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Between this and my battery replacement I opted into, my 6S Plus feels brand new. If your battery health is < 85% I really suggest you take advantage of the che

Between this and my battery replacement I opted into, my 6S Plus feels brand new. If your battery health is < 85% I really suggest you take advantage of the cheap battery replacement by year end. https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power

MonkeyDan 8y ago
And use something like coconutBattery to check. iOS reports 82% while coconut reports 62% (!) on my 2 year old 6s. Definitely getting that replacement ASAP.
ben174 8y ago
My iPhone X is at 90%. You don't think it's worth the $29 + trip to Apple Store?
- achompas 8y ago
  If your battery health isn’t low enough, Apple will not replace the battery. This happened to my mom and her iPhone 6.
  - gnicholas 8y ago
    This was the rule early on, but I heard that they will now replace the battery no matter what. The current guidelines don’t mention any threshold: https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power
- throwaway427 8y ago
  He tried to tell me that I didn't need to but I told him the battery drains precipitously in the cold and that'd I prefer we switch it and he just said ok and started the process. [edit] To answer your question, I guess it couldn't hurt? The thing is that I definitely did not trust the 81% that the battery health check was telling me. My battery would drain in minutes from 30% and the phone was practically useless in the cold.
androo829 8y ago
The apple store replaced it for free for my 6S.
ozmbie 8y ago
I recently replaced the battery in my 6S (it was free under a replacement program). Combined with iOS12, I have no reason to upgrade to a new phone for another year or two. Performance is great. The camera is really the only feature that I would upgrade for at this moment. But I don’t use the camera much.
theogravity 8y ago
They refused to replace my 6S battery unless I paid $150 to replace the screen (there was a crack outside of the main display). Amazon sells a bunch of self-install battery kits for ~$21, which has a same-or-higher capacity battery, including the tooling. It was very easy to do the self-install, and my 6S is just really snappy. This was only on iOS 11 too. Excited for iOS 12.

MonkeyDan 8y ago

And use something like coconutBattery to check. iOS reports 82% while coconut reports 62% (!) on my 2 year old 6s. Definitely getting that replacement ASAP.

ben174 8y ago

My iPhone X is at 90%. You don't think it's worth the $29 + trip to Apple Store?

achompas 8y ago
If your battery health isn’t low enough, Apple will not replace the battery. This happened to my mom and her iPhone 6.
- gnicholas 8y ago
  This was the rule early on, but I heard that they will now replace the battery no matter what. The current guidelines don’t mention any threshold: https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power
throwaway427 8y ago
He tried to tell me that I didn't need to but I told him the battery drains precipitously in the cold and that'd I prefer we switch it and he just said ok and started the process. [edit] To answer your question, I guess it couldn't hurt? The thing is that I definitely did not trust the 81% that the battery health check was telling me. My battery would drain in minutes from 30% and the phone was practically useless in the cold.

androo829 8y ago

The apple store replaced it for free for my 6S.

ozmbie 8y ago

I recently replaced the battery in my 6S (it was free under a replacement program). Combined with iOS12, I have no reason to upgrade to a new phone for another year or two. Performance is great. The camera is really the only feature that I would upgrade for at this moment. But I don’t use the camera much.

theogravity 8y ago

They refused to replace my 6S battery unless I paid $150 to replace the screen (there was a crack outside of the main display). Amazon sells a bunch of self-install battery kits for ~$21, which has a same-or-higher capacity battery, including the tooling. It was very easy to do the self-install, and my 6S is just really snappy. This was only on iOS 11 too. Excited for iOS 12.