{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_o2blguqcmgjduzrpdeka","title":"iPhone 18 Series + Duo Battery Mega-Thread: Life, Cycles, Capacity, Health, etc. [MERGED]","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/iphone-17-series-battery-mega-thread-life-cycles-capacity-health-etc-o2blguqcmg","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_av3dhuqnfxrbo37lrw3q","seq":682324,"kind":"article","title":"iPhone 18 Series + Duo Battery Mega-Thread: Life, Cycles, Capacity, Health, etc. [MERGED]","url":"https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-18-series-duo-battery-mega-thread-life-cycles-capacity-health-etc-merged.2489946","summary":"iPhone 18 Pro/Pro Max are still rated for 1,000 cycles to 80% capacity (same as iPhone 15+). Bigger batteries this year (~4,056 physical sim/eSim, and 4,288 mAh eSim only in the 18 Pro. ~5,391 physical sim/eSim, and 5,567 mAh esim only in the 18 Pro Max) plus the A20 Pro efficiency should help runtime, but longevity rating is unchanged. My physical/eSim 18pro is currently at 4094 mAh out of the box. Personally I’ve been using a 5W/1A block (measured ~4.21W / 0.843A while…","published":"2026-09-29T12:59:01Z","seen":"2026-09-29T13:41:04Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","name":"forums.macrumors.com","domain":"forums.macrumors.com"},"via":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","topics":["apple","iphone"],"authors":["author","ChoiMinji"],"entities":[{"id":"Q139556016","name":"iPhone 18","type":"other"}],"story":"st_o2blguqcmgjduzrpdeka","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.7900000214576721,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.27000001072883606,"political":0.009999999776482582},{"id":"n_o2blguqcmgjduzrpdeka","seq":274863,"kind":"article","title":"iPhone 17 Series Battery Mega-Thread: Life, Cycles, Capacity, Health, etc.","url":"https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-17-series-battery-mega-thread-life-cycles-capacity-health-etc.2466578","summary":"Hi all, Yes, it's launch day, but as we're all starting to receive our phones, it's time to start this thread off! What's your battery health, and what's your cycle count? For added iPhone 17 fun, what's your manufacture date and are you using adaptive power/charging limits? I'm somehow already on 1 cycle, with adaptive power on, no charging limit.","published":"2026-09-27T16:28:16Z","seen":"2026-09-27T16:52:18Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","name":"forums.macrumors.com","domain":"forums.macrumors.com"},"via":"kite-forums-macrumors-com-7ccf66","topics":["apple","iphone"],"authors":["author","fezzzer"],"story":"st_o2blguqcmgjduzrpdeka","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.6899999976158142,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.23000000417232513,"political":0.009999999776482582}]}