#Batterygate rears its ugly ahead again, this time in Europe
And that brings us to yesterday’s news about the new suits being filed in Europe. Els Bruggeman, head of policy and enforcement at consumer organization Euroconsumers, said, “Consumers are increasingly upset by products wearing out too quickly, the iPhone 6 models being a very concrete example of that. Not only does it cause frustration and financial harm, from an environmental point of view it is also utterly irresponsible.”
To prevent a repeat of #Batterygate in the future, with the release of iOS 11.3 back in 2018, Apple added a Battery Health meter that you can find by going to Settings > Battery > Battery Health. You will see a reading in percentage called Maximum Capacity. When you first receive your iPhone, this will be at 100% and as time goes by, this number will show you the percentage of maximum battery power that you now have on the phone compared to when the device was new. As Apple says, “Lower capacity may result in fewer hours of usage between charges.” On the same page, you have the option to toggle on Optimized Battery Charging. This feature learns your daily charging routine and won’t charge the iPhone battery past 80% until it computes that the battery will hit 100% exactly when you normally take the device off the charger. This can be disabled if you need the phone fully charged ASAP. This feature extends the life of an iPhone battery by reducing the time it needs to trickle charge; the latter is used to maintain the battery at 100% and can shorten the life of an iPhone battery.
