iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Draining Fast

Hello @Ddey91,

I just had the same problem during a call with an iPhone 15 Pro on iOS 17.0.2.

The battery went from 60 to 25% in just 1 hour of calling.

The iPhone was very, very hot and I preferred to stop the call.

Having the same problem on the iPhone 15 pro (not max).

brand new phone, battery draining fast.

it also overheated while using maps, so much so it was forced to close maos from the Home Screen after only 3 or so minutes of use.

very disappointing.

need a software fix asap, or maybe the new titanium case isn’t good at keeping cool.

Same thing is happening to me. The phone is draining very quickly and it’s also getting hot. Also I’ve noticed when trying to remove a notification from the Home Screen, the screen isn’t responsive. Very frustrating

Same here with iPhone 15 pro max (iOS 17.0.2)during a call taking the battery to drain from 98% all the way down to 18% in just 43 minutes!!

Also another issue with video size and comfortability in some app like Snap chat !

Same thing happening with me. Got the 15 Pro Max in the mail Friday, the drain on the battery is ridiculous! As others have said it will drain very fast just using the phone, and get hot! Now I remember why in the past I wait about 6pm the after a new iPhone comes out, to make sure they have things in order. I really hope they have fixes coming very soon, as with many of you all, I need my long battery life, and this was supposed to be even better?

I noticed my phone gets hot. But then what's even worse I noticed is that the battery drains so much. I upgraded because my iPhone 11 battery only lasts for a day but then getting this phone didn't make difference: i dont know what to do. Can we get a replacement or everyone has the same issue? I turned always on display off but it's still draining fast

Same here! I got my phone on the 22nd of September from London Regents Street.

having the same problem, when on call, battery draining super fast, like 1% per min. And the phone gets over heated when watching videos.

I called apple support and they weren’t very helpful. Keep saying they dont have anything in stock to replace my device.

not happy @Apple

Having the same issue with my 15 pro max, battery drained 20% on a 40 minute call last night. Phone was also super warm almost immediately.. Really hoping for a software fix or at least an acknowledgment from apple

My iPhone 15 Pro Max also seems to have a massive battery drain problem. I use my phone constantly at work and my 14 Pro Max always lasted all day and all evening. Seriously, I had to charge before bed maybe 2 times all year. My 15 Pro Max plummeted over 60% in 3 hours this morning.

Same. Really have no ide what’s happening! I charged it up before bed, unplugged it, was at 98, dropped to 90 this morning and now 43% after one hour of wave navigation and Spotify. My 12s battery was better than this. 😭

I Have made many changes in my settings to screen including turning on low power mode. It still drains the battery much more quickly than my old eleven!

waiting to hear some good news. Regretting the prompt purchase of this phone!

There’s at least three problems that they know about if you bring the phone to Apple they’re gonna act like they don’t know anything one of the text came up to me and said it’s going to need another update or two… also some of the phones after three days the battery gets used to the charging and it stops getting warm while charging which mine has done but at eight 8 o’clock in the morning my phone is at 100% for my iPhone 15 Pro Max and by 12 in the afternoon I’m down to 69% and by 5 o’clock I’m at 40 my 14 Pro Max hundred percent at 8 AM all day long at 9 PM it would be on 50%… I can almost guarantee that when they start making the phones for the next batch, some of the problems gets fixed, this is what happens when we all buy the first ones. I should’ve waited till the end of November.

I am no expert but I am inclined to say it’s an iOS 17 bug

I was running iOS 17 public beta on my main phone since #1 (iPhone 14 Pro) while the software was one of the least buggy I’ve ever used. The battery life was abysmal. It never improved even up to the RC.

Setup my iPhone 15 Pro on the 22nd and battery life was still shocking. Went through my app refresh and location service turning a majority off with no improvement.

I decided to do a full reset of my 15 Pro and set it up as new phone instead of restoring my backup incase there was a bug carrying through from that.

Absolutely no improvement with the battery life. Perhaps even marginally worse. Battery usage screen seems to be all over the place.

IOS 17.1 Dev Beta doesn’t make any mention of battery improvements