Reports in August 2023 suggested that the batteries in the iPhone 14 generation had depleted faster than expected, with people reporting reduced battery health by up to 10 percent.
People wouldn’t even know that their batteries had depleted if Apple didn’t give them this information – which is something it was forced to do a few years ago after the ‘Batterygate’ scandal where the company was found to be throttling iPhones whose batteries were degrading. Apple maintained this was to stop handsets suddenly shutting down. Since the arrival of iOS 11.3 in early 2018, it’s been possible to go to Settings > Battery and tap on Battery Health to see how healthy your battery is.
In more recent years, Apple has made changes to iOS to preserve the battery for longer, including Optimized Battery Charging, which prevents an iPhone from remaining plugged in for long periods while fully charged. Optimized Battery Charging has been a default setting since iOS 13 arrived in 2019. You’ll have probably
