Apple ‘Punishing’ iPhone 15 Users By Disabling New iOS Battery Feature

... [+]Apple’s iPhone 15 includes a feature that shows how many cycles the battery has been through, which appears to be a direct response to concerns about. But a repair specialist has found that the new feature is disabled when the battery is replaced.

Ricky Panesar, founder of repair shop iCorrect, discovered this when tearing down the recently released iPhone 15 Pro. When an iPhone 15 Pro battery is independently replaced with another genuine battery from the same iPhone model, the option to view the new battery health measurements disappears. “If you replace the battery you will immediately lose functionality of battery health, and also the new cycle count feature. So there's extra levels of pairing this year than there was last year with the battery… you're punishing me [users] by not giving me the features.”

The new iOS 17 battery features include detailing exactly how many times the battery has been fully charged to 100% , when it was manufactured and when it was first used. If the power pack is replaced without Apple's authorization, it will simply say “unknown” next to the aforementioned categories. A warning message will also pop-up saying that the device is unable to determine if the battery is a genuine Apple part, even if it is.

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