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title: "How do I use an iPhone 13 Mini for the first time? Should I charge it first or should I use it to drain the full battery?"  
description: "How do I use an iPhone 13 Mini for the first time? Should I charge it first or should I use it to drain the full battery?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-01-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94887/how-do-i-use-an-iphone-13-mini-for-the-first-time-should-i-charge-it-first-or-should-i-use-it-to-drain-the-full-battery  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["iphone 13 mini", "iphone 13", "iphone", "troubleshooting", "battery"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How do I use an iPhone 13 Mini for the first time? Should I charge it first or should I use it to drain the full battery?

How do I use an [iPhone 13 Mini](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94589/which-is-the-best-value-for-money-iphone-the-iphone-12-mini-or-the-iphone-13-mini) for the first time? Should I charge it first or should I use it to drain the [full](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12893/experience-the-full-power-of-suitecrm) [battery](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2755/a-new-kind-of-gravity-battery-might-have-unlimited-energy-storage)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

You should drain it First As keeping [**iPhone**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50542/how-to-fix-an-iphone-8-that-suddenly-keeps-freezing-and-lagging-after-installing-a-new-ios-update) full Charge Affects the Battery health

- In the near term, keeping your **devices charged** is simple. Simply keep a check on their battery level and plug them in when it falls below a certain level. However, maintaining the health of your electronics' batteries over time is a considerably more difficult task.
- Lithium-ion batteries, which are found in almost all of our electronic devices, are chemically intended to degrade over time, keeping less charge and blowing through what little charge they have faster than before. It is impossible to halt this process, but it can be slowed.

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