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My iPhone Battery Life After a Year at 80% Charge Limit

Juli Clover at MacRumors:

With the iPhone 15 models that came out last year, Apple added an opt-in battery setting that limits maximum charge to 80 percent. The idea is that never charging the iPhone above 80 percent will increase battery longevity, so I kept my ‌iPhone‌ at that 80 percent limit from September 2023 to now, with no cheating.

My ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro Max battery level is currently at 94 percent with 299 cycles

Via John Gruber, who's stats are "max capacity: 89 percent, 344 charge cycles".

I kept my phone at 80% charge for most of the year. There were 4-5 times where I let it charge to 100% for things like camping trips or long climbing days. I never cary an extra battery (with the exception of camping where there was no power), and I don't think I once depleted my phone. With a handful of exceptions, I charge via MagSafe.

My day one iPhone 15 Pro stats are: max capacity: 100%, cycle count: 229.

Am I an outlier, or are Gruber and Clover?