enjoy the devices you have whilst you have them and don't worry yourself about it. I got an M1 MacBook Pro and was very concerned with battery degradation for the first week or so but then realised that everything ages and there's nothing you can do to prevent it, plus it gets in the way of your enjoyment. Also, you can get a battery replacement if you have to. :)
This is so wrong. It depends on how you use your phone. I had the iPhone 12 pro Max since it came out, and it’s battery life is at 100% till this day. I charge it when it’s at 0%/15% all the way to full charge. I only use it for watching RUclips and music. I got the iPhone 13 pro Max when it came out and used it for gps, web, games, and watching at full brightness, and it’s at 97% battery life. So no, charging it to 100% is not bad practice, it’s how you use it.
I don’t know I feel so dumb because when I first had my iphone 11 I should have been more careful with charging habits so then it wouldn’t be have gotten kinda bad I had it in terrible weather condition too which I don’t know how to prevent but I also even let water get to it a little which is what probably made it bad…but also is battery replacement more worth it than to have to buy a whole new phone??
@@Yuh-gp4uy Not me I don’t even get snow but I do get severe heat where I live in the summer which I don’t know how to keep my phone safe from and that includes winter too I guess because around 30 degrees is too cold for it
They need to give us an easy way to keep the max battery capacity while charging. I'd love to be able to use it plugged in at ~80% while at home by a computer.
This is bordering on OCD or something. Charge your battery when it's low and take it off when it has enough or 100%. Meticulously checking to make sure it's never below 20% or above 80% everyday for 2+ years is a massive waste of time and thought.
Yeah, I'm not going to mess with that. I keep it on the charger so I have 100% battery when I go into town. And I put it back on the charger when I get back. Besides, I don't know if Apple is still doing this. But I know they did have cheap battery replacements.
it's really not. you get a notification when the battery hits 20% and if you have battery optimize charging on, the battery won't go past 80% unless you need it. did you even watch the video?
@@Brian-kr7bw Yea I did. Unless you stay home all day that's not feasible and not worth worrying about. And if you're gonna be gone all day you should have your battery at 100% as you never know what can happen. Ultimately just buy a battery replacement if you're gonna keep the phone long enough to where diminished battery will become a problem.
@@Brian-kr7bw and you can create a shortcut to notify and perform actions when battery reaches 40 percent for example. Mine will dim the display and turn on battery saver
I used an iphone 7 from november 2018 to January 2020 and all the time i charged it to 100% with the battery condition never dropping the 86% that already had when i bought it second handed. Now i have a new 12 and i find it crazy to use it between 80% and 40%. I bought the phone to enjoy it, not to stress myself
My daily routine is almost perfect for battery longevity. I usually end my day with 30-40% left and charge at the morning while eating breakfast about an hour. Usually charge is at 95% at that point. My iPhone 11 Pro has 100% battery health after one year.
It’s call about the charge cycles (100% - 0%, therefore you if charge your phone from 40% - 80% that is 0.4 charge cycles). There is this super good video explains why your battery health is still at 100% after a year. Like yes this does slightly help but whatever you do the battery health will always drop from the amount of charge cycles. ruclips.net/video/w6--6z4ZcNk/видео.html
@@sveronih5376 The 11 pro max has a bueautifull design. I hear some moderm phones battery has more than the stated amount, so even though it charges to a 100 percent its not really 100 percent at the hardware level, this means that battery longevitiy is improved, I hear samsung does this and their battery longevity has improved.
The battery health thing isn't accurate anyway. Mine went from 87 to 93. It goes up and down all the time. There is no way in reality it is actually 100% after one year. It's simple chemistry.
If we keep the battery percentage between 20% and 80%, it will be like we’re using a battery that has 60% of its capacity from the day we bought it. Doing this will be more of an inconvenience than a decreased battery capacity over time.
True. I also thought the same but I guess if you happen to know that you're gonna need as much battery life as possible for the next day, it's okay to fully charge your iPhone.
If the battery doesn’t last for you during the day, don’t do it. Keeping it between 80% and 20% makes sure you have that extra battery life when you need it. Even if you want to charge above 80%, you should at least try to keep your phone above 20%.
That does actually equal only 60 percent of use which hasn’t really gotten me through my day but again I don’t know if charging to 90 percent is dangerous…that includes charging from like around 20 percent is that the best practice id love to know that way I can ensure I’ll have a good sleep every night knowing I don’t have to stress over my phones battery because lately I’ve been overthinking it for a while since I never really took great care of it in the first place…also I will invest in getting a weather resistant pouch so it will keep my phone safe no matter what the weather
Battery is always a problem on Apple users like us and we sometimes overthink or freaking out if we saw our battery degrading or even down percentage.Android users didn’t even think about their battery at all.No worries.
@@paulbenish Yeah, same here. I thought I was doing something genius but I actually ended up finding out that it's because Apple does not get the exact mAh correct on every single battery, which makes sense.
It seems counter productive to only charge your phone to 90 percent because you don't want to degrading down to 95 percent. You've basically just dropped it's max capacity to 90 percent because you're scared of it degrading.
Yes unless you want to sell your iPhone or something like that. You want it to be as close as the day you unpackaged it. Take it from me: 4 iPhones “went” to the garbage disposal all because I was careless about it and also I was a “no case guy”. I got my 13 pro max two weeks ago and man I’m nursing it like a baby because I want some of its value “back” afterwards.(Ok also as a personal challenge but still)
@@drunkargonaut3899 it will still sell at whatever market rate used obsolete iPhones go by the time you sell regardless of how much time you spent obsessing about battery %.
But you're not actually losing max capacity by limiting the charge. On days when you know you'll want more, you can always get that full 100%. Also, if you don't limit your charging, the degradation won't stop at 95% - far from it. My brother's iphone 12 dropped to 90% battery health after only a year.
I am totally confused about all the suggestions I get on maintaining battery health. I never charge my phone to hundred percent and never let it drop below 40% since I am working from home it is easy to manage this by creating automations that alert you when your battery drops to 40% and reaches 80% even after following all the best practices it’s been one year with my phone which is an iPhone SE 2020, battery health has dropped to 80% and now honestly I don’t give a damn about battery health follow the same routine and hope for the best after all I spent good money on this phone I am still awaiting value for my money 🤣
This is so wrong. It depends on how you use your phone. I had the iPhone 12 pro Max since it came out, and it’s battery life is at 100% till this day. I charge it when it’s at 0%/15% all the way to full charge. I only use it for watching RUclips and music. I got the iPhone 13 pro Max when it came out and used it for gps, web, games, and watching at full brightness, and it’s at 97% battery life. So no, charging it to 100% is not bad practice, it’s how you use it.
Basically, what he said in the video is right (kinda). Don't use your phone extensively when it's below 20%. That will most definitely degrade the battery. Because your battery at this stage gets really hot as it pushes to deliver power. But it's perfectly fine to charge it to 100%.. but just don't leave it plugged in at 100%. That's exactly what optimized battery charging tries to prevent.
Does that work for MacBooks? The battery of my notebook is at 94% after a year of moderate use (sometimes I don't use it for days in a row, so I am confused as to why it degraded this much so far).
@@llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313 what i do is charge it at BEFORE i go to sleep, when its 100 i put it on low battery, go to sleep Then i wake up early for school, depending if its 85 or 90 i charge it again, by the time i get out the shower its 100 perfectly, not overcharged or undercharged.
I think I'll just get a battery replacement from apple whenever I need to and that just sums up my usage. I charge whenever I need to and how much I need to.
I charge how ever I want, I will trade it in within a year anyways. Never had issues in the past. Battery health diminishes regardless. I just pay for Apple Care and they will take care of it.
Ive had my ipad for 2 years and the battery health is an ok battery and i charge all the way to 100% also im not waking up just to unplug my ipad like what 😩🤚
@@i5816 my iPhone 12 mini is at 82% and only had it since November. What I do, mostly for fun, I use smart plugs and create automation. I created an automation so that my charger turns off at 80% and turns on at 20%. Each Apple Watch has its own charger and I put a schedule on the the ones I use on certain days and times of the week. My automation will keep the phone charging past the 80% if one of my apple watches is charging.
When I'm at home, I personally turn cellular and bluetooth completely off when in the zone of my WiFi network. Don't need it at home. Not only does not charging to 100% help with the battery, but reducing any drain where necessary also helps.
I love that this channel takes a question and makes a really thorough explanation video and yet they are only about 3 minutes long while other channels would take 10-20 minutes full of unasked extra info and ads to answer the same question.
@Dacia Sandero guys hOW my battery health dropped down to 17% after 1 year of using it. and now we replaced the battery a year ago and currently it's down to 55%
Charge it to 100 and use it to the fullest 💯. Dont worry about that. Sure, it'll degrade the battery, but you can just change battery whenever you feel like it. It's better to change battery every 2-3yrs than limit yourself to only 80% of battery and charge it frequently in that long fcking 2yrs right?
To my knowledge, there is a software built in that makes sure you don’t overcharge the device. Also, the biggest issue is heat that generates when you charge the phone. That is what’s killing the battery. If you charge more often for shorter periods, you should be just fine. I’m charging mine to 100% every day. I’ve seen people with multiple devices to achieve better battery performance doing it that way rather than playing and babysitting a phone.
I have always charged my phone up to a 100% every time, but sadly the battery health decreased to 80%, this was perfect timing Greg!! I literally took my phone out of the charger at a 100% and then I take it out to see you posting a video about this mistake, I’ll keep note of this in the future Edit: omfg 179 likes!! I’ve never got this much my whole entire life Edit 2: wow Tysm people 182 likes is just too much to me ty Edit 3: omfg u people r just too sweet to like Tysm!!! Edit: 🤩 I’ve never in my life had so many likes
To be honest people have lot of things to do in their life apart from constantly monitoring battery percentage. I would recommend getting battery replaced after every 2 years (around 80% battery health). As we pay for the experience not stress.
My iPhone 7+ has been charged to 100% every single day for the last 5 years and it has received very heavy usage. The battery capacity now reads 92% so it's doing extremely well for a 5 year old phone
I've never understood the logic of protecting your battery's capacity by not using your battery's capacity. And I really don't think that it makes as much of a difference as some people think. I've always just charged and discharged my mobile devices however I want, almost always charging all the way to 100% when I can, and I've never had to replace a battery. My launch day 12 Pro Max is still saying 100% capacity. Your battery should remain in good health for years no matter what you do, unless you go out of your way to abuse it by exposing it to extreme temperatures on a regular basis.
@@kimjong-un5570 I upgraded my 12 Pro Max to a 14 Pro Max about 15 months ago. The battery health of my current phone is 95%, which I think is fine for over a year of use.
Other things to help prolong your battery health: - Use a slow charger (I use a classic Apple 5w charger they used to include with iPhones). Faster charging is in theory not as good for your long term battery health. - Try to prevent it from getting excessively hot (for me this usually happens if I mount my phone to my car to use the GPS, because when the GPS is on, the screen is usually on too, and then because of how it is mounted, the back of the phone is often being baked by the sun). Find a way to mount it so the sun doesn't beat on it's back, and / or only use the audio of the GPS and turn off the screen and place it away from direct sunlight.
@Dan Swildens, some people can't afford a new iPhone every year (specially outside the US, where iPhone's are way more expensive), and some people just don't want to (because they don't think they need to do so or whatever other reason). In this case it's always good to know how to take care of your phone's battery so that it lasts longer, isn't it?
I'm not using a slow charger. I'll pay the $89 to replace the battery once before I upgrade to a new iphone after 5 years. I'm not waiting 4 hours for my phone to charge lol
For really casual users this is doable to finish the day with just 40% of your battery drained out. But for people who work with their phone, or uses the camera or consumes a lot of social media, it's practically impossible to achieve those numbers, which means this is impracticable. The best advice to take care of the health of the battery is to avoid keeping the phone under hot conditions, specially when charging (cause the charging process already heats up the phone).
After almost 15 years of using phones, I had no problem with charging to 100 percent, never got any battery issues but for the first time i tried this method on my galaxy S8 and this method destroyed the battery less than 4months.
That is true, but I think that for most people is practically impossible. What I do is to full charge overnight with the old slow 5W charger and trying not to do it later than reaching ~25% left on my iPhone 11 Pro. Apparently that has worked out because after 2 years of heavy use, I still have 98% of battery health. Hoping to be helpful
I regularly charge up to 100% since I have an iphone and in 3 years I still have 96% battery. I think it's not exactly a problem in charging but how you use the phone.If you sleep on the phone all day then it is no wonder that the battery life is drastically reduced in two years regardless of charging.The main problem with dying% battery is the owner of the phone.
As a longtime Tesla owner, can confirm this is true. 40%-80% is ideal. HOWEVER, I don't agree that this is important in the context of a smartphone. The extra few minutes of battery life you might get with a better battery health percentage is not worth the amount of effort it takes to constantly worry about unplugging your iPhone at 80% or rushing to find a charger at 39%. The battery in iPhone will work just fine for many years, even as the health drops below 80%. By the time it's worth worrying about, you can simply replace the battery or upgrade your iPhone, which you were going to do anyways if you watch RUclips channels like this one.
Actually in all Android phones it's pretty reasonable to get a battery replacement and hence after 3 years you can get a battery replacement and use the phone like new again for as long as you can use. iPhones on the other hand ate pretty expensive to repair for some reason. Apple just wants you to buy a new one and pretend they care about environment
Ah yes , most people get a new phone after 2 or 3 years even if they don't need to because iphones are pretty good. You can easily use one for 4 to 5 years
@@abhaymhatre8534 It is £69 in the UK for a new iPhone battery and £45 for an S21 Ultra replacement battery so £24 difference which is not "pretty epeensive" as you claim!
@@abhaymhatre8534 it is just about 25 USD to change the iPhone battery in Indonesia.. they even install it for free
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I still have my iPhone 8 since its release, and I always charge it to 100% and deplete its battery to a mere 1%. And its Battery health is still at 100%. It's not how you charge it; you just have to prevent your phone from overheating that causes the depletion of battery health.
The battery health on my iPhone 12 is now at 99% after a full year of charging from 15-20% to 100%. I'm more than happy with that as I upgrade every year.
BTW its not actually 99% the statistics shown in barrery capacity is not always right. After a year of usage it should be 94% or below. I can send a vid link if u like to see what i mean
getting an iphone was legit one of the best purchases i’ve ever made. was an android fanboy, android broke, got a shitty first gen iphone se for $70 and after using it for 1 hour i decided that i will never buy an android again. after that, i got an iphone 11. i’m really happy with it!
@@M1R0NK3 iphone 12 in my country sell for 3000USD. it's insane, I'm not ready to be ripped off again with the 13. I'm getting an 8. Is overpricing even legal if it's 300% profit?
@@juvero7504 thanks for the pov. I was/am pretty hesitant in getting an iphone with my money but if you think your change was satisfactory I will follow by your footsteps
On an iPhones with USB-C charging port, it is possible to block charging over 80%. I hope in future versions of iOS, this feature will also be available on an iPhones with Lightning port.
Another explanation is the fact that when you charge above 80% or discharge below 20%, you are forcing the Lithium ions to be concentrated in one of the anode (above 80%) or cathode (below 20%) parts of the battery. The high concentration will drive an irreversible reaction between the lithium ions and the materials for the anode/cathode, consuming the lithium ions needed to store charge, which will decrease the battery overall capacity. Therefore, lithium ion batteries degrades the fastest when it is kept at 100% or 0% for long periods of time, which is why there is this advice of keeping the battery charge level between 80% and 20%. Also ideally one should store devices at about 50% if they are not going to be used for a long time to minimise battery degradation. I realised not a lot of tech RUclipsrs brought this up about keeping battery charge balanced, so I just leave this info here for anyone who still don't understand why keeping it at 100% degrades your battery faster.
Here's the thing that confuses me about that: how do we know what 80% of the battery *really* is? I always hear that above 80%/below 20% is bad, but wouldn't that be 80%/20% of the actual total battery capacity-not just the limited capacity the phone shows? Remember, the phone does not use the entire battery; there are safety limits put in place. So what we see as 100% on our screen, is not actually the battery's 100%.
@@billyb7465 Percentages are just an estimate, true battery energy is indicated by voltage. Most manufacturers consider 4.2 volts to indicate a fully charged lithium-ion battery. Most research indicates that lithium-ion batteries have a "sweet spot" voltage near 4.0 volts, meaning charging past that point causes significant stress that increases more and more as the voltage rises. However, Apple charges their batteries to 4.4 volts. The thing is, lithium-ion batteries don't really have a true 100%, they just have whatever voltage the manufacturer decides should be the stop point for charging. That's why Apple is able to charge to 4.4 volts even though the standard for lithium-ion is 4.2 volts. So regarding your question of knowing what 80% really is, it's not really possible to know exactly. The good news is, that doesn't change what we know about best practices: if we charge to whatever Apple calls "80%" it will be very beneficial to the battery in comparison to charging to what they call 100%, because we know that Apple's "100%" is a voltage above the normal lithium-ion max voltage of 4.2 volts and far above the "sweet spot" lithium-ion voltage of near 4.0 volts. Apple's batteries are protected by charging circuits. The latest iPhones reach what they call "0%" near 3.2 volts and the phone automatically turns off at that point. Then, it operates in a reserve power mode, presumably until the battery becomes nearly empty at 3.0 volts. So it's true that the phone is not actually at 0% when it says it is, and it's true that it's above what most would consider to be 100% when it says it's at 100%, but none of this really impacts the principle discussed because the numbers are relative; charging from 20% to 80% is much better for the battery health than charging from 0% to 100%, ensuring that the battery always has a better max capacity than it otherwise would have. I recommend setting up an automation in the Shortcuts app. That way, no thought or effort is required to stop charging at 80% or 90%.
There’s no message suggesting one should remove their device from power to discharge it to “improve” battery health. The screenshot you showed at 1:38 was for low power mode, a message that appears when the user reaches 20% battery charge remaining. The iPhone doesn’t “automatically” start throttling anything at 20% unless the user enables “Low Power Mode”. The iPhone (and iPad) do throttle at 2-3% though. You’ll notice dropped frame rates when scrolling through web pages and opening apps as well as the device getting extremely slow until it dies. This video is wrong on so many levels, do your research Greg before making misleading and flat out incorrect videos.
That's exactly what I've been doing since I bought my iPhone 11 Pro 1 year and 8 months ago and my battery capacity is still at 100%! No joke. I try to only charge up to around 80% and try to not let the battery down from 20%. I also normally only need to charge my phone once a day
Love this video, so many people don’t understand this. 100% on a Li-ion is around 4.2 V per cell in most software, and this high voltage puts extra wear on the battery. But companies have no choice because they want their advertised max battery to be competitive and if they choose a lower max voltage to represent 100% then the battery life statistic will be lower, even though the battery will last much longer in terms of charge cycles(overall life of the battery). Lithium ion batteries don’t “fill up”, there is no actual 100%, you can continue to increase the voltage across the cell until the battery eventually explodes. As I said many companies choose 4.2v/cell as 100%, but this greatly reduces the batteries overall life, it’s best to stay under 4v/cell as a rule of thumb, or around 80%, roughly.
Apple actually puts more wear on the battery than 4.2 volts. Apple's latest smartphones charge the battery to 4.463 volts (confirmed by multimeter, as well as by viewing the diagnostics logs on the iPhone, also the battery has 3.8V printed on it as the nominal voltage which is higher than standard nominal voltage 3.6V or 3.7V). This is a trend in the smartphone industry: push the lithium-ion battery voltage higher, so that all lithium-ion battery improvements go towards more power but not more years of service. They are trying to keep service life the same: 500 cycles until battery reaches 80% capacity. So for smartphones in particular, charging below what the manufacturer calls "100%" is especially beneficial. Charging to "80%" could easily double the cycle life. I recommend setting up automated alerts in the built-in Shortcuts app on iPhones so that Siri tells you when to stop charging, Other phones probably have similar apps. Samsung and Asus have options in their phones' settings menu to limit charge to 80% or 90%.
@@Henry-vz5hh Thanks for the info! Yes, I use an apple shortcut to set a 1 minute timer every time the battery percentage passes 75%, it's really easy to set up. It would be really nice if Apple let consumers use software to actually stop the phone from charging but as far as I know this is not possible through Apple's restricted app permissions and honestly I don't see them doing it anytime soon unfortunately. It's intentional, Apple's biggest competitor in the smartphone market doesn't come from android phones but from the resales of older iPhones.
FYI, my routine is when battery reach 30% put it on charger and charge till 100% then again when it reaches to 30%, again charge it to 100%. Once in a month do a full discharge (0%) and again charge it to 100% to calibrate battery. For first 4-5% battery health degrade it takes months but when it reaches to 95% it starts degrading faster snd settles on 85% and then take eternity to reach to 80% battery health.
I just measured how long does it take for my iPhone to charge from 20% to 90% and anytime I charge it I set a timer for that certain amount of time needed to reach 90%
@@paowoww Technically, yeah what he is saying is true. Using your phone is bad for the battery. Leave it dead because it can't be used and it'll hold battery health for longer.
My extremely old iPod touch 2nd gen has been doing this for a long time and I can't even get it off 0% anymore, no matter how long it sits on the charger. I know it's dead, it's a joke.
Very informative since I’m OC and very conscious about my battery status and when it drops to 90 … I’m paranoid grabbing my charger and charge it quickly. Now I know.
I charge my iPhone xs max every time to 100% when its flat till now the phone never disappoints still fighting with battery health of 98 percent freedom fighter
not necessarily but you'll have to decrease the overall performance, if you're using latest iphone I think this trick is not necessary, only for the old model
For the health of the battery (long-term and short-term), no, it will only help if the iPhone’s battery last even longer. For the user experience, it could slow things down a bit, but that’s for you to decide. If you feel like your phone is being a little sluggish, then turn it off till you reach those low percents.
The battery is the least stressed by 50% charge because the charged and uncharged bits are equal. However the devices are so efficient now and we upgrade/change them so often that you’re not trying to make it last even 5 years in most cases, so no charging stresses on users are necessary really. Though the advice here is good practice, chances are you won’t have the device long enough for it to matter. My current phone is the SE1 (iphone5 form factor/era) is now showing enough wear to warrant a battery change after 6 years. It was used every waking moment nearly to play videos (plus phone duties and games), so it was seriously used. Sure I wish it had more battery now but no one really keeps their phone as long or uses it as much as me, so i wouldn’t worry too much.
I heavily use my phone throughout the day so just keep my phone on battery saver mode even at full charge and I am sitting pretty until I get home late.
My iPhone 4 years old 11 pro max still have 85% battery health even though i daily charge it when I about to go to sleep and unplugging it in the morning. The software is already smart enough, leaving your phone charging overnight didn't damages your battery like many people say
@@abhaymhatre8534 I swear that was one of the few good parts of using an android phone, but I much prefer ios as an operating system. And android phones use lithium ion batteries too, so his “advise” stands for all phones
@@jaycie4760 yeah , I know . I also keep my phone to charge while I take a bath and it charges upto 80 to 85 percent in that time . So I don't have to keep an eye out to remove it at 80.
@@jaycie4760 Don't worry, a bigger battery means almost nothing in an iPhone. I learned from my mistake, which was only looking at raw specs when chosing phones. But I didn't think about how much better iOS is optimised. It is designed to last a day on that smaller battery with normal usage.
I had mine since its initial launch 2021 and still at 100% battery capacity. Just don't use your phone while charging and keep it from heating up. I like to put it on airplane mode and use 30W of charger. Hope this helps
I watched a video that explained that Apple has a built-in feature on the iPhone that doesn't allow it to charge past 100%. Yes, it will still charge to 100%, but that's the way it was designed.
Rene Ritchie has done a video on this and the short answer is to just let the phone do it all and not to micromanage your battery since it has advanced algorithms to keep the battery healthy, leave optimised charging on and use it like normal.
Yep. I always charge my phone to 100% if my schedule for the next day warrants it, therwise I just wait until the battery is low before plugging in. 10 months of owning the 12 and my battery health is at 98%.
iPhone 11pro almost 5 years old, been using the hell out of it, battery health is 70%. I’ll continue to use it as I did for the last 5 years and when the battery dies imma change it, no big deal. The phone serves me, not the other way around.
I always charge to 100%, everyday even (I plug in no matter the current battery percentage), and my iPhone X is still at 93% after about 4 years. That's perfectly fine for that amount of time.
Conspiracy theory: What if the 100% that we see when the phone is fully charged isn't really 100% but 80% because Apple already does the optimization for its users? How about just use and charge your phone at your convenience without worrying too much?
It's not a theory or apple's mastermind. In every modern day phone the charger and the phone are pretty smart . 100% which we see might actually be 95 or 98 percent .
@@abhaymhatre8534 In that case then this video (or any charging advice/best practice) is really unnecessary since we won't know exactly if the 40-80% charge that we see is the actual 40-80% charge.
I don't know how accurate this video is. I have an iPhone XR that I purchased in October 2018. Almost daily, my charging routine runs counter to what the video suggests. Today, 9/19/21, the battery health on my iPhone reads 89%. Frequently, I don't recharge the phone until it reaches single numbers. Before bed, I charge the phone overnight. It usually takes up to 2 hours for the charge to reach full charge. For me, 89% is pretty damn good after 3 years.
I don’t pretend to discredit you, but I would love to know how you get to this conclusion. There’s a lot of myths and supposed ways to keep batteries longevity, so I guess it’s difficult for me to believe any. Also, does this apply to iPads and MacBooks? Thanks, Greg! Huge fan over here.
I got my iPhone 11 pro max back in December 2019, and it still has 100% battery health. I think i’ve never charged it to a 100%, i always stay on between 25-85%
Nah, I’ll just use it the way I want and replace the battery every 2 years. Machines are made to serve humans, you PAID for them and they must make you happy.
I’ve always charged my phones to 100, never had them drop below 95 after a year. My iPhone 11 dropped below that right before I traded it in and turns out it was a software problem. If you’re “maintaining” your charge at 40-80, then it seems you’re charging it more often than not and what’s the point in that. The phone calculates the finite charge cycles and usually shows major degradation around 430-500 cycles. But hey, if you’re not interested in ever upgrading, then conserve away.
true. it just seems like a massive fucking chore to do that charging cycle stated in the video above. you phone exist to serve you, not the other way around lmao
I have a iPhone SE 2020 for about 1,5 years at this point. I've charged it to 100% pretty much every single time and the battery health has only dropped down to 95%. And honestly that's still really good considering how often this thing needs to be charged due to it's terrible battery life. So in the end just don't worry about it too much.
But if keep charging it every time it hits 40, and unplugging at 80, which might be a few times a day, won’t that reduce the number of charging cycles the battery can endure ? Typically lithium ion batteries can least about 600-700 charging cycle give or take a couple hundred so if I’m doing it three times a day instead of once won’t that reduce overall life ?
Hello, charge cycles actually mean charging from 0 to 100%. For example, you charge it from 40%-60%, 50%-70%, 60%-80%, 30%-50% and 50%-70%, it is one charge cycle. O
Make a video on MacBook battery technology. Since I noticed that sometimes my MacBook battery will discharge while plugged in and then recharges back. I’ve read online that it has something to do with preserving battery performance but it would be great if you can make a video explaining it.
It's the exact same battery chemistry, and so the exact same care-and-feeding rules apply. As to why a battery can drain while plugged in, there are basically two reasons for that: 1) Charged state for Li-Ion cells is usually based on an educated guess. The charge controller (or the monitoring and safety controls built into the pack itself) keep track of the cell's current total capacity. This diminishes over time, so an _occasional_ complete charge/discharge cycle can help re-calibrate it by allowing the controller to see the extremes of completely charged and completely discharged (aka, the total capacity.) When the device is running on battery, it samples the load current being drawn from the battery at regular intervals and averages it to a figure of mA per Hour, or mAH. If you know the total capacity in mAH, and the running total of _consumed_ capacity in mAH, you essentially know the percentage used and available. Same goes while charging -- but with mAH in, rather than mAH out. The correct way to charge a Li-Ion cell is to dump power into it at _no more_ than a certain current. (The larger the cell, given a certain chemistry of cell, typically the higher rate of current you can safely consume and charge at.) As you dump current into the cell, the cell's voltage will rise. Once the cell charges up to a particular voltage, you either terminate the charge, or reduce the current until the voltage rises to a maximum cell voltage. Then you stop charging completely. (Any more transforms the cell into a pyrotechnics device.) This is all done by the controller, BTW - you don't have to be aware that this is happening, since expecting the user to unplug the device exactly when it's done charging is a fire waiting to happen. So, if the charge controller notices that the cell voltage is rising to its Constant-Current to Constant-Voltage transition period before the point it expected, based on calculated charged percentage, then it knows the cell is charged up to a higher percentage than it estimated. This could be because the cell's total capacity is less than expected. Likewise, if the voltage is NOT rising when expected to, it could be that the cell is at a LOWER percentage than anticipated. And so, this discrepancy can be reflected by a "backwards" movement in charged (or discharged) percentage, or a sudden jump in either direction. I.e., if the battery percentage changes in a non-intuitive way, it could just mean that the charge controller is adjusting its awareness of battery capacity and/or charge level, based on data collected while charging or discharging. 2) Particularly now that we're using USB C, rather than bespoke chargers, you may not have a power supply capable of supplying the entirety of the computer's operating load while still being able to charge the battery. It's nice to be able to charge a laptop from a phone or tablet power brick, but that lower-power brick is physically limited, and isn't going to be capable of charging as fast, or while under load. So, even if you're plugged in, it may not be charging. But, it should still be _reducing_ the discharge rate, compared to running from battery alone.
This is not MacBook stuff... basically most battery powered devices do this. Especially phones. Once you reach 100%, they start to discharge down to 95-97% and then charges back to 100%. That's just normal stuff.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t recharging the phone that many times actually deplete the battery as you will have to recharge the phone more frequently as the phone will be in a certain range of charge. As most Apple products have 500 or so charges before their battery’s start to deplete, wouldn’t this actually use those charges faster meaning the battery will have worse performance faster that charging it to 100%.
In my experience, with multiple iphones, using the wireless charging capabilities, the battery life lasts way longer than when plugging it in with a lightning connector. The cycles do not diminish nearly as fast. I have a 2.5 year old XR and the battery health is still at 98% and I never charged it via lightning cable.
Yep I tend to agree. I’ve got an iPhone 12 mini which doesn’t have super battery life. Bought it in December last year and battery health says now at 95%. And I don’t leave it sitting on drip feed after 100%. But trying to stay between those figures advised just becomes too much I reckon. I love the phone and hope to get at least 3 years out of it. How much does it cost to actually replace battery? Never done that before. Thanks.
I tried this for a year, and its just too troublesome, to save what, 1-2% of battery health per year? If my battery wears out eventually so that it doesn't give me enough power for a whole day when I'm around and about, then it means its time to either replace the battery or buy a new device.
No, as said in the video, you can leave it plugged in and it will charge to 80%, wait as long as possible and charge to 100% just before you need it. Idk how it exactly works, maybe you can limit the max charge to 80%. I usually charge my Android phone in the evening and in the morning if necessary.
@@joelee1195 based on other comments, there's an option to limit the max charge to 80%. What it's doing currently is just waiting with topping up the final 20% until some 20 mins before you unplug it. If you need 100%, that's the best option you have, if you don't, you can set the limit.
Is it that good to plug it again and again for that 40-80% maintenance, aint that hectic at all? I have 15 (just purchased) give me some peace of mind regarding the necessary care for that brother?
I’ve had my iPhone XR for almost 3 years. I’ve charged it to 100% every night and down to 10% almost every day and sometimes charging it back up to 100% twice in a day with heavy use and regularly have it down to 0%. My battery health is 90%. I’d say this is overkill to worry about.
I think I’ll stick to spending 20 bucks every couple of years and replacing the battery myself. I always try to get good quality upgraded batteries as well.
iPhone 12 and up are "non-consumer repairable". In other words you have to send them off to be repaired or buy a new phone. If you try to swap the camera from one brand new iPhone 12 to another, they won't work. Battery? Same story. Swap them back, and both phones will work just fine again. Parts are 'coded' to the phone.
@@marceld6061 Exactly, that’s why I won’t buy the newer iPhones. It’s fu**ing ridiculous that they added chips on batteries, cameras, screens, etc that make it so you need a couple hundred dollar programmer just to fix them. Maybe a couple years from now I’ll get my hands on a programmer but I doubt it.
So after 2 years u wouldn't need to plug it 5 times a day also u can charge till 90% if u don't like 80% it won't be as effective but still it's good for long run
There isn't. Saving your battery for down the road just doesn't make any sense. The battery degrades regardless anyway as it ages. There is no stopping it. Its chemistry. But whatever makes people feel better.
@@rrrglynn actually there is my old phones still work with flawless battery it isn't that hard to keep it between 20-90% and it's actually better to keep it above 20% as if u have to go somewhere in emergency it will have some juice left and 90% is also plenty
This information is correct . Plus one important fact is you can actually charge to a 100% but just don't let the phone stay on a full 100% charge for way to long as these batteries hate that the most ... I charge when ever I want for short charges throughout the day n I don't charge above 83 to 87 % then in some cases I charge to 90 % ... Hello from Sènègal
Optimized charging learns your usage and will try charge only to 80 percent until you normally use your phone. For example, I plugged in and went to bed. Woke up before I normally do and the battery was at 87 percent. There was still enough time to get the battery up to 100 by the time I woke up again
@@abhaymhatre8534 hmm. Maybe on android. But definitely not iPhone. iPhone just has optimized battery charging but that’s different from what you’re talking about
If I knew at the start of the day that I would be having a long day then for sure I would charge it up to 100% even though I may have access to the chargers on the way or where I am going.
This probably applies to all all brands of cell phones. It's something I liked about the older phones and some other brands now is the back is easy to remove too replace the battery.
There’s almost no real way to keep yourself from charging your battery up to 100 percent. I think depending on what kinda day is ahead of you charging to 100 percent makes perfect sense to me.
Lol I almost never charge to 100%, no problem with that. One thing you can do is charge only as much as you need to have 20% left at the end of the day (that serves as an "emergency" reserve). Anything more than that isn't necessary. And of course, sometimes you need 100%, or you might just not want to think about that, that's fine. There are more and more phones which can take care of themselves;) It's always a trade-off between the short- and long-term needs.
@@pmj_studio4065 in my daily routine I actually need my iPhone to be fully charged up since I work on it partially, but I charge it back when it’s at around 20% when I go to sleep with optimised charging activated so I take as much care of it as I can
especially when you plug in before bed
Mine hasn’t hit 100% in a few weeks. (I use the smart battery pack and haven’t connected to a normal charger in that time)
No one is going to be around for 99 percent. Is iPhone charging management that terrible?
I would rather spend money on replacing the battery when its health goes too low for peak performance than take care of it like a baby.
we're brother xD
Yes, it is a choice, some will prefer to baby their battery and some will smack it as hard as they can? No problem either way if you understand what you are doing. My XS Max is at 95% after nearly three years and there was little hardship maintaining a healthy battery charging routine.
It isn't that hard to keep the battery between 20-90%
Some of us are broke.
Same
Remember also that extreme temperatures can cause battery degradation too, so if you can avoid it don't use your phone too much in direct sunlight, don't bury it under snow etc. At the end of the day you're more than likely to buy a new phone at some point in the future so just enjoy the devices you have whilst you have them and don't worry yourself about it. I got an M1 MacBook Pro and was very concerned with battery degradation for the first week or so but then realised that everything ages and there's nothing you can do to prevent it, plus it gets in the way of your enjoyment. Also, you can get a battery replacement if you have to. :)
temperatures are the actual enemy of batteries, state of charges are only a small part of the degredation.
This is so wrong. It depends on how you use your phone. I had the iPhone 12 pro Max since it came out, and it’s battery life is at 100% till this day. I charge it when it’s at 0%/15% all the way to full charge. I only use it for watching RUclips and music. I got the iPhone 13 pro Max when it came out and used it for gps, web, games, and watching at full brightness, and it’s at 97% battery life. So no, charging it to 100% is not bad practice, it’s how you use it.
who tf buries it under snow 😭
I don’t know I feel so dumb because when I first had my iphone 11 I should have been more careful with charging habits so then it wouldn’t be have gotten kinda bad I had it in terrible weather condition too which I don’t know how to prevent but I also even let water get to it a little which is what probably made it bad…but also is battery replacement more worth it than to have to buy a whole new phone??
@@Yuh-gp4uy Not me I don’t even get snow but I do get severe heat where I live in the summer which I don’t know how to keep my phone safe from and that includes winter too I guess because around 30 degrees is too cold for it
They need to give us an easy way to keep the max battery capacity while charging. I'd love to be able to use it plugged in at ~80% while at home by a computer.
Fun Fact: Asus does this already for their laptops
@@nikhilkoganti i think macbooks do this too based on your laptop routine, you can set it to charge fully at a certain time too!
I know what you mean.
I wonder if there’s a way to accomplish this.
@@nikhilkoganti Asus gaming phones have that feature too
my phone automatically stops charging at 100% so if I pick it up it's still cold not heated up by charging
This is bordering on OCD or something. Charge your battery when it's low and take it off when it has enough or 100%. Meticulously checking to make sure it's never below 20% or above 80% everyday for 2+ years is a massive waste of time and thought.
Yeah, I'm not going to mess with that. I keep it on the charger so I have 100% battery when I go into town. And I put it back on the charger when I get back. Besides, I don't know if Apple is still doing this. But I know they did have cheap battery replacements.
it's really not. you get a notification when the battery hits 20% and if you have battery optimize charging on, the battery won't go past 80% unless you need it. did you even watch the video?
@@colt5189 Exactly. And if you wanna keep the phone for 3-5 years then just get a new battery like you said. $70 max.
@@Brian-kr7bw Yea I did. Unless you stay home all day that's not feasible and not worth worrying about. And if you're gonna be gone all day you should have your battery at 100% as you never know what can happen. Ultimately just buy a battery replacement if you're gonna keep the phone long enough to where diminished battery will become a problem.
@@Brian-kr7bw and you can create a shortcut to notify and perform actions when battery reaches 40 percent for example. Mine will dim the display and turn on battery saver
I used an iphone 7 from november 2018 to January 2020 and all the time i charged it to 100% with the battery condition never dropping the 86% that already had when i bought it second handed. Now i have a new 12 and i find it crazy to use it between 80% and 40%. I bought the phone to enjoy it, not to stress myself
They should add a feature 90% charge limit
then 90% would just become the new 100%
Right!!!
You could probably set a reminder/ alarm through Shortcuts
Yes or an option to stop changing at 80 or 90 percent in the settings lot of times people forget to unplug there phone then it goes to 100 percent
You’ll have to buy the pro version to get that “feature”
My daily routine is almost perfect for battery longevity. I usually end my day with 30-40% left and charge at the morning while eating breakfast about an hour. Usually charge is at 95% at that point. My iPhone 11 Pro has 100% battery health after one year.
It’s call about the charge cycles (100% - 0%, therefore you if charge your phone from 40% - 80% that is 0.4 charge cycles). There is this super good video explains why your battery health is still at 100% after a year. Like yes this does slightly help but whatever you do the battery health will always drop from the amount of charge cycles.
ruclips.net/video/w6--6z4ZcNk/видео.html
I do the same but my 11 pro max is at 96% after almost 2 years
Mines at 83 🤙🤪
@@sveronih5376 The 11 pro max has a bueautifull design. I hear some moderm phones battery has more than the stated amount, so even though it charges to a 100 percent its not really 100 percent at the hardware level, this means that battery longevitiy is improved, I hear samsung does this and their battery longevity has improved.
The battery health thing isn't accurate anyway. Mine went from 87 to 93. It goes up and down all the time. There is no way in reality it is actually 100% after one year. It's simple chemistry.
If we keep the battery percentage between 20% and 80%, it will be like we’re using a battery that has 60% of its capacity from the day we bought it. Doing this will be more of an inconvenience than a decreased battery capacity over time.
True. I also thought the same but I guess if you happen to know that you're gonna need as much battery life as possible for the next day, it's okay to fully charge your iPhone.
Yes, with newer especially 13 pro/max you shouldnt even care abouit it, maybe just beware of high temperatures
If the battery doesn’t last for you during the day, don’t do it. Keeping it between 80% and 20% makes sure you have that extra battery life when you need it. Even if you want to charge above 80%, you should at least try to keep your phone above 20%.
That does actually equal only 60 percent of use which hasn’t really gotten me through my day but again I don’t know if charging to 90 percent is dangerous…that includes charging from like around 20 percent is that the best practice id love to know that way I can ensure I’ll have a good sleep every night knowing I don’t have to stress over my phones battery because lately I’ve been overthinking it for a while since I never really took great care of it in the first place…also I will invest in getting a weather resistant pouch so it will keep my phone safe no matter what the weather
Battery is always a problem on Apple users like us and we sometimes overthink or freaking out if we saw our battery degrading or even down percentage.Android users didn’t even think about their battery at all.No worries.
Agree, my battery health is still at 100 % after almost a year on my 12 pro max using the same method you mentioned in your video. 👍🏽👏🏼
Awesome 🔥 in this we can use the phone for years without battery replacement because apple's battery replacements are too expensive
@@arvindramesh1830 agreed. My iPhone 12 had about another couple mah
Same here, I use the rule of keeping between 20 and 80% instead of 40 and 80. Works like a charm 😎
@@paulbenish Yeah, same here. I thought I was doing something genius but I actually ended up finding out that it's because Apple does not get the exact mAh correct on every single battery, which makes sense.
Same
It seems counter productive to only charge your phone to 90 percent because you don't want to degrading down to 95 percent. You've basically just dropped it's max capacity to 90 percent because you're scared of it degrading.
Yes unless you want to sell your
iPhone or something like that. You want it to be as close as the day you unpackaged it. Take it from me: 4 iPhones “went” to the garbage disposal all because I was careless about it and also I was a “no case guy”.
I got my 13 pro max two weeks ago and man I’m nursing it like a baby because I want some of its value “back” afterwards.(Ok also as a personal challenge but still)
@@drunkargonaut3899 it will still sell at whatever market rate used obsolete iPhones go by the time you sell regardless of how much time you spent obsessing about battery %.
But you're not actually losing max capacity by limiting the charge. On days when you know you'll want more, you can always get that full 100%. Also, if you don't limit your charging, the degradation won't stop at 95% - far from it. My brother's iphone 12 dropped to 90% battery health after only a year.
I am totally confused about all the suggestions I get on maintaining battery health. I never charge my phone to hundred percent and never let it drop below 40% since I am working from home it is easy to manage this by creating automations that alert you when your battery drops to 40% and reaches 80% even after following all the best practices it’s been one year with my phone which is an iPhone SE 2020, battery health has dropped to 80% and now honestly I don’t give a damn about battery health follow the same routine and hope for the best after all I spent good money on this phone I am still awaiting value for my money 🤣
This is so wrong. It depends on how you use your phone. I had the iPhone 12 pro Max since it came out, and it’s battery life is at 100% till this day. I charge it when it’s at 0%/15% all the way to full charge. I only use it for watching RUclips and music. I got the iPhone 13 pro Max when it came out and used it for gps, web, games, and watching at full brightness, and it’s at 97% battery life. So no, charging it to 100% is not bad practice, it’s how you use it.
Basically, what he said in the video is right (kinda).
Don't use your phone extensively when it's below 20%. That will most definitely degrade the battery. Because your battery at this stage gets really hot as it pushes to deliver power.
But it's perfectly fine to charge it to 100%.. but just don't leave it plugged in at 100%. That's exactly what optimized battery charging tries to prevent.
Does that work for MacBooks? The battery of my notebook is at 94% after a year of moderate use (sometimes I don't use it for days in a row, so I am confused as to why it degraded this much so far).
@@lucasdesiderio1121 having it with very low battery is bad even if you don't use it
HOW U CAN I DONT LEAVI IT PLUGGED IN WHEN I PLUG IT IN BEFORE I SLEEP, so it is charging 8 hours
@@llllllllllllllllllllllllll4313 what i do is charge it at BEFORE i go to sleep, when its 100 i put it on low battery, go to sleep Then i wake up early for school, depending if its 85 or 90 i charge it again, by the time i get out the shower its 100 perfectly, not overcharged or undercharged.
Eventhough my battery is still 68- 80% i already charging it until 97% 😊😊😊
I think I'll just get a battery replacement from apple whenever I need to and that just sums up my usage. I charge whenever I need to and how much I need to.
The way it's supposed to be.
I charge how ever I want, I will trade it in within a year anyways. Never had issues in the past. Battery health diminishes regardless. I just pay for Apple Care and they will take care of it.
Ive had my ipad for 2 years and the battery health is an ok battery and i charge all the way to 100% also im not waking up just to unplug my ipad like what 😩🤚
@@i5816 Right. It's just stupid.
@@i5816 my iPhone 12 mini is at 82% and only had it since November. What I do, mostly for fun, I use smart plugs and create automation. I created an automation so that my charger turns off at 80% and turns on at 20%. Each Apple Watch has its own charger and I put a schedule on the the ones I use on certain days and times of the week. My automation will keep the phone charging past the 80% if one of my apple watches is charging.
When I'm at home, I personally turn cellular and bluetooth completely off when in the zone of my WiFi network. Don't need it at home. Not only does not charging to 100% help with the battery, but reducing any drain where necessary also helps.
I love that this channel takes a question and makes a really thorough explanation video and yet they are only about 3 minutes long while other channels would take 10-20 minutes full of unasked extra info and ads to answer the same question.
Heck, if my battery starts messing up, I would rather just replace the battery or get a new device depending on how long I’ve own it
That means u have a lot of money😂
PS: Just kidding
@@EverythingComputerized Iphone battery is not that expensive if you change it every two years or so
Exactly that's the Purpose
@Dacia Sandero guys hOW my battery health dropped down to 17% after 1 year of using it. and now we replaced the battery a year ago and currently it's down to 55%
@@ceriserys bro change the battery
Thanks Greg from now on I’ll try not to charge my iPhone to 100% even if it triggers my OCD lol
y'all dunno what OCD actually is
you're talking about perfectionism
OCD is a mental health disorder
Charge it. This video is a lie,
Charge it to 100 and use it to the fullest 💯. Dont worry about that. Sure, it'll degrade the battery, but you can just change battery whenever you feel like it.
It's better to change battery every 2-3yrs than limit yourself to only 80% of battery and charge it frequently in that long fcking 2yrs right?
@@cameronvaughn6247 ikr these people be acting like tiktokers having fake mental disorders
You don’t have ocd
To my knowledge, there is a software built in that makes sure you don’t overcharge the device. Also, the biggest issue is heat that generates when you charge the phone. That is what’s killing the battery. If you charge more often for shorter periods, you should be just fine. I’m charging mine to 100% every day. I’ve seen people with multiple devices to achieve better battery performance doing it that way rather than playing and babysitting a phone.
I have always charged my phone up to a 100% every time, but sadly the battery health decreased to 80%, this was perfect timing Greg!! I literally took my phone out of the charger at a 100% and then I take it out to see you posting a video about this mistake, I’ll keep note of this in the future
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Edit 2: wow Tysm people 182 likes is just too much to me ty
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yeah me too. I didn't even believe that before until my iphone's battery capacity decreased to 88%.
RIP me :((
Me too! Mines at 89% tho
Yo me too
Wow mine is at 82%
220
To be honest people have lot of things to do in their life apart from constantly monitoring battery percentage. I would recommend getting battery replaced after every 2 years (around 80% battery health). As we pay for the experience not stress.
Ur right but the thing is u will loose water resistance
@@sukhmanpreetsingh07 but if you do it at an apple authorized service?
I’m a simple man, I wake up and use my phone throughout the day then charge when I go to bed and repeat.
This is why we need Right to Repair, so we can replace the batteries easily when it gets to this point
Apple replace for free with apple care or £60 if not
@@joebowe3111 the battery cost is 20$ and im talking retail prices.
apple lost the case of right to repair and now allows users to fix their own phones.
Most the people would not replace their batteries
@@juicyjacob7964 that’s not true, look at the new iPhone 13. the phone is completely unusable after the phone is dismantled
Do a video on the optimize battery function and discuss about battery health
Search in YT and you'll get hundreds of videos about it
@@abhaymhatre8534 and probably better explanations than this one here...
My iPhone 7+ has been charged to 100% every single day for the last 5 years and it has received very heavy usage. The battery capacity now reads 92% so it's doing extremely well for a 5 year old phone
WTF?! Mine dropped all the way down to 74%
@@Volt-sn6gw lmao your phone needs a battery replacement
@@Volt-sn6gw same here. to 76% and i've changed to a new battery. Now it's back to being a beast again
My iPhone 11 is at 92% aswell. Pretty good for a 3 year old phone that is being used well over 5 hours a day
@@Nxkamxbxms how often do you charge your phone throughout the day?
I've never understood the logic of protecting your battery's capacity by not using your battery's capacity. And I really don't think that it makes as much of a difference as some people think. I've always just charged and discharged my mobile devices however I want, almost always charging all the way to 100% when I can, and I've never had to replace a battery. My launch day 12 Pro Max is still saying 100% capacity. Your battery should remain in good health for years no matter what you do, unless you go out of your way to abuse it by exposing it to extreme temperatures on a regular basis.
@@cjayscrib What?
Now what’s your battery health
@@kimjong-un5570 I upgraded my 12 Pro Max to a 14 Pro Max about 15 months ago. The battery health of my current phone is 95%, which I think is fine for over a year of use.
Other things to help prolong your battery health:
- Use a slow charger (I use a classic Apple 5w charger they used to include with iPhones). Faster charging is in theory not as good for your long term battery health.
- Try to prevent it from getting excessively hot (for me this usually happens if I mount my phone to my car to use the GPS, because when the GPS is on, the screen is usually on too, and then because of how it is mounted, the back of the phone is often being baked by the sun). Find a way to mount it so the sun doesn't beat on it's back, and / or only use the audio of the GPS and turn off the screen and place it away from direct sunlight.
@Dan Swildens, some people can't afford a new iPhone every year (specially outside the US, where iPhone's are way more expensive), and some people just don't want to (because they don't think they need to do so or whatever other reason). In this case it's always good to know how to take care of your phone's battery so that it lasts longer, isn't it?
My android phone charges full in 30 min 😳😳 i can't turn it off. But my iphone takes almost 2h i think to charge (it has a Huawei charging brick)
I’ve gone back to a slow charger(5w) instead of 15w and I love it
I'm not using a slow charger. I'll pay the $89 to replace the battery once before I upgrade to a new iphone after 5 years. I'm not waiting 4 hours for my phone to charge lol
For really casual users this is doable to finish the day with just 40% of your battery drained out. But for people who work with their phone, or uses the camera or consumes a lot of social media, it's practically impossible to achieve those numbers, which means this is impracticable. The best advice to take care of the health of the battery is to avoid keeping the phone under hot conditions, specially when charging (cause the charging process already heats up the phone).
What is it like living in a power bankless world?
After almost 15 years of using phones, I had no problem with charging to 100 percent, never got any battery issues but for the first time i tried this method on my galaxy S8 and this method destroyed the battery less than 4months.
This is only for iPhones
That is true, but I think that for most people is practically impossible. What I do is to full charge overnight with the old slow 5W charger and trying not to do it later than reaching ~25% left on my iPhone 11 Pro. Apparently that has worked out because after 2 years of heavy use, I still have 98% of battery health. Hoping to be helpful
I regularly charge up to 100% since I have an iphone and in 3 years I still have 96% battery. I think it's not exactly a problem in charging but how you use the phone.If you sleep on the phone all day then it is no wonder that the battery life is drastically reduced in two years regardless of charging.The main problem with dying% battery is the owner of the phone.
Three years of using iPhone and still 96% of battery health? That's pretty amazing
Your animation is underrate dude, awsooomeeee 👍
As a longtime Tesla owner, can confirm this is true. 40%-80% is ideal. HOWEVER, I don't agree that this is important in the context of a smartphone. The extra few minutes of battery life you might get with a better battery health percentage is not worth the amount of effort it takes to constantly worry about unplugging your iPhone at 80% or rushing to find a charger at 39%. The battery in iPhone will work just fine for many years, even as the health drops below 80%. By the time it's worth worrying about, you can simply replace the battery or upgrade your iPhone, which you were going to do anyways if you watch RUclips channels like this one.
Actually in all Android phones it's pretty reasonable to get a battery replacement and hence after 3 years you can get a battery replacement and use the phone like new again for as long as you can use. iPhones on the other hand ate pretty expensive to repair for some reason. Apple just wants you to buy a new one and pretend they care about environment
Ah yes , most people get a new phone after 2 or 3 years even if they don't need to because iphones are pretty good. You can easily use one for 4 to 5 years
@@abhaymhatre8534 It is £69 in the UK for a new iPhone battery and £45 for an S21 Ultra replacement battery so £24 difference which is not "pretty epeensive" as you claim!
@@andyH_England ok
@@abhaymhatre8534 it is just about 25 USD to change the iPhone battery in Indonesia.. they even install it for free
I still have my iPhone 8 since its release, and I always charge it to 100% and deplete its battery to a mere 1%. And its Battery health is still at 100%. It's not how you charge it; you just have to prevent your phone from overheating that causes the depletion of battery health.
The battery health on my iPhone 12 is now at 99% after a full year of charging from 15-20% to 100%. I'm more than happy with that as I upgrade every year.
BTW its not actually 99% the statistics shown in barrery capacity is not always right. After a year of usage it should be 94% or below. I can send a vid link if u like to see what i mean
And is alright too because u upgrade every year battery shouldn't be s priority so well Played
I love how he's making tips the moment I'm about to get an iphone
getting an iphone was legit one of the best purchases i’ve ever made. was an android fanboy, android broke, got a shitty first gen iphone se for $70 and after using it for 1 hour i decided that i will never buy an android again. after that, i got an iphone 11. i’m really happy with it!
Wait one more month for the iPhone 13!
@@M1R0NK3 iphone 12 in my country sell for 3000USD. it's insane, I'm not ready to be ripped off again with the 13. I'm getting an 8. Is overpricing even legal if it's 300% profit?
@@juvero7504 thanks for the pov. I was/am pretty hesitant in getting an iphone with my money but if you think your change was satisfactory I will follow by your footsteps
Which one are you getting?
On an iPhones with USB-C charging port, it is possible to block charging over 80%. I hope in future versions of iOS, this feature will also be available on an iPhones with Lightning port.
Another explanation is the fact that when you charge above 80% or discharge below 20%, you are forcing the Lithium ions to be concentrated in one of the anode (above 80%) or cathode (below 20%) parts of the battery. The high concentration will drive an irreversible reaction between the lithium ions and the materials for the anode/cathode, consuming the lithium ions needed to store charge, which will decrease the battery overall capacity.
Therefore, lithium ion batteries degrades the fastest when it is kept at 100% or 0% for long periods of time, which is why there is this advice of keeping the battery charge level between 80% and 20%. Also ideally one should store devices at about 50% if they are not going to be used for a long time to minimise battery degradation.
I realised not a lot of tech RUclipsrs brought this up about keeping battery charge balanced, so I just leave this info here for anyone who still don't understand why keeping it at 100% degrades your battery faster.
Here's the thing that confuses me about that: how do we know what 80% of the battery *really* is? I always hear that above 80%/below 20% is bad, but wouldn't that be 80%/20% of the actual total battery capacity-not just the limited capacity the phone shows? Remember, the phone does not use the entire battery; there are safety limits put in place. So what we see as 100% on our screen, is not actually the battery's 100%.
@@billyb7465 Percentages are just an estimate, true battery energy is indicated by voltage. Most manufacturers consider 4.2 volts to indicate a fully charged lithium-ion battery. Most research indicates that lithium-ion batteries have a "sweet spot" voltage near 4.0 volts, meaning charging past that point causes significant stress that increases more and more as the voltage rises. However, Apple charges their batteries to 4.4 volts.
The thing is, lithium-ion batteries don't really have a true 100%, they just have whatever voltage the manufacturer decides should be the stop point for charging. That's why Apple is able to charge to 4.4 volts even though the standard for lithium-ion is 4.2 volts.
So regarding your question of knowing what 80% really is, it's not really possible to know exactly. The good news is, that doesn't change what we know about best practices: if we charge to whatever Apple calls "80%" it will be very beneficial to the battery in comparison to charging to what they call 100%, because we know that Apple's "100%" is a voltage above the normal lithium-ion max voltage of 4.2 volts and far above the "sweet spot" lithium-ion voltage of near 4.0 volts.
Apple's batteries are protected by charging circuits. The latest iPhones reach what they call "0%" near 3.2 volts and the phone automatically turns off at that point. Then, it operates in a reserve power mode, presumably until the battery becomes nearly empty at 3.0 volts. So it's true that the phone is not actually at 0% when it says it is, and it's true that it's above what most would consider to be 100% when it says it's at 100%, but none of this really impacts the principle discussed because the numbers are relative; charging from 20% to 80% is much better for the battery health than charging from 0% to 100%, ensuring that the battery always has a better max capacity than it otherwise would have.
I recommend setting up an automation in the Shortcuts app. That way, no thought or effort is required to stop charging at 80% or 90%.
There’s no message suggesting one should remove their device from power to discharge it to “improve” battery health. The screenshot you showed at 1:38 was for low power mode, a message that appears when the user reaches 20% battery charge remaining. The iPhone doesn’t “automatically” start throttling anything at 20% unless the user enables “Low Power Mode”. The iPhone (and iPad) do throttle at 2-3% though. You’ll notice dropped frame rates when scrolling through web pages and opening apps as well as the device getting extremely slow until it dies.
This video is wrong on so many levels, do your research Greg before making misleading and flat out incorrect videos.
That's exactly what I've been doing since I bought my iPhone 11 Pro 1 year and 8 months ago and my battery capacity is still at 100%! No joke. I try to only charge up to around 80% and try to not let the battery down from 20%. I also normally only need to charge my phone once a day
Love this video, so many people don’t understand this. 100% on a Li-ion is around 4.2 V per cell in most software, and this high voltage puts extra wear on the battery. But companies have no choice because they want their advertised max battery to be competitive and if they choose a lower max voltage to represent 100% then the battery life statistic will be lower, even though the battery will last much longer in terms of charge cycles(overall life of the battery). Lithium ion batteries don’t “fill up”, there is no actual 100%, you can continue to increase the voltage across the cell until the battery eventually explodes. As I said many companies choose 4.2v/cell as 100%, but this greatly reduces the batteries overall life, it’s best to stay under 4v/cell as a rule of thumb, or around 80%, roughly.
Apple actually puts more wear on the battery than 4.2 volts. Apple's latest smartphones charge the battery to 4.463 volts (confirmed by multimeter, as well as by viewing the diagnostics logs on the iPhone, also the battery has 3.8V printed on it as the nominal voltage which is higher than standard nominal voltage 3.6V or 3.7V). This is a trend in the smartphone industry: push the lithium-ion battery voltage higher, so that all lithium-ion battery improvements go towards more power but not more years of service. They are trying to keep service life the same: 500 cycles until battery reaches 80% capacity.
So for smartphones in particular, charging below what the manufacturer calls "100%" is especially beneficial. Charging to "80%" could easily double the cycle life. I recommend setting up automated alerts in the built-in Shortcuts app on iPhones so that Siri tells you when to stop charging, Other phones probably have similar apps. Samsung and Asus have options in their phones' settings menu to limit charge to 80% or 90%.
@@Henry-vz5hh Thanks for the info! Yes, I use an apple shortcut to set a 1 minute timer every time the battery percentage passes 75%, it's really easy to set up. It would be really nice if Apple let consumers use software to actually stop the phone from charging but as far as I know this is not possible through Apple's restricted app permissions and honestly I don't see them doing it anytime soon unfortunately. It's intentional, Apple's biggest competitor in the smartphone market doesn't come from android phones but from the resales of older iPhones.
FYI, my routine is when battery reach 30% put it on charger and charge till 100% then again when it reaches to 30%, again charge it to 100%.
Once in a month do a full discharge (0%) and again charge it to 100% to calibrate battery.
For first 4-5% battery health degrade it takes months but when it reaches to 95% it starts degrading faster snd settles on 85% and then take eternity to reach to 80% battery health.
I may start to follow the procedures in this video, especially because my iPhone’s battery health is down to 73% after having it for 4 years.
Mine is 60% after 2 years(iPhone 6s) ):
Mines at 89% after not even having it for a full year
I just measured how long does it take for my iPhone to charge from 20% to 90% and anytime I charge it I set a timer for that certain amount of time needed to reach 90%
Just leave your phone at 0%. Works wonders for the battery!
actually it’s one of the worst percentages to keep on your iphone
its a joke, I know that
@@Kxnii well I better get ready for the wooshers then
@@paowoww Technically, yeah what he is saying is true. Using your phone is bad for the battery. Leave it dead because it can't be used and it'll hold battery health for longer.
My extremely old iPod touch 2nd gen has been doing this for a long time and I can't even get it off 0% anymore, no matter how long it sits on the charger.
I know it's dead, it's a joke.
Very informative since I’m OC and very conscious about my battery status and when it drops to 90 … I’m paranoid grabbing my charger and charge it quickly. Now I know.
I charge my iPhone xs max every time to 100% when its flat till now the phone never disappoints still fighting with battery health of 98 percent freedom fighter
I have that phone it’s the best looking iPhone I think
My Xs has sat at 85% battery health for over a year now. I don’t have any issues whatsoever with it either.
Is it bad to be always on low power mode? (In the settings) even though you’re at maximum battery level?
No
not necessarily but you'll have to decrease the overall performance, if you're using latest iphone I think this trick is not necessary, only for the old model
For the health of the battery (long-term and short-term), no, it will only help if the iPhone’s battery last even longer. For the user experience, it could slow things down a bit, but that’s for you to decide. If you feel like your phone is being a little sluggish, then turn it off till you reach those low percents.
I do not find a difference in the low power mode and the normal mode.. so I don't bother.
@@mvx627 On older iPhones, low power mode makes most animations run at 10fps and is instable. On newer iPhones its not that big a difference.
The battery is the least stressed by 50% charge because the charged and uncharged bits are equal. However the devices are so efficient now and we upgrade/change them so often that you’re not trying to make it last even 5 years in most cases, so no charging stresses on users are necessary really. Though the advice here is good practice, chances are you won’t have the device long enough for it to matter. My current phone is the SE1 (iphone5 form factor/era) is now showing enough wear to warrant a battery change after 6 years. It was used every waking moment nearly to play videos (plus phone duties and games), so it was seriously used. Sure I wish it had more battery now but no one really keeps their phone as long or uses it as much as me, so i wouldn’t worry too much.
Me: Charges my iPhone to 100%.
Apple Explained: Why you shouldn’t charge your iPhone to 100%
I heavily use my phone throughout the day so just keep my phone on battery saver mode even at full charge and I am sitting pretty until I get home late.
What do you mean “sitting pretty,” like a pretty girl?
My iPhone 4 years old 11 pro max still have 85% battery health even though i daily charge it when I about to go to sleep and unplugging it in the morning.
The software is already smart enough, leaving your phone charging overnight didn't damages your battery like many people say
I’m loving these new mini vids!!
You do realize that we should be charging your phone to let it LAST ALL DAY. We should not be carrying around 30% and a charger constantly
Just use a phone with bigger battery 🔋 .
@@abhaymhatre8534 I swear that was one of the few good parts of using an android phone, but I much prefer ios as an operating system. And android phones use lithium ion batteries too, so his “advise” stands for all phones
@@jaycie4760 yeah , I know . I also keep my phone to charge while I take a bath and it charges upto 80 to 85 percent in that time . So I don't have to keep an eye out to remove it at 80.
@@jaycie4760 Don't worry, a bigger battery means almost nothing in an iPhone. I learned from my mistake, which was only looking at raw specs when chosing phones. But I didn't think about how much better iOS is optimised. It is designed to last a day on that smaller battery with normal usage.
@@matekolonics honestly though, I mis going 2-3 days on a charge lmao
I had mine since its initial launch 2021 and still at 100% battery capacity. Just don't use your phone while charging and keep it from heating up. I like to put it on airplane mode and use 30W of charger. Hope this helps
I watched a video that explained that Apple has a built-in feature on the iPhone that doesn't allow it to charge past 100%. Yes, it will still charge to 100%, but that's the way it was designed.
Rene Ritchie has done a video on this and the short answer is to just let the phone do it all and not to micromanage your battery since it has advanced algorithms to keep the battery healthy, leave optimised charging on and use it like normal.
Yep. I always charge my phone to 100% if my schedule for the next day warrants it, therwise I just wait until the battery is low before plugging in. 10 months of owning the 12 and my battery health is at 98%.
iPhone 11pro almost 5 years old, been using the hell out of it, battery health is 70%.
I’ll continue to use it as I did for the last 5 years and when the battery dies imma change it, no big deal. The phone serves me, not the other way around.
I like how this video is "iPhone-specific" when in reality, it applies to all phones 😂
The channel is apple specific so…
I used to have several android phones before finally switching to iOS and I never saw a feature where it says if your battery health is good or no
Yeah 😂
This includes all iPhones
@@Pawcio2115 why do you wanna download when you have built-in lol 😆
I always charge to 100%, everyday even (I plug in no matter the current battery percentage), and my iPhone X is still at 93% after about 4 years. That's perfectly fine for that amount of time.
@NIKOLAS GUNADI whats deplete?
@@yuriei. drained your battery
So if you use 40% of your battery's capacity instead of 80-90%, the battery degrades slower. Mindblowing...
I think mot charging your phone to 100% goes for all phones, not just iPhones. Good advice generally
That’s why he literally said that
No, it’s bad and false advice actually. This doesn’t go for any phone.
Conspiracy theory: What if the 100% that we see when the phone is fully charged isn't really 100% but 80% because Apple already does the optimization for its users? How about just use and charge your phone at your convenience without worrying too much?
It isn't. In every phone 100% isn't 100% charged . And 0% is also not 0 %
It's not a theory or apple's mastermind. In every modern day phone the charger and the phone are pretty smart . 100% which we see might actually be 95 or 98 percent .
Right
@@abhaymhatre8534 In that case then this video (or any charging advice/best practice) is really unnecessary since we won't know exactly if the 40-80% charge that we see is the actual 40-80% charge.
Just take it off charge at 80 percent whenever possible and do small top ups during the day if you can
I don't know how accurate this video is. I have an iPhone XR that I purchased in October 2018. Almost daily, my charging routine runs counter to what the video suggests. Today, 9/19/21, the battery health on my iPhone reads 89%. Frequently, I don't recharge the phone until it reaches single numbers. Before bed, I charge the phone overnight. It usually takes up to 2 hours for the charge to reach full charge. For me, 89% is pretty damn good after 3 years.
Extreme temperature and just the amount you use the phone also will determine the battery health. Good job for 89% in 3 years!
I don’t pretend to discredit you, but I would love to know how you get to this conclusion. There’s a lot of myths and supposed ways to keep batteries longevity, so I guess it’s difficult for me to believe any. Also, does this apply to iPads and MacBooks? Thanks, Greg! Huge fan over here.
Anything with a Li-ion battery. So yes, iPads and Macbooks are included.
I got my iPhone 11 pro max back in December 2019, and it still has 100% battery health. I think i’ve never charged it to a 100%, i always stay on between 25-85%
That’s dumb. It will stay at 100 battery health for even longer if you charge it properly at full 100
Why don't they allow an option to make 100% actually 80% so if you keep it plugged in it stays at 80% instead of 100% but shows 100% in the UI?
Nah, I’ll just use it the way I want and replace the battery every 2 years. Machines are made to serve humans, you PAID for them and they must make you happy.
Tesla robots coming for you first
well not everyone can afford to do that... but glad you can :)
I’ve always charged my phones to 100, never had them drop below 95 after a year. My iPhone 11 dropped below that right before I traded it in and turns out it was a software problem. If you’re “maintaining” your charge at 40-80, then it seems you’re charging it more often than not and what’s the point in that. The phone calculates the finite charge cycles and usually shows major degradation around 430-500 cycles. But hey, if you’re not interested in ever upgrading, then conserve away.
true. it just seems like a massive fucking chore to do that charging cycle stated in the video above. you phone exist to serve you, not the other way around lmao
@@sayhowling fr
I have a iPhone SE 2020 for about 1,5 years at this point. I've charged it to 100% pretty much every single time and the battery health has only dropped down to 95%.
And honestly that's still really good considering how often this thing needs to be charged due to it's terrible battery life. So in the end just don't worry about it too much.
dude i need a tip mines iphone se too and it reached 78% it depletes so fast that i upgraded to a 13 mini 😢
How is what you just described called a terrible battery life lmao
Idk i’ve had the SE 2020 for 2 years and it’s 77% and if i’m being honest it was one of the worst phones that i have used
Upgraded to a 13 now
But if keep charging it every time it hits 40, and unplugging at 80, which might be a few times a day, won’t that reduce the number of charging cycles the battery can endure ? Typically lithium ion batteries can least about 600-700 charging cycle give or take a couple hundred so if I’m doing it three times a day instead of once won’t that reduce overall life ?
Exactly I agree
I think charge cycles means from 0 to 100%
Hello, charge cycles actually mean charging from 0 to 100%. For example, you charge it from 40%-60%, 50%-70%, 60%-80%, 30%-50% and 50%-70%, it is one charge cycle. O
I can confirm this technique works. My iPhone has 95% health after 3,5 years of daily use and almost 900 charge cycles.
I’ve had my iPhone for over a year and always charge it to 100% and it’s still working great
Make a video on MacBook battery technology. Since I noticed that sometimes my MacBook battery will discharge while plugged in and then recharges back. I’ve read online that it has something to do with preserving battery performance but it would be great if you can make a video explaining it.
I aggree`
yeah it’s the thing he’s talking about when it learns ur charging routine
It's the exact same battery chemistry, and so the exact same care-and-feeding rules apply.
As to why a battery can drain while plugged in, there are basically two reasons for that:
1) Charged state for Li-Ion cells is usually based on an educated guess. The charge controller (or the monitoring and safety controls built into the pack itself) keep track of the cell's current total capacity. This diminishes over time, so an _occasional_ complete charge/discharge cycle can help re-calibrate it by allowing the controller to see the extremes of completely charged and completely discharged (aka, the total capacity.)
When the device is running on battery, it samples the load current being drawn from the battery at regular intervals and averages it to a figure of mA per Hour, or mAH. If you know the total capacity in mAH, and the running total of _consumed_ capacity in mAH, you essentially know the percentage used and available. Same goes while charging -- but with mAH in, rather than mAH out.
The correct way to charge a Li-Ion cell is to dump power into it at _no more_ than a certain current. (The larger the cell, given a certain chemistry of cell, typically the higher rate of current you can safely consume and charge at.) As you dump current into the cell, the cell's voltage will rise. Once the cell charges up to a particular voltage, you either terminate the charge, or reduce the current until the voltage rises to a maximum cell voltage. Then you stop charging completely. (Any more transforms the cell into a pyrotechnics device.)
This is all done by the controller, BTW - you don't have to be aware that this is happening, since expecting the user to unplug the device exactly when it's done charging is a fire waiting to happen.
So, if the charge controller notices that the cell voltage is rising to its Constant-Current to Constant-Voltage transition period before the point it expected, based on calculated charged percentage, then it knows the cell is charged up to a higher percentage than it estimated. This could be because the cell's total capacity is less than expected. Likewise, if the voltage is NOT rising when expected to, it could be that the cell is at a LOWER percentage than anticipated. And so, this discrepancy can be reflected by a "backwards" movement in charged (or discharged) percentage, or a sudden jump in either direction.
I.e., if the battery percentage changes in a non-intuitive way, it could just mean that the charge controller is adjusting its awareness of battery capacity and/or charge level, based on data collected while charging or discharging.
2) Particularly now that we're using USB C, rather than bespoke chargers, you may not have a power supply capable of supplying the entirety of the computer's operating load while still being able to charge the battery. It's nice to be able to charge a laptop from a phone or tablet power brick, but that lower-power brick is physically limited, and isn't going to be capable of charging as fast, or while under load. So, even if you're plugged in, it may not be charging. But, it should still be _reducing_ the discharge rate, compared to running from battery alone.
This is not MacBook stuff... basically most battery powered devices do this. Especially phones. Once you reach 100%, they start to discharge down to 95-97% and then charges back to 100%. That's just normal stuff.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t recharging the phone that many times actually deplete the battery as you will have to recharge the phone more frequently as the phone will be in a certain range of charge. As most Apple products have 500 or so charges before their battery’s start to deplete, wouldn’t this actually use those charges faster meaning the battery will have worse performance faster that charging it to 100%.
Nah charge cycles are always additive to 100%.
500 charge cycles, which is different than only charging a part of the battery.
@@xeonbladev18 Yes, but you'd be using far fewer charge cycles if you just kept your phone on the charger whenever possible...
Love the simple, but very effective style of animation you have on your channel. ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥
I've been charging my phones to a 100% and usually discharging them to under 20% without any problem. And I'm expecting that at this price tag 🏷
In my experience, with multiple iphones, using the wireless charging capabilities, the battery life lasts way longer than when plugging it in with a lightning connector. The cycles do not diminish nearly as fast. I have a 2.5 year old XR and the battery health is still at 98% and I never charged it via lightning cable.
it's not really 98%
when u first got you phone it was at 100 right? it wasn't actually 100% it was more like 105/4% because some iphone batteries go over 100
@@ascotpark5102 uh-
If you are naturally a busy person often away from home, would you say this is worth the trouble to go through?
Yep I tend to agree. I’ve got an iPhone 12 mini which doesn’t have super battery life. Bought it in December last year and battery health says now at 95%. And I don’t leave it sitting on drip feed after 100%. But trying to stay between those figures advised just becomes too much I reckon. I love the phone and hope to get at least 3 years out of it. How much does it cost to actually replace battery? Never done that before. Thanks.
Optimized battery charging never works for me since I have a constantly changing schedule. I wish they just let you manually set it.
I'd like it if you could at least sync it with your wake-up alarm.
I tried this for a year, and its just too troublesome, to save what, 1-2% of battery health per year? If my battery wears out eventually so that it doesn't give me enough power for a whole day when I'm around and about, then it means its time to either replace the battery or buy a new device.
if only apple gave us a feature to put a hard limit on charging level like how tesla does
I’m using iPhone 12 Pro for 3-4 months, and the battery health is still 100%. I tend to charge to 100 all the time.
then that 100% is actually 103%
And now, what’s the battery health?
Does this happen thought in an iPad because all I have right now is an iPad and not an iPhone
Thank you for this explanation
Does this mean I can’t leave my iPhone charging overnight? Should I set my alarm at 2am to unplug the charger before it reaches 100%?
No, as said in the video, you can leave it plugged in and it will charge to 80%, wait as long as possible and charge to 100% just before you need it. Idk how it exactly works, maybe you can limit the max charge to 80%.
I usually charge my Android phone in the evening and in the morning if necessary.
@@pmj_studio4065 I have that smart charging option (whatever it’s called) enabled and every morning my iPhone is at 100%.
@@joelee1195 based on other comments, there's an option to limit the max charge to 80%. What it's doing currently is just waiting with topping up the final 20% until some 20 mins before you unplug it. If you need 100%, that's the best option you have, if you don't, you can set the limit.
Is it that good to plug it again and again for that 40-80% maintenance, aint that hectic at all? I have 15 (just purchased) give me some peace of mind regarding the necessary care for that brother?
We need more why you shouldn’t videos. Great job Greg!
Not if they are fake like this one. He did a terrible job as he misinformed you and others.
I’ve had my iPhone XR for almost 3 years. I’ve charged it to 100% every night and down to 10% almost every day and sometimes charging it back up to 100% twice in a day with heavy use and regularly have it down to 0%. My battery health is 90%. I’d say this is overkill to worry about.
Are u heavy user ?
Is this the same applies to iPad???? Is healthier to charge my tablet to let's say just 85%?
I think I’ll stick to spending 20 bucks every couple of years and replacing the battery myself. I always try to get good quality upgraded batteries as well.
iPhone 12 and up are "non-consumer repairable". In other words you have to send them off to be repaired or buy a new phone. If you try to swap the camera from one brand new iPhone 12 to another, they won't work. Battery? Same story. Swap them back, and both phones will work just fine again. Parts are 'coded' to the phone.
@@marceld6061 Exactly, that’s why I won’t buy the newer iPhones. It’s fu**ing ridiculous that they added chips on batteries, cameras, screens, etc that make it so you need a couple hundred dollar programmer just to fix them. Maybe a couple years from now I’ll get my hands on a programmer but I doubt it.
@@shrekboi2465 👍🏾💯
So, in order to avoid losing battery health you need to use your cellphone like it has 70% of the battery?
What is the point?
So after 2 years u wouldn't need to plug it 5 times a day also u can charge till 90% if u don't like 80% it won't be as effective but still it's good for long run
There isn't. Saving your battery for down the road just doesn't make any sense. The battery degrades regardless anyway as it ages. There is no stopping it. Its chemistry. But whatever makes people feel better.
@@rrrglynn actually there is my old phones still work with flawless battery it isn't that hard to keep it between 20-90% and it's actually better to keep it above 20% as if u have to go somewhere in emergency it will have some juice left and 90% is also plenty
This information is correct . Plus one important fact is you can actually charge to a 100% but just don't let the phone stay on a full 100% charge for way to long as these batteries hate that the most ... I charge when ever I want for short charges throughout the day n I don't charge above 83 to 87 % then in some cases I charge to 90 % ... Hello from Sènègal
But how can you get around 40%-80% while charging during overnight?
You can limit the max charging limit in battery settings
Thats what I always thought as well, im sure Android have a feature were stop effectively drawing power when charging overnight
@@Scouser89Liverpool22 yes , every phone today does that
Optimized charging learns your usage and will try charge only to 80 percent until you normally use your phone. For example, I plugged in and went to bed. Woke up before I normally do and the battery was at 87 percent. There was still enough time to get the battery up to 100 by the time I woke up again
@@abhaymhatre8534 hmm. Maybe on android. But definitely not iPhone. iPhone just has optimized battery charging but that’s different from what you’re talking about
Person watching this without a phone: i guess I’ll just click right off
Considering that you said why apple doesn’t do a mod with stop the charge at 80 %
I’ve had my XR for 2 1/2 years, and let it discharge to 10% then charge it back up to 100% since i got it in March 2019. I’m at 89%
Same man i got my Xr in june 2019 and i always charge my phone overnight yet still it is at 91% of battery health
I got 3 yrs and I’m at 94% I charge at 100 all time
If I knew at the start of the day that I would be having a long day then for sure I would charge it up to 100% even though I may have access to the chargers on the way or where I am going.
This probably applies to all all brands of cell phones. It's something I liked about the older phones and some other brands now is the back is easy to remove too replace the battery.
I just use my phone however I want, and replace the battery after ~1-1.5 years. Phones are supposed to make our lives easier, not adding more hassle.
And having to spend the money and time to replace the battery isn’t a hassle?
@@hardcle compared to baby-sitting it everyday, it's nothing
@@clebsgaming92 No baby sitting necessary. I set my charge level in an app, unplug it when it’s done.
@@hardcle what app do you use?
@@hardcle not all people are gonna wait for iphone to charge 80 percent😂😂 they have some work to do ..