Heba Al-Sayed wrote Sunday, February 25, 2024 02:00 AM
Doubled Apple company iPhone 15 battery life cycle, not by giving owners a new battery and not through an update, but by updating a support document, according to the company “iPhone 14 models and earlier are designed to retain 80 percent of their original capacity at 500 full charge cycles under conditions Ideally, “iPhone 15 models are designed to retain 80% of their original capacity on 1,000 full charge cycles,” cycles under ideal conditions.
Apple continues to explain the meaning of the term “charging cycles”, when you use your iPhone, its battery goes through charging cycles, and it completes one charging cycle when you use an amount that represents 100 percent of the battery capacity, and a full charging cycle is set between 80 percent and 100 percent of capacity. “to calculate the expected decrease in battery capacity over time.”
However, the company does not clarify what the phrase “under ideal conditions” means, which is controversial due to Apple’s use of the metric that states that batteries retain 80 percent of their original capacity after 500 full charging cycles, while many companies claim that their batteries Good for 800 charge cycles, with Oppo once going so far as to claim that the Find X5 Pro’s battery can retain 80 percent capacity after 1,600 recharge cycles.
Apple may have been undervaluing the 500 number so it could underpromise and overdeliver, however there may be another explanation for Apple’s approach, specifically the tweak Apple pushed to iOS 17 exclusively for the iPhone 15.
Apple offered three different settings to improve charging for the iPhone 15 via Optimized Battery Charging, up to 80%.
Optimized battery charging aims to reduce battery wear and tear by delaying charging beyond 80% in certain situations (such as when charging at night), while the 80% limit sets a strict limit (although sometimes the battery will charge to 100% to maintain Accurate battery charging).
Has Apple improved the optimization algorithms to make them more effective at reducing battery wear, or does “under ideal conditions” involve taking advantage of the 80% limit?
Apple says the iPhone 15 battery is “designed” to retain 80 percent of its original capacity over 1,000 full charge cycles, which has raised questions about leaving a support document update until now, which may be due perhaps to Apple preparing to roll out a change in iOS 17.4. On iPhone 15 phones that now show recharge cycles.
Previously, if you wanted to know how many recharging cycles your battery had gone through, you needed a separate app running on your Mac, or a complex data extraction process.
Whatever the reason, we’ll have to wait and see what kind of battery life real-world use will reveal and hopefully users will see this significant increase, because it’s sorely needed.
