Why is my iPhone 16 Pro Max battery draining so fast?

Already did everything in that list

And still nothing

That says more about the use of VLC for viewing on the phone than about the battery.

Watching videos using Safari or other players uses far less energy.

The "Pro" models have smaller batteries and therefore lower capacities than the "Pro Max" devices.

You're constantly using Internet in that situation, often with poor signal.

For a use case like that you should be connected to a car charger.

Unfortunately I have the same issue (16 Pro no info about indexing) and I don't think that anything will improve. Why? Because same happened with my 15 Pro last time. I erase my 15 Pro few times. It was better but just for 3-4 days everything backs.

I think it is iOS 17/18 issue. It needs much more power and Apple doesn't care about it.

This topic comes up every single year (right up there with the topic of “the iPhone glass is worse than any other previous iPhone because I cracked mine when I dropped it on concrete without a case…but I dropped my old one on rocks all of the time and it still looks brand new” claims). Under normal circumstances battery drain will be faster than expected in the beginning from things like the device indexing over several days to the need for various apps to receive updates (sometimes multiple updates) to properly optimize for use with the new iOS. That is the norm. There is also sometimes the reality that with new features people are actually playing with their devices, settings, and new features a bit more in the beginning even though they may not feel like they are. Sometimes one of the incremental iOS updates that release in the initial days/weeks after the major release will address battery drain issues if Apple notices a problem that is outside of the normal battery drain expectations in the beginning. But if you are concerned and think it’s been more than enough time for things to have slowed down (and today being day 4 since launch…with some getting their devices late in the evening on Friday making actual use time closer to 3 days means that it really hasn’t been that long at all) reach out to Apple to see what they say and if a real issue exists. Also if you notice in settings that there are any apps that seem to be using an insane amount of battery check to make sure you have the latest update for it and report concerns to the app developer as they may need to release another update for that app.

iPhone 16 pro max here got on release date too.

I don’t know how you guys are going through your battery, I charge it, as soon as it gets to 100% I take it off so normally it’s at 9pm-1am when and if I wake up in the middle of the night. From then to 1:15pm my phone is at 91%. I go to work and don’t use it much listen to music on the way to work, text people etc. After work obviously I will be on it more but even then from 1:15-9:15pm it goes to 63%. Some days I don’t even charge it going to bed I will wake up and charge it when I’m getting ready for work. From the iPhone 11 Pro Max to the 16 I would say this is a huge upgrade for me usually my 11 would have died by 4pm.

I would also go into settings >battery and see what background apps are running and the top ones I go and turn off background app refresh and that tends to help or delete to app if I don’t use it. Like for example I had temu on there (I know don’t hate) but I saw it was on in the background even when I didn’t go into it at all so I deleted the app. So much better now. I would also go to Apple and just check and see there has been times where I’ve gotten a product and the battery expanded during elevation changes etc.

16 Pro Max - Exact same issue with the battery drain, I don't have the message anymore saying its finishing updates but my battery is still draining fast. Tried leaving the phone on low power mode for a day to see if it made any difference, which it barely did

Phone fully charged early morning and almost drained at the afternoon. 8 hours of taking pictures, Facebook, Instagram, one call and 13 percent left. This is a disaster. My old iPhone 12 with old battery performed this way

I bought the iPhone 16 Pro Max on launch day. After the initial run, I got an update of iOS 18.0. Then later I'm experiencing a massive battery drain issue. It's even draining quicker than my old iPhone 8 Plus. Even just for calling it's like reducing quickly like 100, 99, 98, 97,... Is this issue related to hardware or software? I chatted with the online support; they suggested the usual things for the old phones for new iPhones. It's too disappointing. Do I need to wait until the next update?

Or can I go to the nearest service center? It's just only 4 days since I've been using this iPhone.

To be honest I had my 16 pro max Friday 20/09/24. Charged it to full Sunday night and have not had to charge it and it’s now Tuesday 34/09/24 and still on 60% so I’d say it’s fr better but I was upgrading from 13 pro max.

So it’s the 25th of September now here in N.Z., and it seems like the battery draining on the new iPhone 16 Pro Max still happening, atleast to mine. I thought I’ll give it a couple a days like what the other says also in other forums but, it’s still draining fast.

Any update on any of you guys regarding this matter? I thought the new iPhone can go up to 33 hours seems like it’s only going half of that.

Originally ordered an iPhone 16PM and couldn't handle the size/weight. I returned it on launch day, and switched to the regular 16 Pro. It's now Tuesday evening and all I've experienced is battery drain on battery drain. I've charged the phone to 100% and taken it off the charger at 6:30AM. With CarPlay for an hour, nav for 30 mins of that, music, and some texting the phone will be in the low 50% before noon. Today it was used even less and I was seeing numbers in the mid 40's. I've never been more disappointed in a new phone as much as this. I have purposefully not sent in my 15 because of how unhappy I am with this. It's literally pointless to have all this tech in a phone that has to be plugged in so often I feel anxious leaving the charger. I could turn off AOD, I could limit frame rate, but why? I should just have a standard model if I'm turning off all those features. Today I used the camera to take some shots of my daughter's soccer game and it drained 30% using the camera. How in the world should I be excited for Apple Intelligence when the battery WITHOUT said headlining feature isn't even available????? I feel like that's only going to make this even worse. I don't know what to do, but I need to make a decision quickly.

Mine 16 pro Max battery is also draining A LOT faster than my iPhone 13 pro Max.. I wanted to check the batteri status in the settings to see the procentage, but it just keep loading? Anyone who can’t see it either?

drewpayment wrote:

I suspected that it was Apple Intelligence, so I disabled for last 24 hours and it is draining the same without it enabled. Definitely something else going on.

This is on the 18.0 or the beta version of iOS 18?