A year later, Apple has failed at USB-C (just like everyone else)
A year later, Apple has failed at USB-C (just like everyone else)
It's been a year since the iPhone adopted USB-C. Has Apple's switch been for the best, or is the series worse off?
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With Apple I use wireless charging and I almost never plug anything into my phone. Wireless is so much more convenient.
Same story for me. I charge exclusively via MagSafe (except in the car for CarPlay), and with the 80% limit on the 15 Pro I’m back to full power pretty quickly.
Limiting charging to only 80% doesn’t do that much. It about halves the battery degradation but that’ll only be a noticeable difference after 3+ years where most people either get their battery replaced or get a new phone anyways.
In my situation I work from home, so having a battery at 100% capacity is pretty meaningless. The 80% capacity limit also prevents my phone from burning up on the wireless charger, so that’s another plus.
It’s been a year now and I'm still at 100% battery health. Honestly, with my level of usage I think I could stretch this device for 5-6 years.
Oh, wow, in this case this is indeed the better tactic.
Nice. I’m at 92% health after a year.
I do use that power most of the time though (I spend way too much time on my phone). I do wish that control were more granular: if I’m charging overnight at home, I want to charge to 100% but if I’m wireless charging in my car I usually want to maintain
We’ll see if my habits change with this phone. Previously I expected to replace the battery and give it to my teen after 2-3 years. That way we use the phone for the full 5-6 years of supported life, they’re abuse is for only half the life, but we all get updates more frequently and I’m not stuck replacing all phones at the same time. However now they’re college age so they may no longer be content to have a hand me down