I limit my laptop battery charge to 80% with a third party software tool. Laptops can generally bypass the battery and directly power themselves from the wall.
Does this new 80% battery limit setting imply that the new iPhones are able to do the same? Implication would be less battery wear while docked on a desk/in a car or due to long “AAA” gaming sessions, since it will draw power direct from the wall rather than using the battery as a middleman.
Apple has the same feature on their laptops, but it’s “AI” driven so it can decide for you if you want 85% or 100%. Except it’s a fucking joke and almost always charges it to 100% and they don’t give you a way to say fuck the AI let me decide.
The worse it is, the more money they make on battery replacements.
That sounds like the same “Optimized BatteryCharging” option already available on older iPhone models.
I believe this would slow down charging until you need it.
I unplug my phone like 8am every weekday so when I charge at night it says it will charge slowly past 80% until 7am instead staying at 100% from 12am to 8am.
For me it’s even worse: it will charge to 80% during the times I’m working. So, when I unplug the MacBook to work somewhere off a power source, I’m left with 80%. Then, when I finish my work day, it immediately charges to 100% and stays that way until the next morning. It’s the complete opposite of what makes sense.
The AI knows what’s good for you. It’s a sign to have more work life balance. /s
Imagine having an iPhone in 2023 after all their lawsuits and bad faith, lmao