I did the same and I don't believe it. Once I get lower than 60% capacity, the battery goes to 30% in a couple of hours without use - it never did that 6 months ago.
I don't quite buy what apple is saying about the capacity. it May be 96% of the original but the discharge curve seems to have changed. Also it seems to self discharge when capacity is lower.
Fortunately about 3 weeks ago I scheduled a replacement with Apple and I am about to leave in the next hour to get it replaced. Will post again in this thread with my observations with a new battery
Follow-up report, made appointment and showed up at the Apple store on a Friday afternoon expecting it to be empty. Was very surprised to see it PACKED. Since it has been a very long time since I set foot in a Apple store not sure if this is normal or not. Quite possibly the crowd might be due to it being Good Friday.
In anycase, got my phone back after an hour of handing it over - which was quite impressive considering the number of people who had showed up with the very same request.
After about a day of use, the iphone 6 feels like a new phone, the screen freezing up momentarily when I scrolled has gone away. The phone feels very responsive compared to the same phone on an old battery, and the battery does not drop by 60% overnight - only about 15% which is to be expected.
I think I can easily get a couple of more years of use out of this phone. I am loathe to spend $800 to $1k on a _phone_ that needs replacing every 2 years.
So yeah - $29 was well worth it! YMMV
Thanks for the follow-up. The symptoms on my IPhone 6 are similar to what you described. I'm reading max capacity at 91%. It's about one year old. It gets used as an Internet access device extensively (while we're on RVing trips) so the battery has been depleted and recharged very frequently, sometimes more than once a day.
I'm going to go to Google and find my closest Apple store and make an appointment.
I'm still running iOS 10.3.3 on my iPhone 6 due to all the battery craze. This summer I'll likely replace the battery, and with a recharge during the day and having a battery case, it has met my needs so far. Idk: is it really worth it to upgrade to the latest version of iOS 11 whatever that is ?
Thanks, Rich
I don't know if this applies to the iPhone but since it specifically mentions the iPad, I suspect it does not.iPad charge management
- Maintains battery health when iPad is connected to power for prolonged periods of time, such as when it is used in kiosks, point-of-sale systems, or stored in charging carts.
........ Sooo after being a lifelong Apple person I switched out to Samsung Galaxy phone and am very happy with it. This was 6 months ago so this news about the battery being intentially slowed down by Apple is somewhat vindicating for me that I was not nuts...that my phone truly had an issue. However, I will never go back to IPhone. Samsung is so much better, user friendly and far out performs Apple
+1
II finally got fed up with the hassles, and upgraded from the iPhone 6 to a Samsung Galaxy 7 in March ‘17. Absolutely LOVE the Galaxy, so much so that when it’s time to upgrade our iPads (soon!), I’m dumping Apple and going with Samsung tablets. I seriously doubt I could ever go back to an Apple phone.