iPhone 16 Pro Battery Draining Quickly

Your battery is dropping about 50% over 12 hours. That is not something to be concerned about. Your battery is dropping when it is not being used due to the Background Activity noted by WhatsApp and that is expected and why Apple is telling you that the app is using Background Activity.

Use Optimized Charging and charge your phone all night, every night. If you are using a Charge Limit, that is just decreasing the amount of use that you can expect to get on a charge. It is your choice on whether you want to remove WhatsApp so your battery does not drain so much when not using the iPhone. I believe the Saturn app also uses Background Activity, but cannot confirm in the screenshot you provided.

bsd04 wrote:

iPhone 16 pro battery needs charging twice a day and overnight every single time

• You should be charging it all night, every night, and I would recommend to turn on Optimized Charging.
• For what is consuming the battery, post the screenshot at Settings > Battery, that includes the green battery graph with the last 24 hours option along with at least the top 5 apps using the battery. Apps noted with Background Activities are using your battery even when you are not using the app.
• Also, what iOS version are you using?

To be objective about your phone battery is obviously needed to wait at least a couple of weeks since first launch. But consider returning window.

and use Force reset of your phone after update

Please post your battery usage by app for the last 24 hours and 10 days. Here’s mine.

Please follow the step by step instructions in the Apple Support article I linked below.

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Apple Support told me screen time has a known bug and will be fixed in a future update. Screen time is currently not accurate. Some people have reported hundreds of hours of screen time in a day.

If we can’t see what your apps are doing, we can’t help diagnose and resolve the issue. 😀

Please post a screen shot of you battery usage by app. Here’s mine,

I have the same problem. Bought 16 Pro 3 days ago and I can reach more than 5-6h screen time and maybe, maybe 1h - 1.5h of idle. Can't believe in these units with 8-10 screen time... not doable in my case I think.

Turned off: 5G, AOD, background apps, location services, ets. When the phone is not being used, it consumes 1% per 30-40 mins.

Spoke with Apple yesterday and they performed an online diagnosis and the tech support representative told me, that what my phone achieves is pretty decent and he doesn't think this is an issue. The diagnosis showed the battery is good, nothing is happening.

The options I have are to replace the unit within 14 days but tbh I feel this is not the unit case because before 16 Pro I had 16 Pro Max for 10 days and had the same: when the youtubers were saying they have 18h screen time, mine was 5h after 50% of battery at most.

So I feel disappointed? I am not a heavy user but I was expecting much more from 16 Pro in comparison to my 14 Pro which I was charing twice per day. With 16 Pro I think I can make one full day but without the full comfort of not thinking about the battery.

sheetalgaurang wrote:

Please try and lodge a complaint.Ask for email address where you can write to. If they refuse please come back to forum. This is a genuine problem and Apple got it wrong. I am hopeful- it will be fixed.

There is not email address for assistance. You can:

• Send Feedback - Product Feedback - Apple
• Contact Apple by phone or start online support request - Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support
• Schedule Genius appointment - Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

If you have a computer, reset the device with that and set it up as new and compare the results. That is what Apple will do when you take it in for service.

197_b wrote:

I had the same issue with my 16 pro max. It would drain to 30% within a few hours of screen time. I tried this fix via my Mac and now the battery is working well. I charged my phone 6 hours ago and after intense use of social media apps, It still has 85% left. Thanks for this mate!

Thanks for the update. That has been found to resolve the issue. For those without a Mac to reset the phone, it can also be done at the Apple Store or using a friend's computer. This will also be the first thing that is done when requesting support. Enjoy your phone and the impressive battery performance.

Telegram is a notorious app for lack of developer support and ineffective updates. Basically, they don’t care. Delete the app and watch your battery improve in 24 to 48 hours.

Lock Screen indicates a lot of background indexing and syncing taking place. Currently, because of Apple Intelligence activity it may take up to 5 days or so for all activities to return to normal.

A forced restart might help with Telegram but I doubt you’ll delete the app.

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

eknoor68 wrote:

Sir, my iPhone battery is draining 1 % in 4 minutes of usage even sometime 3 mintutes without using intragram just simple browsing and battery decreases in every 3 - 4 minutes 1 % this is problem with iPhone not with intagram and so all if I am not using that iPhones battery is decreasing 1% in 3-4 mitnutes

It makes no difference if you are using Instagram or not. The app is consuming the battery in the background just from the activities you are doing on the phone. You can continue to complain about it, but you have been given all the information and simply refuse to remove those apps to test your battery usage then. Instagram is just one of the apps and your problem is compounded with the addition of the others. Take for example the information Instagram is gathering on you whether you are currently using the app or not. This is available on the Privacy Page for Instagram in the App Store.

• Health & Fitness
• Purchases
• Financial Info
• Location
• Contact Info
• Contacts
• User Content
• Search History
• Browsing History
• Sensitive Info
• Usage Data

You don't see the connection when every user on this post has the same issue using those apps and also with the provided link that the same thing happens on other devices from completely different manufacturers?

Each user has a different Social Graph for data collection on any device and the more data points the app has for collection, the more power it will consume. That is why you see different battery consumption rates from the users of those apps.

These forums are not monitored by Apple. They will not be aware of your challenge unless you report it. You can contact Apple Support (link below) open a support ticket with a number or submit feedback directly to Apple using link below.

Apple Support Community is a public discussion forum for fellow Apple users to assist each other and share tips and solutions. Apple hosts the community, but is not a participant and will never read your comment. If you would like to leave feedback for Apple please use the link below.

Product Feedback - Apple

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Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support

I would suggest you to return it ASAP! I would even beg you to do that! You have only 14 days to return it. Now it’s less since you’ve been using it for 5 days already.

They are all the same. Everyone is complaining about them. I regret I did not return mine before this 14-day return policy.

I can’t go to work without bringing my charger! It’s a nightmare. I do everything they advise me to do. I even erased the phone, uninstall IG and WhatsApp but it still can’t even last 8 hrs.

I regret that choice!

My only go-to now is to sell it. Which means I will lost a lot of money. Retailers only offer $600 for an iPhone 16 Pro with 256 Go. Pfff