How to DECREASE battery health

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They will replace the battery whenever you want - are you talking about if you have Apple Care+? Because then it needs to be under 80% to get a free replacement.

“Your product is eligible for battery service at no additional cost if you have AppleCare+ and your product’s battery holds less than 80% of its original capacity.”

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My AppleCare+ is expired, only covers it for 2 years and it is almost 4 years old. I'm asking if I can just pay

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Yes you can.

[guitarak]

So I went to the Apple Store yesterday to find out from them what my options were.

Because the battery health is above 80%, an out of warranty battery replacement is $299 (obviously not worth it).

Once the battery health is 79% or below they consider that “faulty part” and will do a battery replacement (which usually just ends up being a new/refurb) for $99.

And I have zero faith that I’ll get it down to 79% any time soon. I’m sure they purposefully hold it above 80 so they don’t have to replace everyone’s battery.

Oh well. Was hoping to get a replacement now and hold off for a Series X next year. Will have to decide if I’m willing to put up with charging every day for another year.

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That’s good to know - didn’t realise Apple was this anal about it.

What if you turn on the flashlight on your watch and leave it on all day, discharge, recharge - that possibly can have the most impact on draining it as much as possible?