iPhone 14, some users complain about battery capacity drop. Some owners of the latest Apple iPhone 14 and even 14 Pro smartphones report a significant drop in battery performance which, in less than a year, would have already dropped to 90% of its original capacity.
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An important degradation, much greater than expected and predictable, which triggers the alarm on the net, with comparisons between the various devices of those who have already had an iPhone 14 for several months, to understand how widespread the global problem.
In July, AppleTrack’s Sam Kohl on Twitter (now X) posted his thoughts recalling how none of his previous iPhones had exhibited such rapid battery drain, and many of the comments seem to share the same experience. A few days ago he returned to the subject with a video on TikTok in which he basically says that he finds it difficult to recommend the phone for this very reason, especially given how much it costs.
However, the numbers leaked online to date are rather conflicting because there are those who point out that their iPhone 14 Pro has dropped to 93%, others to 91%, and some sporadic cases stopped at 97%. However – they say – it is also true that in previous years most of them did not experience any drop in capacity at least in the first two years of the phone’s life.
What Apple says?
According to official data, iPhone batteries are designed “to retain up to 80% of their original capacity for 500 full charge cycles”, so while these new numbers compared to the past may be annoying, they remain within the window guaranteed by Apple.
Remaining on the subject, those who intend to replace the battery outside the warranty must take into account that it will cost even more than in the past: in fact, since the beginning of the year, Apple has increased the cost by around 15 euros for all models.
Finally, we remind you that starting from iOS 11.3 there is the battery status monitoring function which allows you to activate or deactivate the performance limitation which in the past was the hallmark of the batterygate: at the time Apple said in fact that this measure was introduced precisely to protect iPhones from premature battery aging.
