How to charge your new iPhone 11
How to charge your iPhone and iPad right: don’t charge from 0 to 100% and other tips
There is no ideal scheme, but follow the generally accepted rules and manufacturer’s recommendations.
The iPhone is an expensive device that we tend to buy for at least 2 years. At the same time we hope that after the planned service life it will still work properly and we can sell it for good money.
One of the first things that buyers of a used iPhone ask about the state of the device’s power source, for example: How long does the battery last?? So it makes sense to take care of the proper operation of the iPhone battery now.
As a power source in iPhones, iPads and other portable equipment, Apple (and other manufacturers as well) use lithium-ion batteries, which:
The battery memory effect refers to the reversible loss of capacity that occurs in some types of electric batteries when the recommended charging mode is violated, particularly when recharging a battery that is not fully discharged.
As a seasoned iPhone and iPad owner (since 2008), I responsibly declare that Apple uses quality power sources in its products.
According to the official information, the battery on the iPhone provides up to 80% of its original capacity after 500 full recharge cycles (on the Apple Watch, iPad, MacBook after 1000 cycles). This means that after 500 full charge cycles the battery life of your iPhone will be only about 20% shorter (ideal case).
Loss of battery capacity over time is inevitable and is caused by the natural process of aging, the intensity of which is affected:
- The temperature at which the battery is used and charged.
- Depth of discharge before regular recharging.
- Charging with currents higher than those specified by the manufacturer.
So, in order for the battery on your iPhone to hold at least a light day after two years of use, follow these simple rules.
The battery of any iPhone is designed for 500 charging cycles, which is approximately equal to 2 years of active use if you charge the smartphone once every day and a half. It’s best not to discharge your iPhone below 40% and not to charge it above 80%. then supposedly one cycle will be spent only after 3-4 charges.
Don’t fully charge or discharge the battery on your device. it’s optimal to charge it about halfway. If you store your device fully discharged, the battery can go into a deep discharge state and lose its ability to hold a charge.
The Useless Myth of 20% 80%
To keep your iPhone’s battery working, it’s advised to keep it under 20% discharge and under 80% charge for as long as possible. No full charge cycles and it will last longer. This is complete nonsense.
Still in the button phones there are controllers that simply do not let the battery go into a full discharge, when the phone shows 0%, it does not mean that the battery is at zero. To go into a full discharge, an empty phone has to lie idle for more than a week, if not longer.
Plus, the iPhone already has a software battery calibration that monitors the battery itself and corrects performance flaws. So, opening the battery settings, you can see that the system will gently charge the phone when it reaches 80% of charge, so that the battery does not overheat.
So it anyway will not go to a full discharge and recharge, it has to manage to do. So, do not waste your time and nerves on this. over, frequent recharging is what really kills the battery. By the way, I already discussed this myth in the article about how to charge your smartphone properly.
How long does it take to charge the iPhone?
The right answer is as long as it needs. And the speed at which the battery will be filled with energy depends on many conditions:
- The choice of power supply unit is important. By the way, I safely use the adapter from the iPad (Apple allows you to do so) is really faster.
- Whether or not you’re using the device while it’s charging. Of course, if you play a game and simultaneously charging, the process may take longer.
- Even the length of the wire makes a difference!
When it comes to 0 to 100% charge time, the iPhone (depending on the model) can take anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours. Naturally, the longest charging time “plus” iPhone 6 and 6S. Simply because they have a higher capacity battery. This is more like a benchmark, you may have a little more or less. Read here about each model’s charging time and whether you should pay much attention to it?
In cases where deviations from this “norm” are quite large, read this article again. You might be doing something wrong. Although you can not rule out the problems with the battery, and here you can’t do without a service center.
How to properly charge your iPhone
This tutorial is published as part of the iPhones Support project.ru. Write to: press(at)iphones.Get the solutions to your problems with Apple devices and their operation.
Question from a reader: How to make the battery last longer on your iPhone? Charge once a day every night until morning or try to keep constantly on charge?
There are a number of recommendations for working with lithium-ion batteries, which are applicable not only for Apple equipment, but also for other devices with similar batteries: 1. Charge more often
Do not charge to 100% or allow the battery to discharge to 0%, as the battery will quickly wear out and lose its maximum capacity. It’s better to charge your iPhone or iPad several times a day than to charge it once from zero to maximum.
Keep the charge level above average
Always keep the charge level in the range of 40-80% if possible. Connect the battery to the charger when it is 50% discharged, and disconnect it when it is less than 90% discharged. This will help your battery last as long as possible.
Charge the battery fully once a month
It’s a good idea to fully discharge your battery once a month before you turn it off and then charge it to 100% afterward. After many small charge and discharge cycles, the battery needs a full cycle from minimum to maximum.
Don’t leave it charging for long periods of time
Firstly, it will not reach the maximum battery charge, which has already been mentioned, and secondly, there will be no constant frequent charging of 1-2%.
Fans of overnight charging your smartphone forget that even in standby mode iPhone depletes the battery, and the attached charger constantly recharges it. Yes, in the morning you will get a 100% charge, but the battery will not feel the best.
If you have questions that official Apple support has not taken care of, write us at: press(at)iphones.ru. Or ask them directly from our Help section.
What chargers can charge your iPhone? Simple Rules!
Hi all! I often get asked in the Комментарии и мнения владельцев, “I have a USB charger from Samsung, Acer, Sony, etc., or a PowerBank from some company, can all be used to charge my iPhone?д. or a PowerBank from some company, can they all be used to charge the iPhone? No harm to the battery or the device itself? Or run headlong to buy the original adapter, pay a large sum (at the time of writing about 1500) for a “native” power supply from Apple and charge only with it?”.
How to Properly charge your iPhone (NEW 2021)
Agree, the question is quite relevant (especially since the end of 2020, when Apple removed the charger from the package of all iPhone models).
So let’s try to figure out if we need to pay extra (which never is) money? Or it is possible to do without all those “Original Made in Apple” official accessories? One, two, three. let’s go!
Important note! This entire article is purely personal experience of the author, his friends, many acquaintances and strangers. The information in no way pretends to be official data and demonstrate the maximum accuracy in judgments. Again, personal experience and nothing more. But it can also be useful, really?:)
Of course if you have the cable and power supply from Apple, then it is better to use them to charge everything is certified, thoughtful, inside are special controllers, etc.д. Which means that the iPhone will get the power exactly the way the manufacturer wants it to.
And if you don’t have an Apple accessory and don’t want to buy it? Are you allowed to charge it with others? Now let’s try to get to the bottom of it!
- Do not charge your iPhone at extreme temperatures;
- Use an original (native) charger;
- Try not to discharge the gadget completely, to 0% (here, however, there is one subtlety, but about it below);
- Do not charge the battery to 100%
It’s better to charge your iPhone or iPad several times a day than to charge it once from zero to maximum. Hold charges in the 40-80% range whenever possible. You can connect it to the charger when the discharge is already 50%, and you should disconnect it when the charge is not more than 90%. Make sure the battery lasts as long as possible.
Tested 8 ways to charge your iPhone. Which is the fastest?
Battery capacity is the Achilles heel of modern mobile gadgets. Have to charge smartphones at least once a day. The most active users power the device twice a day, and the most frugal ones once every couple of days.
For two weeks I’ve been charging my iPhone using all available charging methods, using the same gadget and native power cable. I didn’t use my smartphone while charging, and I turned off the optimized charging mode beforehand.
The time indicators will not be useful for everyone, because the exact charging time for each gadget depends on the capacity of its battery and the percentage of battery wear and tear.
For convenience, I will give you the results of the tests in relative terms. 100% will be taken as the charging speed from the original power supply without disabling any iOS modules or features.
So you can calculate the approximate charging time for your smartphone in any of the scenarios you like.
The charging methods described above will be relevant for smartphones starting with iPhone 8 and iPhone X. These models are the first to feature Power Delivery fast charging.
How long does it take to charge your iPhone?
Hi all! It would seem that the answer to this question is quite simple and that you should charge the iPhone exactly as long as the charge is full and its indicator is still lit near the battery icon. As soon as the battery indicator “turned green” and filled everything, you can safely unplug the charger.
However, there is another side of the issue. For example, some users want to know the exact number of hours and minutes that an iPhone should be on charge. And they have a right to do so such data is never superfluous. Also, I get asked a lot about how much a new iPhone should charge.
In general, all this fuss about “charging time” I can only explain by the fact that there is still some magic floating around the iPhone. Newbies are afraid of doing something wrong and damaging the device in some way, even when it comes to something as simple as charging it. Getting ahead of myself, it’s almost impossible. But first things first, let’s start!
The first thing to note is that the charging time for even two identical iPhones will never be 100% the same. How fast the battery fills up depends on many factors and here are some of them:
- How full the battery is initially.
- Is the original wire (power supply) used.
- What do you power it from (computer or wall outlet)?
- Adapter power. For example, Apple officially allows you to use a unit from an iPad when charging your iPhone. And of course, in this case everything will go much faster.
- Whether the smartphone is in air mode, connected to Wi-Fi or cellular networks, etc.д.
So if your friend’s phone charges in 2 hours and your phone charges in 2 hours and 30 minutes, that by no means says that you have a defect and you should run to change it under warranty.
However, there are some average values of iPhone charging time:
| Adapter included | Power 5 Watts, 1 Ampere | Power 18 watts |
| iPhone 4, 4S, 5 | 1 hour and 40 minutes | |
| iPhone 5S, 5C | 1 hour and 50 minutes | |
| iPhone 5SE, 6, 6S | 2 hours 10 minutes | |
| iPhone 6 Plus, 6S Plus | 3 hours 30 minutes | |
| iPhone 7 | 2 hours 20 minutes | |
| iPhone 7 Plus | 3 hours 40 minutes | |
| iPhone 8 | 2 hours 10 minutes | |
| iPhone 8 Plus | 3 hours 30 minutes | |
| iPhone X | 3 hours 30 minutes | |
| iPhone XS | 3 hours 20 minutes | |
| iPhone XS Max | 3 hours 50 minutes | |
| iPhone XR | 3 hours 40 minutes | |
| iPhone 11 | 3 hours 50 minutes | |
| iPhone 11 Pro | 1 hour 45 minutes | |
| iPhone 11 Pro Max | 2 hours | |
| iPhone 12 mini | 1 hour 30 minutes | |
| iPhone 12 | 1 hour 45 minutes | |
| iPhone 12 Pro | 1 hour 45 minutes | |
| iPhone 12 Pro Max | 1 hour 50 minutes | |
| iPhone 13 mini | 1 hour and 40 minutes | |
| iPhone 13 | 1 hour 55 minutes | |
| iPhone 13 Pro | 1 hour and 40 minutes | |
| iPhone 13 Pro Max | 1 hour 40 minutes |
A few important points about this table:
- Meaning how long it takes to charge from 0 to 100%.
- Some models have been grouped into a single line because their battery capacity differs only slightly and it does not make sense to check the time to the exact minute.
- Specifications are given when using the standard (which comes with) power supply. Updated! As we know, with the release of the iPhone 12 Apple has changed the charging kit no longer. Nevertheless for a proper comparison to previous models the charging time of iPhone 12 (mini, Pro, Pro Max) will also be calculated using Apple’s “standard” 18 watt adapter.
- All figures are approximate, just for reference. You may have more or less.
Useful feature! Comes in handy for those who want to charge faster use air mode. In places with weak cellular network signal this operation will help speed up the process by 20-30%.
- Up to 80% of an iPhone is a so called fast charge, the next 20% charge is much slower.
- How long does it take to charge a new or just bought iPhone?? As much as already used. Without any frills or twists (like charging it fully three times, then discharging it all the way, etc.).д.). Modern batteries don’t need such calibrations.
- You don’t have to run and rush to turn it off when it reaches full charge. Nothing bad will happen to the iPhone itself, the power supply and even the wire has special controllers that will not let the smartphone get “overpowered” and thus ruin it.
- You can charge the iPhone many times. Not even that. Very many times! Why? Read personal experience of how I, after 2.5 years of use, checked the condition of my iPhone battery and what happened to it.
Conclusion: charge your iPhone as much as it (and most importantly you!) it needs.
Do not chase the exact readings and do not complicate your life. The iPhone should bring you joy, not create additional burdens.)
Finally I suggest you read this article. It describes a few simple (but most useful)!) actions that will greatly prolong the life and save the battery capacity of your smartphone. I think you should definitely try it!
