According to a new rumor, Apple has used cheaper batteries in the iPhone 15 that only last 600 charge cycles and therefore will need to be replaced sooner.
After the release of iPhone 14, a large number of users complained that the health percentage of their phone's battery is rapidly decreasing after a few months of use. According to a new rumor, the iPhone 15 may also have the same problem, and an informed source has stated that the latest Apple phone uses cheaper batteries that can only be used up to 600 charge cycles.
According to RGcloudS, batteries that have between 500 and 600 charge cycles are used in high-performance products such as power banks, vacuum cleaners and other devices that support up to 100 watts of power. The whistleblower also states that the iPhone 15 family cannot be classified as a high-performance product; Because these phones do not support 100 watts of electricity and the use of a battery with 600 charging cycles means that Apple's goal is to reduce production costs in order not to increase the final price of this year's iPhones compared to last year.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is the only model of Apple's new phones that is $100 more expensive than the iPhone 14 Pro Max, but the storage memory of its base version has also doubled compared to its previous year's counterpart, and in addition, many of its features have been improved. On the other hand, the price of iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro did not change compared to their counterparts of the previous year.
RGcloudS says Chinese BBK brands such as Oppo and Vivo use batteries with 800 charge cycles in their smartphones, and OnePlus also uses advanced self-healing cells with 1,600 charge cycles in its new products.
However, even if Apple has used a cheaper battery to reduce the production cost of iPhone 15, it is not surprising; Because other phone manufacturers use a weaker processor and sometimes a weaker screen to reduce their costs. The Cupertino-based tech giant has built an extensive and reliable supply chain alongside its retail network; For this reason, it offers its customers the possibility of replacing the battery at a low cost, and in this field, no other company is able to provide the same service as Apple.
Setting up a large retail network to provide easy battery replacement services requires a lot of money, and in a period of global economic recession, Apple has to make a difficult choice to maximize profits and maintain the price of its products.