Sorry, but you are absolutely wrong this time. My iPhone 15 Pro Max is 99%. I got it day one. 289 cycle count.
I’ve been doing this since the 12 Pro Max. Each year, 100% health.
I decided to try it and I can say conclusively that charging to 80 works.
My wife gets iPhone current - 1.
My oldest daughter gets iPhone current - 2.
My youngest daughter gets iPhone current - 3.
My MIL gets iPhone current - 4.
After that, I just give them away to friends and sometimes acquaintances. Sometimes I trade in via Apple or Gazelle.
For example, I gave the son of a guy I work with my old iPhone 6+ a few years ago.
Pretty much a cottage industry. Family is on board since they all get yearly upgrades.
@davidhmccoy 👆🏻 This is a perfect summary of what John is missing. Even if you’re upgrading every year, it’s not like the device disappears from the face of the earth.
If @gruber, and others who upgrade every year, throw the old one in the trash, I agree with him: The setting doesn’t matter. But I mean, then we have a bigger problem. 😛
@gruber @davidhmccoy I wasn’t saying there was any.
I was saying that “Not looking at the life of the phone past year 1, is the only way to conclude that the 80% setting doesn’t matter”.
Now, I can get finding it worth it to burn the battery a bit quicker to enjoy the 100%. (I’ve needed it on my Mini!) The battery would probably need to be changed a year or two sooner, with the economical and ecological costs that entails. But not the end of the world, I reckon.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I wasn’t saying there was any. I was saying that “Not looking at the life of the phone past year 1, is the only way to conclude that the 80% setting doesn’t matter”. Now, I can get finding it worth it to burn the battery a bit quicker to enjoy the 100%. (I’ve needed it on my Mini!) The battery would probably need to be changed a year or two sooner, with the economical and ecological costs that entails. But not the end of the world, I reckon.
True. I also run a bright screen. I turn off the auto-brightness. I want that thing blazing so I can enjoy my many lock screens(check my posts).
I treat 80% as my 100%, that is, I keep it topped off at 80%. Originally with the 12 Pro Max, I would check it constantly and unplug it. I saw that worked, but man! It as labor intensive.
I have automations that turn off my iPhone charges at 80% and that alert me to when it hits 80 or hits 65%. The charger turn on at 74% /1
At this point, if I’m in the car and it hits 80, I just pull the plug from the AC port. Don’t even really think about it anymore.
I then get the next phone, and pass it down the line. “You’re going to LOVE the better camera! And it’s so fast!”…as I’m unboxing my new iPhone.
I remind everyone to 1)get a new case, if necessary and 2)eyeball the “new” phone before I wipe the old one.
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