iPhone 13 Pro: Only 3 Hours of Screen On Time

Hi,


My iPhone 13 Pro consistently gets only about 3 hours of screen on time and 1.5 hours screen off time. The phone is not even a year and a half old, and the battery health is 88%. While though the phone isn't new, I would expect at least 5 hours of screen on time, even though 6-7 hours should be possible.


I used to charge my iPhone to 100% and would unplug it right before going to sleep, using an Anker 511 Nano Pro 20W fast charger. I have recently switched to letting my iPhone charge overnight, now using Apple's 12W power adapter (the one that is shipped with iPads).


Some important information:

  • Auto-brightness is enabled, but I also manually lower the brightness when the screen is brighter than it needs to be
  • Background app refresh is completely disabled (both while on Wi-Fi and cellular)
  • Location services are disabled for any app and system service that doesn't require it
  • Notifications are disabled for any app that I don't need notifications from
  • Raise to wake is disabled, but tap to wake is enabled
  • My phone is on iOS 17.0.3 and I install new updates as soon as they are released
  • The ProMotion 120 hertz refresh rate is on (I shouldn't have to disable "pro" features on a pro phone to save battery)
  • I don't use low power mode too often, nor should I have to in order to get above 3 hours of screen on time
  • Optimized battery charging is enabled
  • I am not a heavy user of my phone; the most demanding task I do regularly is scroll through Instagram while also listening to Spotify (for a total about 20-30 minutes of this per day)


My questions now:

  1. What could be causing this?
  2. How can I fix this?


Thanks in advance.

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 4:21 PM

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May 22, 2024 7:57 AM in response to Stowing0458

Hey!


I'm experience pretty much the same battery as you do, but with a regular iPhone 13. I have 100% battery health tho. But I get 3 hours of on screen time tops. Reports say the phone should last up to 7-8 hours of SOT. I don't understand what causes this. I tried everything and I believe that there isn't anything visible on the battery metrics that shows the drain.


One thing I noticed was that, erasing all data did help for the first 2 days. I had 5+ hours on the second day, which was a record. But then it stabilised again on the 3 hour mark. There has to be something that causes this but I have no ideia what. I've tried almost turning everything off, but that doesn't make any difference.


My last suspicion is that there is something in my iCloud account that contributes to this. Because, before this iPhone, I had an iPhone 12, and I also had a much worse battery than what's advertised or experienced by others. I bought the iPhone 13 thinking that it was just a problem with the 12, and in a way it's a bit better, but certainly disappointing.


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