iPhone SE 2020 battery drain

I have to echo all that is on the internet. My story: I had an 8. Was happy with it. Did the update and battery went to ****. Thought ok it must be time for a new phone. With work I didn’t have time to even switch over and try to re-enter my apps and set up a new phone etc but it was that bad.

I have had iPhones for I don’t know how long. I got 14 days to return it—shady. Never knew that because I’ve never had a problem. I missed that window while trying to troubleshoot. I tried all the 14 or so things that supposedly help.

So, I did multiple calls with Apple. They told me my battery was fine but oddly also said I might be able to sell it on eBay (it was less than 30 days old). Yes, but really no problem with your phone. Shameful—not of the tech but of Apple.

Next I went to the store. I was again told my phone is fine but let’s change the software. That also has not worked. That also took hours to re-download and reset the phone AGAIN. The amount of time that I have spent on a brand new phone is absolutely and completely ridiculous.

The only other phone I was interested in was the 12 mini but actually wanted the SE bc of the home button. The other phones are too big. Reviews suggest the 12 minis battery is just as bad.

So, I’m colossally disappointed in Apple bc I expect more from their products. I’m now further upset at being gaslighted and run around and at having spent a bunch of time I don’t have to land in no better place.

I don’t know what to do but if I don’t hear that this has been addressed I’m going to get my first Samsung.

This comment is my heart right now.

ive had such a bad experience going back and forth with Apple support over a randomly dying SE.

I hate big phones. And was so excited at the Mini. But given how the SE has behaved, and how poor Apple support is, I got myself a bigger phone. Just because I can’t be constantly worried about a dying phone 99% of the day.

Thanks. I guess I was lucky. I don’t want to switch bc of the time but also don’t want to buy another product from Apple if this is what we get in a phone and service. My office is now debating Samsung vs. iPhone and I don’t have a rebuttal.

I'm having this same problem just recently for the past few days. It happened soon after the last ios system update early last week. Now the battery completely dies overnight if not plugged in. And I hadn't changed anything. And hardly have any ongoing apps, usually none at all. I hope it's just due to the update or something easily fixable, and not the battery going dead. I've had this new iphone SE since last summer.

Hello,

Consumption is still 1-2% per hour when idle, no Wi-Fi, no data, low power mode.

It does not appear that any app in the hours of rest is consuming anything.

I spoke with the apple chat and they say that it is normal, that in a day without use the phone can drop from 100 to 65%.

Last night I went to bed with 58% around 12 at night and this morning, at 6:30, it was 50%.

I do not know if it's normal......

Can someone explain me why my new iPhone SE drains 50% of the battery life when I don't use it ?

It doesn't happen every time, but it did yesterday (Saturday), as you can see on my screenshot.

I don't use the phone during the last three days of the week. Usually it only goes down 5 points/day (ie 100% to 95%).

iPhone SE (2nd generation, November 2020)

Battery capacity: 100%

WiFi, Bluetooth, location disabled.

Low Power Mode enabled.

Looks like it reached 80% then slowed, as expected. If you want the rapid speed of the first (yellow) charge period to continue then turn off optimized charging.

However there may be a small effect on battery longevity, it may take a couple of months off it before you need to have it replaced.

I would be very happy with that chart.

I have the same issue of quick drainage of battery of my iPhone SE 2020. Alongwith this my battery health is also decreased from 100% to 94%.

I just don’t understand what’s the problem with phone ?

I buy my phone in September - 2020 from Washington DC.

Please suggest what i may do ? Is my phone battery covers in 1-year limited warranty.

“….Alongwith this my battery health is also decreased from 100% to 94%.

…

I buy my phone in September - 2020 from Washington DC….”

6% in 8 months is not abnormal, in fact slightly better than expected.

I always put my phone on low power mode in which background app refresh is already deactivated. But my point of concern is it just past 6-months to buy this new phone and my phone didn’t complete the charging cycle of (500-cycles) after which battery health decreases. Current battery health of my phone is 94% ??. What is the reason behind this ??

My point to say this is, why my phone battery health is decreasing before the completion of 500 charged cycles.

I believe, this shouldn’t be happen until the excessive or extraordinary use of phone or after completion of 500 charged cycles.

am i right ?

My battery has dropped 40% in 6 hours whilst doing nothing! Screen lock and Safari used most of that between them. Something is definitely wrong here… until last week my phone would stay more than 90% charged through the night.

Dunno what happened yesterday but whilst trying to make my phone talk to iTunes again I seem to have "fixed" the battery drain issue... overnight, only down 10% which is back to normal.

I declare myself a genius. Sadly I can't tell you exactly what I did to fix it.

Good luck.

Fair enough. I have no access to chargers through the day so I follow a different pattern, but your method of frequent charging though the day does answer the main theme of the thread. i.e. if it uses battery then charge it frequently .

I did not say I charge frequently. I said there are many options to charge. My battery is stable. I charge on average once a day sometimes twice. I do not panic about charging. Sometimes I charge well into the 90’s. Or even 100% it is of little concern to me. I have learned how to capitalise on this batterie’s lack of power considering the chip it has to work with. You speak of ‘probably’ and ‘suspect.’ This is not fact, mere speculation. And when you say “and it will plummet one day,” I don’t doubt it. Batteries degrade over time anyway. This isn’t about being right. It’s about how long this battery will last, and that appears to be entirely personal - by experience.