Significant increase in battery drain of iPhone 16 Pro

Hello Apple Community.

I have had my iPhone 16 pro for about 4 days now and I have noticed a significant increase in battery drain.

My battery says it’s healthy with 100% capacity. However, normal use seems to absolutely kill the battery. I am struggling to get 4 hours out of a single charge. For example I used it to have a 30 min teams meeting today and lost 50% charge in that 30 min.

I have background app refresh turned off, auto lock on the screen, even manually turned the brightness down. Still no improvement. Any suggestions?

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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 2, 2024 8:10 AM

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TAS22

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42 points

Posted on Oct 13, 2024 7:01 PM

Factory reset the phone via your computer. Not via the cloud. I reset it via the cloud and it didn’t work. I hooked it up to my MacBook and factory reset it that way and voila! Amazing battery life now! Like 24 hr battery life!

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mjr379

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14 points

Oct 9, 2024 10:27 AM in response to quannnhhh

I've gone back to an android phone. Just sitting idle for a couple of hours, it depleted . Doesn't even last me a day

Can't believe Apple haven't addressed this issue quicker tbh

Oct 13, 2024 7:41 PM in response to TAS22

I will give this a shot and update you

Oct 21, 2024 3:46 PM in response to quannnhhh

Any update?

mjr379

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14 points

Oct 21, 2024 4:17 PM in response to Digitalhero_x

@sanket263

my phone is still rubbish. I don’t even use it to browse now, I just use it for calls & music. Battery life is still dreadful 🤨

Frodad

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26 points

Oct 22, 2024 6:54 AM in response to mjr379

I have a feeling either Apple is stumped too or they just don’t care. This is going to make them lose millions of iPhone owners who they have taken for granted all these years

Rk1225

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8 points

Nov 2, 2024 6:57 PM in response to Digitalhero_x

I’ve had mine for a week. I went to apple support. It drained 5% while sitting there with the tech and they told me because it says “healthy” its fine. Beyond frustrating. My 13 PM lasted way longer.

gudintak

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8 points

Nov 27, 2024 5:46 AM in response to sanket263

In contrast, I did not observe any significant battery drain when utilizing 5G on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. However, the iPhone 16 Pro exhibited a notable battery drain.

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