Last week I found out my iPhone 6S was part of a group of phones manufactured between September – October 2015 with a faulty battery which caused the phone to shutoff. (iPhone 6s Program for Unexpected Shutdown Issues). My phone didn’t have that problem. Instead, the battery would drain quickly and I would need the charger around 2:00PM. I did remove some of the applications that might have drained the battery so quickly, and was planning on doing a reset of the phone during Christmas season. However, a free replacement battery is usually a good thing.
I made my appointment for last Saturday. The guy assigned to me from the Genius Bar ran diagnostics and asked some questions about my phone and why I thought the battery needed to be replaced. He told me my battery had a maximum capacity of 84% after 14 months of use. We verified the phone’s serial number and placed an order for a new battery. Now we wait…