About genuine iPhone batteries — by Apple Support

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Explains Apple's stance on genuine batteries and where Settings shows whether a battery is genuine, used or unknown.

Quick steps

Open Settings
Go to General, then About
Go to Battery Health

Paraphrased from the source. Menus can differ by version, so check the original for full details.

Read the full article on support.apple.com

Source: About genuine iPhone batteries by Apple Support. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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