iPhone 16 Pro Battery Draining Quickly

There is no straightforward solution unless Apple actually admits that there is a problem. Best is to go through all the posts and you will realise that none of the options actually work in some cases and even if it works, Battery life will be inferior to I phone 13 pro. I have same problem with 16 pro and it will be 3 months since buying it !

Try everything within 14 days and if doesn't solve the problem -please return the phone.

Have you upgraded to iOS 18.2 yet? My iPhone 16 PM was OK on 18.1.1, but 18.2 has fixed just about everything but a few apps that haven’t been optimized yet. Facebook and Instagram are big battery drains and it gets much hotter when they’re running.

Update:

My battery life seems to have improved after one day. It looks like it has gone to “normal” now. I disabled the “Learn from this app” in the Apple Intelligence and Siri section for all the apps individually (except Apple mail, messages and maps). Not sure if this helped or the fact that a second full charge of the battery helped. I keep it on charge all night (and on standby). This is day 3 and I have been using my phone for last 1 hour and the battery is still 100% 🤩

Okay I’m going to charge it to 100% to see if it changes something 🙏🏻 I’m going to the Apple Store on Saturday, I will see with them.

here is my last charge graph, I charge my phone each 2 days but with 90% it lasts 5h not really more.

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Stevencrt wrote:

Thank you very much for your both answers !!

But my battery is draining quickly even when I don’t use these apps… do you think that it’s linked ?

It makes no difference if you are actively using those apps, they are using background processes to consume your battery when you are not using them. They must be deleted, before you will see any difference.

I am facing same problem . I have bought my iPhone 16 pro just 7 days ago and it is not giving me battery backup .it only gives 3 to 4 screen time only . I req company to fix it as we all spend alot of money on iPhone .so kindly fix it up as soon as possible

Update 2: My battery life has improved significantly on the 3rd day. Only charging it overnight (with nightstand on). It’s 11 am here and my battery level is 93%. Ending my participation here in the thread and all the best to you all. Keep it charging all night.

TroyTroyK wrote:

How does factory resetting your MacBook fix your battery issue with your iPhone? Or did I misread this?

It is not Factory Resetting the MacBook, it is using the MacBook to Factory Reset the iPhone. Restoring iOS from a computer is a different process than resetting through Settings on the iPhone. The computer can perform a Clean Install of iOS on the device.

So did anybody find any solution for this or we just have to wait for Apple to fix it?

Because I have iPhone 16 Pro brand new two weeks old maybe 3 and my 6 years old iPhone 11 has almost like equal battery life to the 16 pro that’s crazy.

zzzLexin wrote:

So did anybody find any solution for this or we just have to wait for Apple to fix it?

Because I have iPhone 16 Pro brand new two weeks old maybe 3 and my 6 years old iPhone 11 has almost like equal battery life to the 16 pro that’s crazy.

There are some in this thread that have fixed it and other similar threads as well. Here is the post provided by neutro_phill:

Update 2: My battery life has improved significantly on the 3rd day. Only charging it overnight (with nightstand on). It’s 11 am here and my battery level is 93%. Ending my participation here in the thread and all the best to you all. Keep it charging all night.

Not sure if you have tried any of the other solutions provided, but these are the most common:

• Remove Facebook and WhatsApp, then compare your results. These apps from Meta have been running background processes consuming your battery even when not using the apps.
• Reset iPhone using a computer

As I explained to support. My usage habits and environment have not changed this week as compared to the weeks before upgrading the phone. Top 5 in the past 24 hours: Instagram, messages, Home Screen, YouTube, mail, …

You usage is mostly irrelevant. The issue is the apps you're using may need to change, or they did change (via an update) and that’s what is causing the issues for you the last week.

As an example I watch YouTube almost exclusively on my iPad Pro. I noticed my battery consumption was much higher, I checked, and YouTube updated 4 or 5 days ago and my YouTube increase coincided with the update. Now I’m waiting for an update to fix their last update.

I don’t care about your time, look and see what apps consume you battery capacity.

Here’s my 24 hour and 10 battery capacity consumption by app,

batthis wrote:

As I explained to support. My usage habits and environment have not changed this week as compared to the weeks before upgrading the phone. Top 5 in the past 24 hours: Instagram, messages, Home Screen, YouTube, mail, …

Your usage habits have not changed but the Meta apps have. For example, Instagram has been updated 10 times in the last month with problems not only seen on new devices with the latest iOS update, but also with older versions as well. With the Meta apps, it is the background processes that are consuming the battery even when you are not using the apps that indicate Screen Time usage.

I bought new iPhone 16 pro on November 2024 so my battery life is maximum 9 hour it’s very less bcz my other colleague buy with me same time from same place there battery working easily 13 to 15 hours maximum so now what I do with my phone should I send I send for repair I should I return the phone please help me

Faisalsky wrote:

I bought new iPhone 16 pro on November 2024 so my battery life is maximum 9 hour it’s very less bcz my other colleague buy with me same time from same place there battery working easily 13 to 15 hours maximum so now what I do with my phone should I send I send for repair I should I return the phone please help me

After reviewing the posts here, what have you determined? For example posting the Battery Usage screenshot helps to identify out of control apps abusing the background processes. Many of these have been identified as Meta apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, which may be resolved by an update by Meta for bug fixes. Removing them and then comparing battery performance would be an essential troubleshooting step.