It might be time to replace your iPhone battery.
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You can live with a cracked screen or a scratched camera, but once you start getting battery issues, your iPhone may be in some trouble. It’s a common issue, because all batteries degrade over time, but is it enough of a problem to consider replacing your battery right now?
If you’ve got an iPhone that’s slow to charge, has trouble maintaining a charge throughout the day or is unexpectedly shutting down, you should seriously think about getting your iPhone battery replaced.
And you might want to do it sooner than later. Apple recently announced that starting March 1, you’ll have to pay $20 more to replace your battery through Apple’s existing services (except for the iPhone 14 models, where the price is staying the same).
In this story, we’ll show you how to easily check if you need to replace your iPhone battery right now, as well as what you can do to prolong your battery’s health.
Read more: I Replaced My iPhone’s Battery Myself and You Can Too
Your iPhone battery becomes less effective over time, but you could also have a faulty battery on a brand-new iPhone. To quickly check if there’s an issue with your battery health, go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging. If you’re running anything below iOS 16.1, the latter will appear as just Battery Health.
At the top, you’ll see the maximum capacity of your battery, which should be 100%, or close to it, if you have a relatively new iPhone.
However, what you want to look at is Peak Performance Capability and the sentence underneath that. If you see Your battery is currently supporting normal peak performance, you don’t have any recognized battery issues and you shouldn’t need a replacement.
Check what it says under Peak Performance Capability to learn if you need to replace your battery.
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If you see any of the following messages, you may need to replace your battery, or at the very least make an appointment with Apple or an authorized service provider to check your battery out:
Depending on whether you have insurance (third-party or AppleCare+) or not, you may not have to spend any money at all to replace your iPhone’s battery. If your iPhone is new, you have at least a one-year warranty to replace a defective battery. If you do not have insurance, Apple charges an estimated $49 to $99 to replace your battery. Additionally, you can check out the Apple Service Programs page to see if any replacement or repair programs are available for your device.
You can even replace your own battery.
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The quicker you go through your daily battery life, the quicker your battery’s overall lifespan degrades, so here are some tips to follow, according to Apple:
You can toggle on auto-brightness (left) and prevent apps from refreshing in the background (right) to improve your battery life and lifespan.
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If you need more battery-saving tips for your iPhone, check out eight ways to improve iPhone battery life, two iOS 16 features to disable to save battery and what happens if you keep your iPhone in Low Power Mode all the time.
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