Standard, Premium or Genuine: which iPhone battery to choose

• What Settings shows

  Standard:

  Unknown Part

  Premium:

  Used

  Genuine:

  Genuine Apple Part

• Warranty

  Standard:

  90 days

  Premium:

  180 days

  Genuine:

  180 days

• Warranty covers

  Standard:

  Swelling, fast drain

  Premium:

  Swelling, fast drain

  Genuine:

  Swelling, fast drain

• Good fit for

  Standard:

  Getting a few more good months from the phone

  Premium:

  Keeping the phone another year or two

  Genuine:

  Selling or trading in the phone later

The notice in Settings appears on iPhone XR, XS and later models (and iPhone SE 2nd generation onwards). On iPhone X, 8 and older there's no parts notice at all, so on those models the choice is mostly about warranty.

iOS checks whether a replaced battery can be verified as a new Apple part. When it can't, it lists it as Unknown Part under Settings › General › About › Parts and Service History. The phone still charges, still lasts the day and still works with every app.

What changes is mostly how the phone looks to the next owner. If you keep your iPhone until it's retired, Standard is usually the sensible choice. If you plan to sell it, a buyer may ask about the notice.

With Premium, Parts and Service History shows the battery as Used instead of Unknown Part. It comes with the same 180-day warranty as Genuine. Customers who choose it usually want the longer cover without paying for the top grade.

Genuine grade is the one that shows Genuine Apple Part in Settings. It costs the most of the three. It makes sense when the phone is still worth a good amount second-hand, or when you simply want nothing unusual in Settings.

Across our 16 outlets, in the last 90 days about half of iPhone battery customers chose Standard, about a third chose Premium, and the rest chose Genuine. There's no wrong answer — choose based on how long you'll keep the phone.