It feels like the 16 pro drains battery like crazy. Mine has gone from 95% to 81% in 38 minutes of light use and some picture taking. Phone also gets really hot when using the camera!
Anyone else experiencing this?
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18
I got my phone on Monday 30th September (delivered at nearly 9pm) and it took me until the following day to transfer everything from my 14 Pro Max, so I didn't start using it properly until Tuesday 1st October. For 2 days, I experienced this issue (excessive battery drain) and I became particularly annoyed because my phone was seemingly permanently attached to a charger and the battery percentage wasn't going up. As of last night I was considering sending it back as other posts on here suggested that Apple support was reporting no issues with the phones even though almost everyone was experiencing the same fault.
I did notice that there is a software update available - and although it is just 18.0 by all accounts this update is just for new iPhone 16's (all variances). It says it's a security update but once installed, my battery life is significantly better - to the extent that at nearly 11.30am, it's at 91% and I've used it for work calls; listening to an audio book for 30 minutes and playing some games since 6.30am when I took it off a normal overnight charge.
Maybe it was the update or maybe something else (although I didn't do or change anything else in my normal phone usage/routine) but the battery drain issue seems to have been resolved.
Has anyone heard updates on when Apple will fix the iPhone 16 battery issue??
This is my usage, I feel on tiktok every 4-5minutes, my percentage goes down, I did almost all settings that I could to improve battery
My iPhone 16 pro battery is draining so fast even I’m not using it and if use the camera for some minutes it really gets so hot
My 13 pro max was amazing on battery life. Apple needs to address this asap and fix it. I’m becoming frustrated.
It’s insane how this hasn’t been addressed by APPLE. I’d like to know when there will be a fix. We all do! I regret changing phones.
That never really works like it should here. But anyway, this the quality of a phone that cost as much as it is? like a bad joke.
Why is my IPhone 16 Pros battery draining so fast and the phone gets hot? It’s only 1 month old.
nah its april and i have a brand new 16 pro and its pretty much the saem battery life as my 3 year old iphone 13
i had a 13 and charged it once a day. I used it a ton. This is nuts the problem isn’t being addressed. Does anyone on here know when it will be???
Thanks so much for this!! I did everything you pointed out. This should probably do the trick. I appreciate this.
Is the iPhone 16 pro , battery fast drain gonna be solved soon???
I’ve bought My device only 2 weeks ago.!
what can u do?
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My iphone16 Pro Max had very good battery life when I got it, which is just a few months ago. Now it barely lasts my workday, much less the evening. What can I do other than cry “foul!”
my iphone 16 battery draining very fast even while moderate usage (safari, youtube, instagram).
also noticed that battery draining very fast while no network coverage area
please fix this ASAP.
You are not alone, but you are a VERY small number out of 500 million, and many of those posts are different problems with similar symptoms
My iPhone 16 pro overheats too and drains too fast. Got it for less than a week. It’s seriously crazy
iPhone 16 pro battery draining fast
