10 Ways to Improve Your iPhone's Battery Life

[HazeAndHahmahneez]

Talk abt battery life…, I haven’t had to use my phone today really, I got to 100% battery at 1pm it’s now afta midnight and am at 83% lol

Tip? Airplane mode& screen off mode

New battery January 1, just recently hit 99% health capacity, nod bad

 

[ndouglas]

The best thing you can do for your iPhone's battery is to completely disable Background App Refresh.

There's really no need for it unless you know for sure you're going to be in an area with zero reception and you want your phone to pick up everything it can beforehand.

Agreed, I had most of it off already but I removed several more just now after reading this article. It’s frustrating because for the very few apps I’d like to actually refresh in the background periodically, they don’t seem to do so no matter what, even when the setting for Background App Refresh is on. Like Stocks, Weather, for just two examples. Strange “feature” that I’ve never seen actually work as it should.

 

[StageMomma]

Everything on my iPhone 16 pro max is far too sluggish in low power mode. It's a bit over the top.

Same here. Low power mode causes my phone to drop frames, stutter and move very slowly. It makes the phone almost useless.

 

[viktorhun]

12. Get the battery replaced.

13. Buy an Android phone with a larger battery

 

[ypl]

Delete your iPhone and get a flip phone while you’re at it. What’s the point of a smartphone if you want a dumb phone.

Good idea except most really useful apps don’t work on dumb phone. The problem is people install 100s of apps which they use very rarely afterwards. In result battery is drained faster and phone generates lots of notifications and you are traced by ads providers even more.
Most rare interactions with various services service/shopping/etc providers can be performed through web interface.

 

[Homme]

12. Get the battery replaced.

Especially for the 15 Pro/16 and above. Also non pro 15 as well due to all of them having 1000 cycle counts

I wish there was a way to make Adaptive Power not notify me when it's being used. I know it's on. I don't want notifications.

 

[Mcrumors David]

No wonder I stopped reading macrumors.
What a trash article!
Basically "get a cheap android"

 

[mansplains]

I never really cared about battery health because I just traded my iPhone in for a new one every 2-3 years but I am rethinking my decisions now that new models will cost 20-30% more year over year.

You can replace the battery annually instead, if it’s bad enough.

 

[gaggle]

This is a waste of an article, sorry, because nothing is sourced for what’s claimed. Does disabling always on lead to a 0.001% improvement or a significant reduction? Who’s to tell? This is all vibes and no knowledge.

 

[alayal]

Delete your iPhone and get a flip phone while you’re at it. What’s the point of a smartphone if you want a dumb phone.

You still have, payments, internet navigation, messaging, call and video calls, maps navigation, music, podcast, camera, mail and many other utilities.
The problem is anything that have an infinite scroll and algorithm recommendations, a iPhone without crap is not a dumb phone.

 

[The Chosen One]

I have a shortcut set to turn on 3 alarms (never need more then 1 but just in case) and it also turns on low power mode. Which is basicly permanently on due to that but sometimes after charging it goes off. Then at night when I say "Siri 6:00 (or 9:00)" it activates above.

With my iPhone 17 I can do ~2 (3-4 if used very little) days easy. Helps that I don't have facepoop, toktik, instacrap etc.

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This is a waste of an article, sorry, because nothing is sourced for what’s claimed. Does disabling always on lead to a 0.001% improvement or a significant reduction? Who’s to tell? This is all vibes and no knowledge.

People have prorably already done that, youtube is a great source for battery comparision video's.

 

[Kriss_De_Valnor]

I'm very happy with my 16 Plus battery life but I wasn't aware of that Adaptive Power setting. I've just turned it on, will see if it does anything positive.

 

[Liquid Galaxy]

Best way:
Stop looking at your phone so much.

Was about to say this - I take my phone off charge in the morning and when I go to bed that evening I still have 50-60% battery left, that's on a 17PM, and I DO use it quite a bit throughout the day. What are people doing with their phones to run out of battery during the same day!?

 

[ifxf]

Surprise no mention to avoid areas with poor cell coverage.

 

[GrumpyOldGuy52]

Delete your iPhone and get a flip phone while you’re at it. What’s the point of a smartphone if you want a dumb phone.

Far easier said than done.

Those of us who strive to go minimalist on our phones can tell you how difficult that is. Modern American society (I won’t speak for other countries, but I suspect they’re the same) expects you to have a smartphone to pay for parking or scan a QR code or 2FA (which we’re always told to not use SMS for) or to set up a device or appliance in the house (not sure why my washer and dryer need an app—they’re a washer and dryer), and so on.

The basic facts are we are expected by society to have “smart” phones—whether we want them or not—and there are very few accommodations out there for those who don’t have them.

 

[Newjackboy]

All nonsense. I upgrade every year to the flagship. Every year the same story. Use your phone plus camera, with a bright screen and you get 5 hours battery life at most.

 

[philosopherdog]

Too bad there wasn’t a way to measure the power usage and data usage for silent notifications, something that app developers send out to see how many installations are active. 🙄

If background app refresh is turned off you won’t receive these

 

[Séamus Boyle]

I wish there was a way to make Adaptive Power not notify me when it's being used. I know it's on. I don't want notifications.

You can turn off the notification in the adaptive settings in battery.

 

[DreadedFun]

That’s the problem with these articles, you get a list of a bunch of things with no idea which ones to prioritize or are actually worth doing.

It’s probably also very dependent on how and where you use your phone. At winter in the north, having dark mode on won’t help as much as in a bright summer where brightness is turned up higher. And if you use the device to look at many white homepages then dark mode will also be less helpful. Just to drill into dark mode. So, in a lab test, they will find different battery savings than you will in a real life test.

 

[Minato1990]

Good tips but who in 2026.
Still doesn’t have their phone on dark mode at all times?

 

[QuarterSwede]

Good tips but who in 2026.
Still doesn’t have their phone on dark mode at all times?

I don’t because the 17 Pro battery life is great and I don’t like dark mode during the day. White text on a black background gives me screen door vision. No thanks.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Was about to say this - I take my phone off charge in the morning and when I go to bed that evening I still have 50-60% battery left, that's on a 17PM, and I DO use it quite a bit throughout the day. What are people doing with their phones to run out of battery during the same day!?

Not everyone has the newest devices or best battery health.

 

[Marzzz]

14. Buy a new iPhone (time to upgrade?)

 

[awshucks]

You can turn off the notification in the adaptive settings in battery.

Must be a new option in 27. Thanks

 

[rosie.macEvans]

what works best for me is reducing screen brightness and turning off Background App Refresh for apps I don’t need