Apple iPhone help

I have an Apple iPhone that is a couple of years old. It is starting to run out of battery quickly and generally not play Ball.

Apple can replace the batteries for about £80. Has anyone had this done before and does it work?

The cynic in me thinks that their lifespan is deliberately limited to about 2 years which is often the duration of the contract ..

cheers

 

I'm not an iPhone user, I favour Samsung, but I'm a Mac user. They are very clever at limiting upgrades after a certain time on MacBook Pro's. I suspect that may be the case on iPhones too? If it is only 2 years old it would probably be worth getting a replacement battery, but I'd only get it done by Apple registered outlets, else any warranties or apple cover will be invalid. Their business practices are shocking TBH.

 

Mine's a couple of years old but seems fine. So far. Suppose you have it on low power mode and all that?

 

There is a guy upstairs in market who does them

 

Exactly this older models don’t update and one of the signs is battery use. Two year old phone (if new then) should be fine.
I would check on the updates before paying out for a new battery.

 

I,ve had loads of Apple products never had any battery problems checked the battery health on mine after 2 years and it’s at 90%

 

Phone geeks near Bramahs replaced mine a couple of years ago. £35 Been fine ever since

 

Watch a couple of YouTube videos, get a cheap toolset and new battery off Amazon and you can sort it for less than half that price. Might take 30 mins and cause a few swear words at the fiddliest bit but it’s nowt anyone with half a brain couldn’t do themselves.

Alternatively, take it to a place on market. It’ll cost somewhere between the two prices but you don’t have to do it yourself. You won’t have the tools or know how for next time either though…

 

Mine’s a 2019 iPhone 11 and the battery is still good. Have you checked its health?

Go to Settings > Battery, then tap Battery Health & Charging.

Once your battery capacity drops below 80 per cent, Apple will show you a message recommending that you replace the battery

 

I'm completely allergic to all Apple devices. Really don't get on with them. I used to have Samsung phones but they all slowed down after a couple of years. Plus the amount of bloatware on them is horrendous. Switched to a Huawei P10 a few years ago when it just came out and was blown away by the quality and functionality, especially as it cost half of what the flagship Samsung Galaxy did at the time. Finally replaced it two years ago as the battery wasn't holding its charge any more, but it was still running as fast as the day I bought it 4 and a half years later. Couldn't replace it with another Samsung so went for a mid-range Xiaomi which is also excellent, and running like new two years later. Paid well under £300 for it. Would never go back to Samsung.

 

Head to the seaside town of your choice and launch it into the sea,replace with a android phone.
My company issued work mobile is a iPhone and I have to resist the urge to slam it into a wall daily.

 

Glad it's not just me! I understand why people use Mac laptops for specialist purposes like graphic design or music production, but for everyday computing they're a nightmare. File compatibility issues, unintuitive functions if you're used to Windows. Not fun. I even run my DJing software off Windows and have no issues at all.

 

I can certainly see the advantages, but I don't like the fact that once you've bought one Apple device you should buy everything from them in order to make the most of your gadgets. Seems like a bit of a trap, although it's admittedly brilliant from a marketing point of view!

 

I suspect the cynic in you is onto something there.

To answer your original post properly, how do you manage your battery charging? Do you take any opportunity to top up the charge (at one extreme) or let it run down to zero (at the other extreme) or something in the middle?

All phone batteries use Lithium Ion technology these days and such batteries don't perform well if you let them run right down. This is because at very low charge levels, lithium ions start to get deposited on the anode and form crystals which eventually grow between the anode and cathode. This depletes the amount of lithium ions available to take a charge and eventually short out and completely ruin the battery.

 

Windows is much better these days. 10-15 years ago nobody serious in music / graphic design of photography would use anything but Mac. Now most of the people that work for me use PC, TBH.

 

They do have form for it:

https://news.sky.com/story/apple-to...admitting-slowing-down-older-iphones-12136088

 

Thanks all

 

Only if you try and use things designed for windows! If you try and use things designed for mac on Windows you'll also have "file compatibility issues"!