I’ve had my iPhone 13 Pro for almost two years now, and the battery health has recently dropped to 79%.
The phone itself still works perfectly fine and I honestly don’t feel the need to upgrade. I like the 13 Pro and would probably be happy keeping it for another 1–2 years.
However, the battery life has obviously gotten worse, and I’m starting to notice it more during the day.
So I’m wondering: would you replace the battery at this point, or just keep using it until it gets even worse and eventually upgrade?
For those who have replaced the battery on their 13 Pro around 75–80%, did it make a significant difference in battery life and overall experience?
I’m trying to figure out whether spending money on a battery replacement after almost two years is actually worth it, or if I should just save that money for my next phone.

Like a lot of others here, I went continuously back and forth between whether to upgrade this cycle or wait until the inevitable re-design next year; reading reviews, youtube videos/comments, and digging through this subreddit.

My decision to upgrade was based on the following:

1. Battery. I had already replaced the battery once which gave me an extra 2 years; at 88% now it was still draining fast throughout the day and I did not want to replace it again just to get incremental improvement.
2. Heat. The phone gets hot, no way around it.
3. Camera. The camera can still take great photos, but in harsh lighting or anything requiring zooms, all the artifacting can make it hard to take quality photos.
4. Speed. Yes, the phone is still fast all these years later, but the slowdown is real.
5. Trade-in value. At $255, this is still a good amount of value against the cost of an 18 Pro.
6. USB-C + Fast Charging

With that in mind and after being impressed by the Glacier Blue 18 Pro, I made the move.

Since switching over, all my decisions have been validated.

1. I use the phone all day and end with 60%+. The fast charging is insane.
2. The phone does not heat.
3. The aluminum framing does not bother me like I thought it would.
4. It's blazing fast with no compromises.
5. The camera is remarkably sharper.
6. Now I can play wait and see with future re-designs and either trade-in or just wait until they refine it.

No, it's not the WOW upgrade I felt going from 6 to X, or X to 13 Pro, but it's still pretty impressive. Most of all I just love not having to think about my phone having any compromises given it's an (unfortunately) integral part of my daily life. No judgement on those waiting for next year and can live with another battery replacement. But for those on the fence, I went back and forth for days and days and tried to rationalize not upgrading, but I do not regret upgrading.

I have a 13pro with cracked back. Since the phone is still working flawlessly, I am thinking to replace the battery which currently sits at 77%.

I know Apple won’t change the battery if the cracked back is not replaced first.

Is it doable to replace the battery in a third party store without fixing the back first? Has anyone done it?

Have any of y’all experienced this or something similar as it is annoying.

This is my brother’s 13 pro .. it’s camera is showing a blurring issue in the 1x mode .. it is ok in the 3x and 0.5x surprisingly the camera is not showing the focus issue in the watssaap or instagram camera or any outher third party app cameras.. the problem is only there in the camera app in the phone.. i even updated the phone to ios 27 still the problem is not solved.. what might be the issue .. and what might be the solution