iPhone 14 Battery Drain Issues

iPhone 14 Pro here.

The Battery drain alone is one thing. I get that Always-On Display, heavy background activity etc. might have a negative influence here.

But the Battery health is a different issue as it is a hardware related indicator of the battery quality.

When I first heard about the issue about a week ago I checked mine an it was 92%. Which is low after only 11 months. Most of my iPhones were still over 95% after two years.

Chat support checked the battery, couldn't find issues and told me to make an oppointment on site in an Apple Store. Went there yesterday. They didn't find any issues as well but health was then at 91%. But they won't help until it reaches 80%.

So I checked today again and health is now 90% ... so it degraded 2% in about a week.

Scheduled another appointment for today because this (in connection with the battery drain I am experiencing too) is unacceptable in my opinion.

Very simply Run the 13 pro right beside the 14 Pro max… The 13 will win easy!!

It’s so clear that the battery drains faster.

I currently have The 13 Pro Max and denied a free upgrade to the 14 Pro max. Unacceptable… this needs to be addressed by Apple!

I just got this phone maybe a month ago. My last new phone prior to this one was the 11 promax. When I first got the 11 promax I literally almost never had to charge it. It was amazing how long the battery lasted. Then about halfway through my ownership there was an iOS change and I've had battery problems ever since. I thought sure I was going to return it to my Halcyon days of barely having to charge, and that has so not been the case with this phone. It's not terrible like what people were describing with 16.5.1 I still had my 11 at that point so I don't know what that was like on this phone. But this phone clearly drains quickly even with pretty minimal usage. I don't know if it's the iOS or if anything can be done about it, but it's very disappointing.

for reference a 4 month old phone has drained 40% battery using only WhatsApp and reading the news in 2 h while sitting outside with no other apps running.

it’s actually complete garbage and @Apple should be embarrassed. I don’t know how they haven’t fixed / acknowledged this problem.

As for now my Battery health went down 3% in 10 days (from 92% to 89%).

At this rate I will be at 80% in another month (of course about two weeks after the iPhone gets one year old).

And Apple is still denying that there is a problem. One appointment with chat support and two on-site and all they say „there is nothing we can do“.

As of today in one month since my last response when I said 92%, today it’s at 89% Battery capacity. Apple has become a joke, extremely disappointed and never upgrading ever again. They’ll keep forcing people through some tactic to pay more as usual, bet they’ll raise the prices on battery replacements now. 🤡

I had the battery issues after the 1st

16 upgrades. Then they gave one that fixed it in my phone- but now I am having volume issues on my iPhone. People can't hear me talking, I sound garbled etc. I am hoping that after the latest upgrade that will help that but I am beginning to get nervous about upgrading also because if it isn't one thing it's another. And even with the battery issue on the phone, the Apple tech people were denying that they upgrade had anything to do with it. I don't blame them. They only work for Apple are told what to say. But it doesn't instill much trust in Apple does it? Is anybody else having any volume issues or anything with their phones?

I am also facing same issue in my 14 pro ios 16.5, battery draining so fast. Is this any hardware issue or software?

I’ve been having the exact same issue on iphone and ipad as well after updating to ios 16.5. Lesson learned do not update to new os versions.

Ok. Is APPLE coming out with a Fix for the batteries rapidly draining & the iPhones getting too Hot when charging? Or can they fix it ??!!

Good News! Just upgraded to IOS 16.6 and my phone immediately cooled down. For everyone suffering with IOS 16.5 battery issues. Please do the latest update!

There is no roll back on iOS

Issue still persistent hoping ios 17 will fix it

Mate with that many tips might as well don’t even use your phone at all to prolong the battery life. This is absurd 😂 literally Disable everything

I am also irritated with Apple for their obvious "screw-up" with IOS 16.5... Glad the latest update fixed it!