the description of patina on leather and the images you share does sound and look consistent save for the fact that there is no sheen on the oxidized part of your casing. maybe not enough oil - try rubbing the casing against your face after a long tedious day at work and see if it fixes that (sorry for being disgusting )

i'm still using the one from my iPhone6S and no issues for me since i always have about 30% battery left at the end of the day before i plugged it in for an overnight charge until the morning.

i also treat my fast charger as a "spare" as in using it only when i really need to "grab and go".

just send it in for diagnostics and warranty claim. Apple Malaysia will usually give you a new replacement unit (although they will tell you that they will try to repair it first).

be prepared to use a spare phone for at least three (3) working days though.

it will definitely be void if the fault is caused by 3rd party unauthorized parts, there is no doubt to this.

yeap, their standard reply but it won't take 10 days, i got mine replaced in 3 working days.

this happened.

Switch takes in the claims? I always thought they just attend to the sales part.

I got mine from Machines and then sent it in for warranty claim with QCD (Apple's authorized service centre).

my purchase from them is fairly straight forward - they didn't try to sell me any of their additional warranties or such. they just tell me if there's an issue with the iPhone then file a case with the authorised service centres.

i see but i guess it would be better if you head to one of the authorized service centres for warranty claims since they focuses on claims and repairs rather than sales.

ah yes, this happened to me as well but i wasn't interested. they came and try to sell me the power brick while i was still queueing outside the store to collect my pre-order

what do you think

Apple don't even give discounts for their small accessories.

if you need to worry, better be about the potential "marks" that the magsafe charger will leave. the rear glass panel of the iPhone 12PM is pretty scratch resistant.

i think this is just wishful thinking - even if it's an upgrade, Apple will not implement so many new upgrades on the next generation.

just charge away.

Apple: Why Lithium Ion

don't worry too much about the heat from over-charging because the iPhone is monitoring everything.

while they may have some truth behind their claims but if I'm really concerned about bacterias, i'd rather spent 1 minute giving my phone a proper wipe down

probably due to the battery charging optimization software - it recognizes the charging pattern and makes sure that your phone spends as little time as possible being full and plugged in.

for example; if you always start charging at 10pm and unplugs at 7am then the software will eventually learn how to trickle charge so that it will finish charging at 100% right about 7am.

do you always charge your phone at the same time and at the same place?

i see that i'm not the only one. slightly into 1 year now and the battery dips to 91% - starting to think that the fast charger may have contributed to the premature degradation (heat) so for now, i've switched back to the slow poke 5w charger that came with my iPhone 6S.

not really sure about the factors affecting the battery capacity but what you say may be true - iPhone 12's battery is just generally bad. i have had no such problems with my 5s and 6s - my 6s was still at around 81% after 5 years of vigorous use.

i think i can confirm this - slow charging cannot possibly be worse for the batteries when compared to fast charging - the way lithium-ion is structured doesn't accommodate to the effects of fast charging (heat etc) very well - which is why optimized charging is built into the iOS.

sources quoted 1.5 hours longer to charge up an iPhone to full on a 5w charger (compared to the 20w charger) therefore even though the phone is exposed to heat for a much longer period but it is of a lower temperature.

at the end of the day, i guess it is very much up to the user. i am never in need for a quick charge during the day and only charge it while i am asleep during the night so 5w or 20w doesn't affects me very much but if 5w does helps in prevent premature battery degradation then it's win-win for me.

This post has been edited by shaniandras2787: Oct 12 2021, 06:41 PM

thought i was the only one.

one year + one month and the battery drops to 90%.

by the way, what mode of charging have you been using (wireless, fast charge or slow charge)?.

i noticed that when i was using the 20W charger, the battery % drops significantly faster compared to when i was using the 5W.

upgraded from a 6S to a "Pro" and thought my experience would be better but now, plagued with battery depletion issue.

yeah =/

i guess that battery percentage indicator is just another thing Apple purposely added into it knowing that consumers will be anal about it hence accelerating the need to buy a replacement.

i agree though that my 6S would probably outlived the 12Pro because it was still functioning extremely well for an aged phone but it only has 8GB with the iOS13 installed, i had less than 1GB of free space left -.-

couldn't even install MySejahtera without rendering internal storage obsolete.

in fact i just learned about the cost of replacing an original battery by an authorized centre - always thought it would be very costly to replace and because of that, i have been refraining myself from using a wireless charger

good information but little that everyone know that this "feature" has became the bane of some people (ie: me).

This post has been edited by shaniandras2787: Dec 9 2021, 11:26 AM