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I doubt any phone battery is lasting 5+ years. But I can say modern iPhones are pretty easy to swap the battery on. They designed it so the back plate gets remo

I doubt any phone battery is lasting 5+ years. But I can say modern iPhones are pretty easy to swap the battery on. They designed it so the back plate gets removed to open the phone rather than the screen. No more risk of cracking the display.

moduspol 7d ago
Oh that's nice. I'd always see guides talking about glue with the screen and kinda spooked me out of it.
- stevenwoo 7d ago
  I took an iPhone SE generation three to Apple Store to replace battery and they broke the NFC functionality in a way that passed their simple diagnostic tool but failed to work in the real world. I had to go back and reset the phone and upgrade my IOS so they could troubleshoot it (the phone menu for setting appointments does not allow you to pick repair broke NFC funny enough) and they were nice enough to give me a new iPhone SE to replace we proved it was broken. But that was kind of worrisome and put me off any kind of Apple self repair for something they still make.
  - JK-Swizzle 7d ago
    I think anything after the 16 regular or 17 pro becomes easy to repair. I feel you though, my first battery swap turned into a screen swap too. The SE versions have a history of board level issues so I have been afraid to touch any of them.
- JK-Swizzle 7d ago
  With reason. That glue is a nightmare to deal with. I would not advise anyone start with iPhone repair. I damaged my first iPhone repair even after multiple years of active hardware modification on other consumer devices. The older models really only go smooth if you have the Apple tools. A nice $149 of tool rental to swap the $50 part at home, rather than paying the $199 to get Apple to swap it for you. Odd how that math works out.
tonyedgecombe 7d ago
>I doubt any phone battery is lasting 5+ years. Just coming up to five years on mine and it is still at 87% capacity.
- lotsofpulp 7d ago
  I have an iphone 13mini at 5 years and 81% capacity.
  - chrisweekly 7d ago
    My 13pro is at 84% capacity, but in the last month or two it seems to lose charge much more rapidly than it used to. Probably the only reason I'll consider an upgrade.
  - JK-Swizzle 7d ago
    Very jealous over here. I had a 12 mini whose battery dropped off a cliff just in time for the mini line to get discontinued. Big phones are overrated.
    - Exoristos 7d ago
      You didn't replace the battery[0]? 0. https://www.ifixit.com/products/iphone-13-mini-battery https://www.ifixit.com/products/iphone-13-mini-battery
- usefulcat 7d ago
  iPhone 11 coming up on 7 years old in December, still at ~85% capacity. Really it mostly depends on how heavily you use it, and maybe to a lesser extent charging habits (charging slowly, not charging to 100%, etc).
  - JK-Swizzle 7d ago
    I hear you, but the convenience of 30W charging is very hard to give up. The only downside is it damages the battery, which makes it harder to give up, which damages the battery more.
monxer 7d ago
The maximum capacity of my iPhone 17 pro is still at 100% after 192 charges, that's after 1 year of usage. The extra battery life does reduce the amount of charges I have to do so that helps with the battery life. I'm not sure where the capacity will end up after 5 years, but I think my iPhone 14 pro was at less than 95% at this point. Apple refused to replace just the battery on that one because of a small crack in the screen.
obruchez 7d ago
My iPhone 13 Pro will be 5 years old next month. Battery capacity at 82%. Does that count as lasting 5+ years?

moduspol 7d ago

Oh that's nice. I'd always see guides talking about glue with the screen and kinda spooked me out of it.

stevenwoo 7d ago
I took an iPhone SE generation three to Apple Store to replace battery and they broke the NFC functionality in a way that passed their simple diagnostic tool but failed to work in the real world. I had to go back and reset the phone and upgrade my IOS so they could troubleshoot it (the phone menu for setting appointments does not allow you to pick repair broke NFC funny enough) and they were nice enough to give me a new iPhone SE to replace we proved it was broken. But that was kind of worrisome and put me off any kind of Apple self repair for something they still make.
- JK-Swizzle 7d ago
  I think anything after the 16 regular or 17 pro becomes easy to repair. I feel you though, my first battery swap turned into a screen swap too. The SE versions have a history of board level issues so I have been afraid to touch any of them.
JK-Swizzle 7d ago
With reason. That glue is a nightmare to deal with. I would not advise anyone start with iPhone repair. I damaged my first iPhone repair even after multiple years of active hardware modification on other consumer devices. The older models really only go smooth if you have the Apple tools. A nice $149 of tool rental to swap the $50 part at home, rather than paying the $199 to get Apple to swap it for you. Odd how that math works out.

tonyedgecombe 7d ago

>I doubt any phone battery is lasting 5+ years. Just coming up to five years on mine and it is still at 87% capacity.

lotsofpulp 7d ago
I have an iphone 13mini at 5 years and 81% capacity.
- chrisweekly 7d ago
  My 13pro is at 84% capacity, but in the last month or two it seems to lose charge much more rapidly than it used to. Probably the only reason I'll consider an upgrade.
- JK-Swizzle 7d ago
  Very jealous over here. I had a 12 mini whose battery dropped off a cliff just in time for the mini line to get discontinued. Big phones are overrated.
  - Exoristos 7d ago
    You didn't replace the battery[0]? 0. https://www.ifixit.com/products/iphone-13-mini-battery https://www.ifixit.com/products/iphone-13-mini-battery
usefulcat 7d ago
iPhone 11 coming up on 7 years old in December, still at ~85% capacity. Really it mostly depends on how heavily you use it, and maybe to a lesser extent charging habits (charging slowly, not charging to 100%, etc).
- JK-Swizzle 7d ago
  I hear you, but the convenience of 30W charging is very hard to give up. The only downside is it damages the battery, which makes it harder to give up, which damages the battery more.

monxer 7d ago

The maximum capacity of my iPhone 17 pro is still at 100% after 192 charges, that's after 1 year of usage. The extra battery life does reduce the amount of charges I have to do so that helps with the battery life. I'm not sure where the capacity will end up after 5 years, but I think my iPhone 14 pro was at less than 95% at this point. Apple refused to replace just the battery on that one because of a small crack in the screen.

obruchez 7d ago

My iPhone 13 Pro will be 5 years old next month. Battery capacity at 82%. Does that count as lasting 5+ years?