Battery draining fast on iPhone 15 Pro

Second day with the phone and had to charge it twice today and it’s back down to 19% after normal use…No apps running on background or extended use, battery health at 100% 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


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Posted on Oct 1, 2023 3:01 PM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2023 3:11 PM

When you first activate it or do an iOS update, the iPhone always tend to drain the battery faster and this is due to the background process iOS does to optimize, including, but not limited to, syncing with iCloud, re-indexing your file system, photos, etc. (for faster search). This is normal and usually ends quickly, depending on the amount of data you have - the more data, the longer it takes.

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Jan 10, 2024 11:06 AM in response to keemeeemee

well, if this is ""normal "" then they falsely advertise the battery life of the iPhone 15 series being better than their predecessors. To be honest that seems like utter lies at this point. It's not normal to have 5 to 10% battery draining an hour,. I've had iPhones going back to the iPhone three and never had an issue like this though we all know that these batteries and iPhones wear out overtime and when they've been used for a while, they do perform poorly. A brand new battery on a brand new iPhone 15 series phone should be acting immaculately well. This is very sad and apple is dropped the ball big time on this. The only thing I can speculate is there about to release the iPhone 16 and they don't give a hoot about the iPhone 15 customers.

Jan 10, 2024 11:50 AM in response to torotorotoro

that's a great idea. Very disappointed in Apple. Seems like they generally ignore issues and just start getting ready to release the next generation iPhone. I'm guessing they're ready to release the iPhone 16 already so they don't give a hoot about us iPhone 15 users. Makes me sad as a loyal apple customer for so many years. I expect more from Apple to its loyal customers, and after buying a 1000+ dollar devices.

Jan 13, 2024 11:58 PM in response to drdavescientist

I’m so wary now. I never thought I’d be nervous to get another iPhone. I’ve been a silly fan boy since the iPhone 3 or so. I have a MacBook. lol. Friends tried to convince me to go to the dark side, but I’m hoping this 13 will be okay. You want to hear the most pathetic part of this? I almost added a new line just so I could use an old model. My intent was to just put this one in the drawer for whenever it was paid off.

Jan 14, 2024 12:04 AM in response to ThyTheGreat

I want to add—and this post might not make the grade—but if your cell company does allow you to trade down? Don’t pick the 14 Pro. That’s what I have. I’m here because I’m having the same problems. All of them. When they offered me a 15, I had to laugh. When they told me to wait til I’m due for an upgrade, I told them I didn’t want to wait til the 13 was out of stock…. I actually started bawling after a concert. I wasn’t able to get a single photo from it. A video. I don’t know if the 15 has the camera issues the 14 has, but steer clear.

Jan 14, 2024 7:43 AM in response to ThyTheGreat

Well it’s another day not much use today with 4 hours screen time and it’s a full day, 9am to 2am (17hours) and battery still over 60% so yeah was a drain to begin with but settled in and don’t see any issues here. I don’t see any issues running iOS 17.3 for a week now and no issues with battery.if you have issues I would say it’s not the phone but the way you have it setup.

Jan 16, 2024 4:21 PM in response to ThyTheGreat

I just bought my iPhone 15 Pro last week, and the battery life STINKS! My 2 year old iPhone 13 Pro battery lasted twice as long. Now, I’m always worrying about whether I have a charger or battery pack on me. Also hope it’s only a software issue. Apple, PLEASE fix this. Using Maps app for a 30 min trip downtown for jury duty took it from 100% (right off charger) to 63%…😔

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