iPhone 16 pro battery draining fast

Hello to all, hello Apple marketing, apparently this is not a support issue…

I have the same problem.

The battery drain extremely fast on iPhone 16 Pro.

I have disabled all things possible by iOS. So the phone is not anymore really smart.

The battery continue to drain more than it’s humanly acceptable.

From 80 to 60 in 4 hours, without taking my phone one time in my hands.

From 60 to 45 in 15 minutes on safari, trying to write this comment.

I have checked the battery settings and no more optimisation running.

So Apple marketing, what I have to do? Return my phone? Make some publicity for your phone? Can you please answer to your customers?

Apparently no, if I check this thread.

So next time I don’t buy a new phone here.

Thank you Apple marketing, with my best regards.

Now, it’s time to charge my new 1000$ phone for the 2nd time in the day.

Amazon said its down to Apple and vice versa. Really fed up with this £1,100 phone. Now it’s on 97% battery life after buying new. So far I’m stuck in a corner. Only had it 2 weeks. Might just trade it in and lose a fortune!😡 Now in the process of doing a chargeback from my card

Hello~ As far as trading it in …Apple isn’t accepting trade ins on the 16 models yet. I am still unclear as to why Amazon will not allow you to send it back if it is within the return window…

~Katana-San~

It’s in the hands now of my credit card company for a chargback. Apple and Amazon ain’t bothered. Edit , It’s under warranty but they will now repair not replace and won’t get phone back for approximately 6 weeks!!.

Yes! Mine too! I took it back to the shop the other day, and was told it’s working at 100% battery life but it really isn’t. Two of my friends have 16s too. I was out with them all weekend and on both days, my iPhones battery died and both of theirs were fine. What can be done about this? The whole reason I upgraded from the iPhone 11 to the 16, was because of its battery life, but now I feel like my iPhone 11s battery was better than this. What can be done about this? Can they replace the phone? I feel like I’ve been sold a dodgey one.

This is great, but same iPhone 16 pro mine drinks battery like anything!!!! On idle of like 8 hrs battery drop by 10% Apple did all settings even after that still same!!! 3 times went to service Center same issue!!! Don’t know what to do , customers since 10 yrs with Apple , but they don’t want to even acknowledge!!! Please Apple find out the issue why for some phones this is happening and help those ..this is not the experience we wanna go through, please ..it’s a joke since I got the device , service Center and customer care but so far no resolution !!!

Overheating could be a symptom for multiple issues not related to battery consumption. You may want to create a separate post all your own so it doesn’t confuse people with battery issues. The title of this thread draining battery, not overheating. 😀

Even while talking on the phone using wired earphones, the battery is draining quickly. Background refresh is turned off, and I am using both WiFi and a 4G connection with good signal strength. No Apple Intelligence features are enabled

I also traded my (trusty, too big but beloved) 13 pro max for the new 16 pro. This is my second day using the new phone, and I am planning to return it and keep my 13. The old phone didn’t even need to be charged every day but the 16 can’t even go one day on a full charge. Deal breaker, apple.

I've been having the same problem for three months now, since I bought my iPhone 16 Pro. 
I hate it; the battery drains in minutes, even without using the phone. 
Did you get any technical support to resolve the issue? 
I already want to return the phone. 
This is the first time in 15 years of using an iPhone that something like this has happened to me. 
I feel very disappointed 

I got a new iPhone 16 Pro in December, as of yesterday, my phone now dies at 33%. I don’t have too many background apps running, only one of my apps uses a lot of power and I use it very rarely, but since it started dying at 33% I can detect a weird smell coming from my phone

Here is my update: 

Over time, (after 1 month) my battery is a little bit better, like it can survive a day of light use, but some percentages drains without any reason.

Now Im more "worried" about the out of the box scratch on the back glass, the dust particle in the one mont old phone's camera, the poor fit quality of the camera button's frame, the earpiece’s deeply placed grill, that collect a LOT of dust.  

Over all, im soooooo disappointed. Like, I spent 1350$ on that **** phone. Can’t i get quality??

Bdw, im from Hungary. This is not a country that like: “Oops, there is a random apple store.. Lucky mee!”

So I'm pretty helpless rn. 

I noticed this because most people set up their phones a certain way and have regular patterns of use. When you get the new phone into the mix and notice the battery life is always 20% lower than usual, it's a major problem. We all spent the big money and upgraded, traded in, and we're being lied to about the battery life. This is a class action suit at worst.

Found this thread too late. just upgraded iphone 13 to 16 Pro using AT&T promo.

I thought there was something wrong with my charger.

Iphone 13 would easily get through the day with low mode 20% hitting at dinner on the worst day.

Now this 16 pro cant make it to lunch before hitting the Red.

Cripple the phone with no AI, no background, no refresh, etc.... maybe I make it a whole day.

Might go swap this for a 16 plus.

i had a 13 and when it was new i could go all day and still have 70 percent. i've had that phone for almost 3 years and the battery degraded obviously. i just got the iphone 16 pro and the battery is literally no better than my iphone 13. makes no sense. apple please fix this. it is ridiculous.

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