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iPhone 14 Pro Battery Draining Fast

Anybody have a clue why the iPhone 14 pro battery is draining like a Samsung? My 13 pro and 13 pro max battery was so much better.. I’m lucky to get through the day with the new 14 pro battery!! What’s going on? Is this because of the new always on display?


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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 7:56 AM

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Sep 26, 2022 4:56 PM in response to LBaker75

My phone is a couple of days old. All of the transfers have been fully downloaded. Yesterday on the way back to the house, two our drive, It was almost dead after playing a couple of albums. Today, fresh charge, I woke up as usual around 6:15, checked email, social media and some news, set it down and got the kid around, made breakfast, coffee, etc. Went back to the phone and it was at 80%! I've already turned off a lot of features such as the always on clock, etc. Tonight after a short charge, had dinner sat down and it was dead and super hot! WTF is going on?!

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Sep 20, 2022 8:50 AM in response to LBaker75

I own iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Battery life on both are nothing short of amazing. For example it is now going on noon. My 14 Pro Max has been off its MafSafe Charger, since 7:30 AM this morning and my remaining battery is 98% at this very moment.


If your battery is draining faster than you expect, you need to see what is using the battery.


Go to Settings > Battery and wait for the categories to populate. You likely have something running in the background you need to stop running.


You can also Force Restart your iPhone (something you should do routinely anyway) by following the procedure in this support document --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Sep 20, 2022 11:22 PM in response to LBaker75

Look at what is using your battery most in settings. Could still be indexing depending on how much you had on your device. Could be an errant app. Check to make sure you don’t have available app updates. If you do then let them install. My iPhone 14 Pro Max battery life is excellent and that’s with me using it a lot. Of course I realize you are asking about the pro but everything I mentioned could still be the cause. As far as the always on display…doesn’t seem to be using lot of power but you could always see how your battery behaves turning it off after a full charge to see if there is a significant distance for you.

Sep 21, 2022 2:50 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Hope it stay this way for at least a year cuz mine is good with brand new 13 pro max but dude I m sure I was horrified w way 11 battery got bad so quick apple is just too fup I had almost since first one but now it’s nothing much left to it that phone like Samsung n more other android phones don’t have so. I’m surely fed up of them instead of upgrading the quality making it better more durable n . Longevity hardware it’s of course to rob us going down it’s only now the stupidity left buying it not even anymore status symbol

Sep 21, 2022 3:01 AM in response to LBaker75

I’m not certain but yesterday there was an article online that stated how Apple has an updated a support document about the new iOS 16 haptic keyboard feedback, noting that using it could impact battery life. Have no info other than that, but that could be the cause. Unsure because I’ve only personally been using iOS 16 for a few days myself.

Sep 21, 2022 3:38 PM in response to Mersey101

Did you do what was recommended above and go to Settings > Battery > And see whats using the most battery? When you set up the phone, you may have brought something over which is corrupt. You can back up your phone on your computer and restore the phone from backup (again, using your computer). These are some things you can and should do.


No one I know with iPhone Pro (including the two I own) are having any battery drain issues.


If you try the above actions and none help, then schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar for evaluation.

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