I’ve had an iPhone 12 mini since launch and the battery life has become pretty abysmal. However, I’m reluctant to replace it with a newer, bigger model. My battery health is sitting at 86%, which really doesn’t sound that bad, but I feel like the actual battery life is way worse than when I bought it. Has anyone replaced their battery around this percentage, and did it give a noticeable boost?

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    1 year ago

    Changing your battery will add significantly to your phone’s life. I usually have the battery on my phones replaced at least once in its lifetime.

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    1 year ago

    I did a battery swap on a four year old iPhone 11 Pro that did not make it through the day sometimes, despite battery health at 88%.

    This did fix it, the phone feels like new. Did the swap at an Apple store, walk-in with appointment and wait two hours.

    The battery health percentage is not an accurate health measure. My battery was done, even with showing 88%. The Genius guy told me the number of charging cycles is relevant as well, and he recommends a swap after 750 cycles. Mine was at around 800 cycles.

    All in all: recommended.