iPhone 15 Pro Max battery draining without use

I got my iPhone 15 Pro Max 2 weeks ago and its running iOS 17.0.3. Before I sleep I left it with 100% battery charge, waking up after 7hrs my battery went to 89% without even using it. Even though I followed all the settings in the internet on how to keep my battery from draining too fast but the problem still the same. I even put it on low power mode all the time. I hope they will fix this as soon as possible.

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 15, 2023 4:04 PM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2023 8:22 AM

Well, that's entirely unhelpful. You seem to be intentionally dismissing the point. Lots of people, me included, have noticed a significant change in battery use compared to past models/iOS. So the point isn't what the charge level is when I wake up, it's the fact that I'm seeing overnight battery discharge AT A HIGHER RATE THAN MY PRIOR PHONE/iOS. What's relevant about the "overnight" part is that it's the best, lengthy time period to compare conditions because they phone isn't used.


If, as you claim without evidence, that's just the phone doing what it's designed to do, then I'm pretty ****** that I paid so much for a phone that performs worse than the 2-year-old model it replaced.

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Feb 1, 2024 3:06 PM in response to Heretostay59


Which AI app did you get that from?


Item 8 is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! AirDrop uses ZERO energy except during a transfer. Wi-Fi uses no energy except when connected, and NONE when the phone is asleep. Bluetooth uses NO ENERGY except when connected to a device. And if you turn all of those off Find My will no longer work. And neither will automatic nightly backup.

Feb 4, 2024 5:24 AM in response to tamagucci

I am wondering if the iphone heats up like this in the beginning after backups are transpiring then after this everything cools down and the phone runs normally without battery drain and overheating?

I know I had these issues at first then after a week it all stopped and I haven't had the issues again.

I bought the iphone 15 pro about two months ago and this went on only for the first week then no more.

Has this been the case with anyone else?

Thanks.

Feb 9, 2024 12:12 PM in response to iPhone15MaxUser

It sounds like you are in an area with low cell coverage and are using cellular data.


The worse the signal reception in your area, the more energy is required to maintain contact with your local cell tower, which may result in the battery usage you see.


As always, the way to avoid such issues is to always connect your phone to a charger overnight.

Mar 12, 2024 12:21 AM in response to tamagucci

I’m experiencing the same thing! Went from iPhone 13 Pro Max to an iPhone 15 pro max & my battery life is either the same or worse! I think it’s a processor issue. Because I can be on this site or the regular Apple website & it might go down 1-2% in 20-30 minutes while in use. But right when I close the safari app out & turn the screen off & yet in approximately 30-120 seconds the battery will immediately drain another 1-2% after I tap the screen for the screen to come on. So basically it uses more battery when not in use than it does while being used. The always on screen, location services, Siri, automatic updates & downloads, Bluetooth, iCloud cellular synching, hotspots, airdrop, background refresh, keyboard haptics, rise to wake screen, etc. are all off.

iPhone 15 Pro Max battery draining without use

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