Are you using aniPhone 16and feel like your battery is draining faster than usual? Or have you upgraded to iOS 18 on an older iPhone and noticed your battery draining more? Well, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
As first reported byMacRumors, users have been posting complaints onReddit, theApple Supportcommunity forums, andMacRumors own forum, about excessive battery drain on theiPhone 16andiPhone 16 Pro. No official fix has been reported yet and Apple has not commented on the issue.
The iPhone 16 lineup hit store shelves almost a month ago. OurPocket-lint reviewof the iPhone 16 viewed it as a “solid upgrade over the iPhone 13 and 14” but not much of an improvement over the iPhone 15. The iPhone 16 Pro was also reviewed favorably, with ourPocket-lint reviewsaying it’s “the gold standard for phone photography.”
The news of the iPhone 16 having battery life problems comes as a report fromCanalysresearchers shows that the iPhone 16 hasachieved record sales figuresin Q3 2024.
This isn’t the first time a new iPhone andiOS updatehas experienced battery drain problems, and it most likely won’t be the last. Issues like this seem to happen almost every year despite Apple’s best efforts. It’s important to note this issue doesn’t seem to affect all iPhone 16 users.
iPhone 16 launch leads Apple to record sales figures
Apple has achieved its best-ever Q3 sales thanks to the iPhone 16 and older iPhones.
What is causing the extra battery drain on the iPhone 16?
There doesn’t seem to be an exact answer or solution yet
It seems some users are experiencing excessive battery drain on the iPhone 16 when the device is idle or doing simple tasks like playing music.
One user on Redditremarked: “I have the 16 pro and the battery is terrible – lasts about 5-6 hours of on screen time before hitting 20%. It’s been a week of use and nothing changed.” Another iPhoneuser on Reddit said: “Listened to music for the first 2.5 hours of my day (with less than 45 minutes screen time) and realized my battery was at 68 percent.”
Auseron the Apple Support community forum with an iPhone 16 was reportedly able to fix the issue by closing their calendar app. Theuser said: “my calendar app was using more power than the entire phone and all the other apps combined. After I deleted the calendar app, my phone started working without overheating and lasted for almost 2 days with one full charge.”
Battery drain issues are difficult to pinpoint due to each iPhone user’s different usage habits. Some users have tried turning off Always on Display, ProMotion, and even entirely resetting their iPhones to attempt to fix the issue. It’s beenreportedthat switching to iOS 18.0.1 and iOS 18.1 beta might help the problem. It’s most likely that this is a software issue and that Apple will fix it in a future iOS 18 update.
iOS 18.1could be arriving on October 28th. The update will have the long-awaited Apple Intelligence features for the iPhone 16 lineup and the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max.
Apple Intelligence could arrive on iPhone on October 28 – here’s what to expect
According to reports, the first AI features will be released in iOS 18.1 at the end of October.
