The iPhone battery has always been the subject of debate, almost since the original model. Its duration and aging worry all users, something that Apple wants to solve with optimized charges. Now, something is going to change with the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro.
And I’m not talking about any update hardware of these models, no. I’m talking about the next iOS 17 update, which will “double” the battery health of those iPhones. They are the benefits of the engineering effort that Apple has made with its most modern phones.
From 500 to 1,000 charge cycles
It’s not every day that Apple realizes that it has underestimated its own products. It turns out that a re-evaluation of the battery capacities of the iPhone 15 has resulted in a discovery: these models They are capable of resisting twice as many load cycles than his predecessors.
Consequently, Apple will take advantage of the upcoming iOS 17.4 update to “double” battery life in system parameters. If before it took 500 charge cycles to reduce its maximum capacity to 80%, now 1,000 charging cycles will be needed. Let’s remember that a charging cycle is counted as each step from 0% to 100% of the battery, even if this is done in several charging “sessions”.
So if you have an iPhone 15 or an iPhone 15 Pro, you will be able to see how the battery health will decrease at half the rate at which it decreases in previous models. More longevity, less worry.
More data and more peace of mind
In addition, with the arrival of iOS 17.4 we will also be able to see Additional data on battery health. Not only its state of health and percentage of maximum capacity, but also the year of manufacture of the battery and its date of first use. iOS 17 took those first steps a few months ago.
All this, of course, as long as the iPhone 15 has an original battery. If in the future it is changed to one that does not have authorization or has not followed Apple’s processes, then iOS will report that the part is not original and therefore can no longer be supported. It is best to reserve unofficial part changes for when the iPhone is very old.
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