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Old 2nd June 2025, 18:32   #16831
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2) Should I buy the Apple OEM Magsafe wireless pad MRP - 4500; since my intention is to use this as the sole charging option. Any real difference on battery life between OEM v/s Aftermarket. There is also a Belkin charging pad at 2600 odd.
I have the same issue with my 14 Pro Max except that the port just doesn't seem to be working. I luckily had a relatively unused Apple Magsafe (first gen) puck which works superbly. Only issue is I take it out of the case to charge and get to admire the feel of the device too!

Avoid the Belkin. I got it for 1850 on a sale and it is bulky and charges slower than my first gen puck.

This 4.5K puck is the second gen one I think and should be pretty futureproof for the next few years. I'd say bite the bullet and go for it.
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I took it to the nearby iCare centre, but they said charging ports cannot be replaced in isolation and will need to replace the whole 'mid-unit' and that will cost almost the same as a new phone. We are just out of warranty.
This sounds fishy!
Chat with customer care or mail them and see what they say?
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Old 10th June 2025, 12:41   #16833
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What happened to Apple's innovation, the IOS 26 design looks like a huge mess.

https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1932182182799265812
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What happened to Apple's innovation, the IOS 26 design looks like a huge mess.
I think we need to reserve judgement till we actually see/go through this on an actual phone. Photographs or videos don’t always relay an accurate description or appearance.

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Old 11th June 2025, 06:58   #16835
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Just watched a few videos showing iOS26. Seriously what is wrong with Apple? Who was asking for a UI redesign? Not iOS users for sure. Maybe some Android users, but they were motivated by malice. Again, why fix something that isn’t broke? Google redesigned the Android UI several times in the last 2 decades, yet did not manage to replicate the flair of iOS. Above all, why model the iOS on the lines of VisionOS? Vision Pro is a failed product and nobody uses it. Then who was asking for a VisionOS like iOS?

Am sure Apple will fix those bad looking screens when they release it. But then what was broke in the current iOS that they wanted to redesign it?
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iOS 18 (iOS 26 Beta for iPhone 14 Pro) – Day 1 Impressions

Just got access to the iOS 26 Developer Beta on my iPhone 14 Pro, and here are some quick first impressions after a full day of usage:

👍 The Good
  • Improved Haptics
    The haptic feedback feels more refined and precise. The system now seems to respond with varying intensity depending on the touch interaction, which adds a subtle but noticeable layer of polish to everyday usage.
  • Standalone Preview App
    As someone who reviews documents on the go, the new Preview app is super handy. It's quick, minimal, and integrates well with other apps.
  • UI/Glass Animations
    Apple’s visual finesse is on full display. The glass textures, shadows, and blur transitions are slick—clean, consistent, and very "next-gen" in terms of feel.

👎 The Bad
  • Major Visibility and Readability Issues - The new glassy UI looks beautiful but hampers usability.
    1. Icon visibility takes a hit across Dark, Light, and Clear modes due to inconsistent tinting.
    2. Notifications, Control Center, and even some in-app text now suffer from low contrast and legibility—especially with busy backgrounds.
  • Settings Hidden Too Deep
    Camera customizations and additional options (like Safari tweaks) are now buried deeper in menus. For new iOS users or even seasoned ones, these are harder to discover without deliberate digging.

🧪 Up Next: Testing
  • Call Screening and Hold feature (long overdue, excited to see how it compares to Android)
  • Apple Music, Maps, and Games
  • Lock Screen Photo Depth & Spatial Clock effect
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Old 13th June 2025, 22:10   #16837
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Is something wrong with my phone. it's over 6-months and 152 battery cycle and it's still at 100% battery life.

Well, it will be a miracle if it stays like this till I get the 17.

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Is something wrong with my phone. it's over 6-months and 152 battery cycle and it's still at 100% battery life.

Well, it will be a miracle if it stays like this till I get the 17.

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Mine remained 100% for close to a year. It all depends on the battery capacity lottery. I understand that you were unlucky with your previous phone, and got compensated for it this time.
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Is something wrong with my phone. it's over 6-months and 152 battery cycle and it's still at 100% battery life.
Interesting message, prodded me to check my 16 pro. What caught my attention was at 4 months, I have clocked only 44 cycles. Now I am not much of a phone person, and I hardly touch it, but I do put charge it regularly, almost every night. So, I am trying to understand what these 44 cycles mean? It averages to 11 a month despite being charged almost every night.

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Mine remained 100% for close to a year. It all depends on the battery capacity lottery. I understand that you were unlucky with your previous phone, and got compensated for it this time.
That's nice to know. If that happens for me then I can trade this for the new one with full battery capacity.

For some reason, I am not too happy with the iPhone 16 Promax and waiting to get rid of it.

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Interesting message, prodded me to check my 16 pro. What caught my attention was at 4 months, I have clocked only 44 cycles. Now I am not much of a phone person, and I hardly touch it, but I do put charge it regularly, almost every night. So, I am trying to understand what these 44 cycles mean? It averages to 11 a month despite being charged almost every night.
Interesting.

The only possible explanation is that it counts the cycle only if the charge hits 100%.

If you plug in at 20% and remove at 80% and then charge next time until 100% then it may count as 1-cycle instead of 2 cycles.

As mentioned in my previous post, I don't care when I charge, I plug in and remove whenever I feel like but, when its plugged I try not to remove it till it hits 100%.

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Interesting message, prodded me to check my 16 pro. What caught my attention was at 4 months, I have clocked only 44 cycles. Now I am not much of a phone person, and I hardly touch it, but I do put charge it regularly, almost every night. So, I am trying to understand what these 44 cycles mean? It averages to 11 a month despite being charged almost every night.
It could only mean that you are only charging at the rate of ~30% a day. If you have the 80% charge limiter enabled, then possibly you put it on the charger when it has about 50% charge left. Or there's a bug.
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That's nice to know. If that happens for me then I can trade this for the new one with full battery capacity.
Although the advertized capacity of the iPhone 16 pro max is 4685 mAh, it is rarely that. It will almost always be more than that and if you are lucky you will get one with a substantial headroom. If you are unlucky and get one with exactly 4685 mAh, then the capacity displayed would start dropping the next day. For the others it would continue to show 100% until it hits the advertized 4685 mAh.
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The only possible explanation is that it counts the cycle only if the charge hits 100%.

If you plug in at 20% and remove at 80% and then charge next time until 100% then it may count as 1-cycle instead of 2 cycles.
I have the 80% charge limit enabled since day one amd I may have hit 100% perhaps 10-15 times, yet my cycle count now stands at 357 (with 95% capacity remaining).

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iPhone one charge cycle count means it takes charging a total of 100% from any combination in single or multiple charging. For example, 20 to 80 (60%), then next time 50 to 70 (20%), and then something like 60 to 80 (20%) would count as 1 cycle.

For iPhone 14 and earlier, batteries usually drop to 80% battery health after 500 cycles, whereas from iPhone 15 onwards, it is 1000 cycles.
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Gosh people again we have this “great” never ending discussion on iPhone battery health - Tim Cook has done this purposely to drive everyone around the bend

Please understand with all the playing around with charging the iPhone to whatever percentage and battery cycles is not to going to extend the life of your battery beyond say 3-4 months or so.

Why on earth is everyone obsessing so much with this feature and not just using it and charging whenever you like. Too much thought process and calculation for little to gain.

The absolute riot about all this is a lot of the people discussing this will be changing their iPhones every year or 2-3 years at the most. During this time it’s not going to make any difference anyway.

Be cool, enjoy the iPhone like the tool it is instead of living for it. Don’t mess up your brains with this stuff.

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Why on earth is everyone obsessing so much with this feature and not just using it and charging whenever you like. Too much thought process and calculation for little to gain.
It's not that people like us who like to number crunch do not enjoy our phones, it's just that number crunching is part of the fun. I am a person with OCD, and the number crunching is a way of extracting pleasure, something "normal" people may not understand. I even have a bunch of xls files tracking my daily expenses, my assets, my investments etc, and I play around with them every day, cos I love doing that.

So...
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Gosh people again we have this “great” never ending discussion on iPhone battery health - Tim Cook has done this purposely to drive everyone around the bend
Like they claim responsibility after a crime. I hereby claim full responsibility for battery related discussion. I hope you guys don't make it a punishable offense as I won't be able to rake up this topic in future.

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It's not that people like us who like to number crunch do not enjoy our phones, it's just that number crunching is part of the fun. I am a person with OCD, and the number crunching is a way of extracting pleasure, something "normal" people may not understand...
Same here. I don't give a darn about the battery health but, I like to keep statistics and it's just gives a weird mental pleasure in knowing these things.

For example, I track my BMW's FE every tankful ever since I got it knowing very well that it won't help in anything except give me heart burn looking at the dismal FE numbers.
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