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iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro (non-Max) Battery Life Thread [MERGED]
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My theory is that something in 18.0.1 or 18.1 introduced idle battery drain. When I first got the phone it had 18.0 and I truly thought the battery was amazing, it could go 2 days without charging. There’s mixed reports of whether turning off Apple Intelligence helps improve battery life, but I haven’t tried it yet.
I have random drainage issues, and AI isn't even available in my EU country😂
At some point I thought that the widgets cause it but now I think they don't.
When my phone is not being used, I think I lost 1% per 30 mins and I can't compare it with any objective benchmark. Today I spent some time listening Apple Podcasts (via LTE) and I lost ~4% in 45 min.
What is interesting, I see moments when I loose 2% battery almost immediately usually after the longer scrolling session. And today, I unplugged my phone at 8:00AM, 10 hours ago. Still have 49% battery and 3h 40min SoT and 1h 30 min idle. I think i could achieve 8h SoT max but using the phone non stop, without leaving it aside and scrolling web mostly.
Tbh, this topic tires me so much - I don't want to exchange the phone while I have no proofs that this is a hardware issue. Each time new protective glass generates additional costs. On top of that I see that there is many of us with the same problem. On the other hand, I don't want to feel that I spent so much money and my phone is worse somehow malfunctioning (which, based on my investigation is very unlikely).
When it comes to Apple Inteligence, is not available in EU but the benchmark I am referring to are iPhones from the US where AI is available and works in background as I can assume.
When my phone is not being used, I think I lost 1% per 30 mins and I can't compare it with any objective benchmark. Today I spent some time listening Apple Podcasts (via LTE) and I lost ~4% in 45 min.
What is interesting, I see moments when I loose 2% battery almost immediately usually after the longer scrolling session. And today, I unplugged my phone at 8:00AM, 10 hours ago. Still have 49% battery and 3h 40min SoT and 1h 30 min idle. I think i could achieve 8h SoT max but using the phone non stop, without leaving it aside and scrolling web mostly.
Tbh, this topic tires me so much - I don't want to exchange the phone while I have no proofs that this is a hardware issue. Each time new protective glass generates additional costs. On top of that I see that there is many of us with the same problem. On the other hand, I don't want to feel that I spent so much money and my phone is worse somehow malfunctioning (which, based on my investigation is very unlikely).
When it comes to Apple Inteligence, is not available in EU but the benchmark I am referring to are iPhones from the US where AI is available and works in background as I can assume.
Just to make sure, you have your own 16 Pro form, lets say, day 0 when 18.0 was available and you started experiencing problems like this with 18.0.1? I had 16PM with 18.0 and 18.0.1 did not resolve this issue. I could not try 18.1 since I returned my unit.
I can’t say for sure if 18.0.1 was when it started since I was traveling and wasn’t paying too much attention. I got the 16 Pro on release day and 18.0 had great battery life.
Small update:
Today for the first time I saw the announcement that my phone is finishing the indexing and updating (sorry, it is in Polish but you get the idea of the meaning). It disappeared after one or two hours. And I see that the battery performance is slightly better today. I used 40% of the battery and achieved 3h 40 min SoT which could be scaled to 8h SoT and 80-90% of battery usage. So I have the same time as yesterday but in a smaller battery usage. Is it the reason to open the champagne? I don’t think so. It’s too early. But I keep my fingers crossed and hopefully my updates will be useful for someone who reads this thread 😎
Today for the first time I saw the announcement that my phone is finishing the indexing and updating (sorry, it is in Polish but you get the idea of the meaning). It disappeared after one or two hours. And I see that the battery performance is slightly better today. I used 40% of the battery and achieved 3h 40 min SoT which could be scaled to 8h SoT and 80-90% of battery usage. So I have the same time as yesterday but in a smaller battery usage. Is it the reason to open the champagne? I don’t think so. It’s too early. But I keep my fingers crossed and hopefully my updates will be useful for someone who reads this thread 😎
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On my end it’s otherwise, on my use case it’s just fantastic. I use charge limit up to 90% and I end up at about 40% when I plug it in the night. It all depends if you are a power or a light user.
It’s certainly not a straightforward issue. Many of us aren’t heavy power users, and our phones don’t have exceptionally long battery life. Apple needs to make some optimizations in iOS 18 to ensure that everyone is on the same page.
Ahh okay, didn’t know that. Hope it gets resolved quickly!
No charging limit on mine and I get a full day on the latest beta. Very happy.
I keep reading this new 18.2 beta has major battery improvements. Just hesitant to install a beta.
So I have new unit for 4 days now. No changes (previous: iP16 pro 128 manufactured in September, now 16P 256 manufactured in October). Battery life remains pretty the same 🤡 so waiting for 18.2.