Accidental Tech Podcast · Thursday, September 24, 2026
John shared an update on his iPhone 16 Pro, noting its battery health remained at 95% after two years and 451 cycles, despite experimenting with an 80% charge limit for most of that time. He is now using an iPhone 18 Pro and intends to keep it on an 80% charge limit, expecting it to be sufficient.
“The battery health at the end of two years.”
“At the end of two years, my iPhone 16 Pro's battery health is at 95% and that is after 451 cycles, which is not particularly impressive.”
“I liked, uh, only charging to 80% during the whole year.”
“Uh, iPhone 18 Pro.”
“Um, battery-wise, I did say at 80% because I think it'll be fine with this phone as well.”