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Re:New iPhone SE by shorts_theory on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:32PM (#22879758)
I would probably upgrade just for the battery. iOS 13 is very smooth on my SE but the battery is just nuked without battery saver on all the time.
Re:New iPhone SE by ggreer on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:17PM (#22880367)
Apple will replace the battery for around $50. Though their stores are closed so you might have to send it in.

Another option is to get a battery replacement kit from iFixit.[1] I did that and it doubled my SE's battery life.

1. https://www.ifixit.com/Store/iPhone/iPhone-SE-Replacement-Ba...

Re:New iPhone SE by Keverw on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:47PM (#22879935)
Have you checked the battery health/cycles? Mine was like that, even iOS at once unexpectedly shutdown...

The battery page in settings, under Battery Health should tell your capacity and other info. for me a new battery fixed everything... and batteries aren't usually covered under warranty as far as I know in general but Apple replaced it for me. FedEx Overnighted it to their repair center in California, and then back. So only without a phone for a few days. Kinda like a brand new phone just by changing the battery.

Re:New iPhone SE by shorts_theory on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @09:52PM (#22885292)
That's the thing. The battery is still healthy and it looks like it retains 90% of its capacity on the Battery Health setting page. I bought my SE very late into its lifecycle (June 2018), so I'm not sure why it's acting this way. I have had a problem with the phone rapidly losing charge in cold weather though. Did you also have severe battery drain on your SE on iOS 13 before replacing the battery?
Re:New iPhone SE by Keverw on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:08PM (#22885639)
Yeah, at the point before I got it replaced seemed like sometimes you could watch the percent going down in real time. But then at times I’d be at a few percent and it’d run lot longer then I expected.

I know the OS itself prompted me to get a repair. Got a popup when restarting about a unexpected shutdown. So maybe that helped with the replacement process.