iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Draining Fast
iPhone 15 pro max on iOS 17.0.2
battery drains so fast while talking on the phone and heats becomes very very warm
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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17
iPhone 15 pro max on iOS 17.0.2
battery drains so fast while talking on the phone and heats becomes very very warm
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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17
You could try all the same things I tried described in this thread.
Go the scientific, methodical, route - measure everything. Duration, from how many % to how many % battery in that time, take screenshots. Every time you change something, give it a few hours until you're confident it changes either something or nothing. Then switch it back and try the next thing. Yes, this will take days, if not weeks, but keep a record of everything you do and the result. As you can see I built quite a record and detailed descriptions of what was going on, including screenshots of the battery drain at some points (I have lots more but didn't want to spam too much here). In the end I could with absolute (or at least 99.99%) certainty show that the problem was in the phone, not any of my apps, my usage pattern, my charge pattern etc. etc. When the evidence is irrefutable then Apple has no option to swap it. Otherwise they can* keep sending you back into the weeds with "have you tried ...".
You may not have to go this far. Maybe all it takes is a simple call to Apple Customer Support and mention your phone drains like crazy and they'll replace it. I may be the weird one, but I like to come prepared to the battlefield 😝 If you're close to an Apple Store maybe you could pay them a visit (closest to me is a 2hrs drive away) and have them take a look at it (I doubt they'll replace it on the spot, but you never know). If you have AppleCare+ then Apple may be even more willing to replace it quickly or without too much asking. However, you do have a right to a decent working product which you paid (dearly) for. So if the phone doesn't do what it's supposed to do or doesn't function as it's supposed to function or doesn't last as long as it's supposed to last then - in most, if not any, part(s) of the world - you're entitled to (most) of your money back or a replacement. It depends on where you live (I'm in Europe) so your mileage may vary. But I'm sure Apple will be happy to replace it if it's actually a lemon (production error).
Having said that: how long does yours last and could you post a screenshot like I posted which clearly shows a) the green battery usage graph and b) the blue activity graph? If you have any means to measure temperature reliably, like I did, then measure the temperature after your phone being "idle" for, say, an hour (with no apps open or anything) and also, or especially, at times when it's hot. Note down what you were doing what (may have) caused the heating in your opinion. Again: measure, build a record. The first thing you're gonna have to do is define what you mean with "battery is draining hard"; what is 'draining hard' in your book may be 'normal' in someone else's book. Numbers. Durations. Graphs. Cold hard data.
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* Not saying they will.
AstWales wrote:
Just wanted to register to say the same thing. A one hour cellular call drains 17%, I've only had the phone a couple of weeks. Most wifi activity (streaming vids etc) seems fine, but making a regular call drains so much. I sometimes make several long calls in a day, so just three would drain over half of my battery.
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I checked the battery usage statistics during the 55 minute call via Settings then Battery.
71% correspond to "Home and lock screen" and 29% to "Phone".
same here home and Lock Screen 35%
Same here just normal usage and battery percentage drop by 1% every 2,3 minutes
I'll turn my off with a full battery and go to bed. Yet, when I turn it on in the morning, the battery is at 42-50% despite not being on. This has happened 2 out of 3 nights
My iPhone, 15 ProMax battery drains rapidly, even when not in use. It went from fully charged to 60% in two hours. I only picked it up twice to send quick text messages.
I noticed the same issue with the 15 pro I just bought. Comparing with my 11 pro max. The 15 pro is draining x2 faster!!! This is so annoying. Now I have to carrying 2 phones everywhere. :(
Got the same problem. Loosing 2 - 3% while scrolling on Twitter/X for 5 minutes. Or using my phone for the Crunchyroll App to my TV. Every episode (20 minutes) there are about 5% of battery loss.
My battery also drains. I looked at the consumption stats and was surprised to see 16% of my battery consumption was from my camera on only 1 minute of use.
Apple just released an upgrade to combat the on fire iPhone 15-let’s hope it works and stops the batt drain!!
Yes! I‘m so glad I found others that are saying this. I thought I was going crazy. I checked the Apple Website for their specs of iPhone 15 Pro Max just to make sure I was getting the battery length right and I was. It’s up in the 20s in terms of hours, but my actual phone is lasting a lot less than that.
My friend has a 12 Pro Max, which he’s had for 2 years, and his lasted so much longer in the day than mine. I’m just hoping this can be fixed, otherwise I’ll have regretted not just buying a 14 Pro Max.
I really thought the battery would be amazing, and I even reset my phone to double check battery time, but it must be the software causing issues I guess.
Really hope they fix this soon.
Yeah I just got my phone on 9/22 and before this I had the 12 pro max and it seems that the 15 pro max is draining 3x faster than the 12 pro max. This very disappointing considering how much these phones cost. Hey are supposed to get better not worse.
Exactly the same thing happened to me. I was on the phone for about an hour, I wasn’t even holding it, just connected airpods and left the phone on a table. When I picked it up after the call it was very hot and the battery was dropped with about 40%. I also experience heat while just scrolling on social media. If this do not get resolved soon, I’m definetely returning it.
Battery draining so fast.
losing 2-3% every couple of minutes and phone getting quite hot whilst on a call or using the phone in general.
Quite disappointed with the performance.
Twitchy lag whilst scrolling down the control/ Notification Centre.
The iphone 15 pro only lasted 11 hours before its battery died, did not use it much and still lost the battery.
Same issue here: my new iphone 15 pro's battery life is so short and I'm frustrated by it keeps getting warm/hot.
The only reason I chose to purchase a new iPhone is bc I'm not happy with the battery condition on my iphone 12 pro. Turns out I may just got something even worse and I'm now very upset.
Apple: please just get this one thing right. You are disappointing your customers.
iPhone 15 Pro Max Heating & Battery Draining Fast