Some iPhone 16 owners are experiencing massive battery drain with iOS 18

Apple’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro tout significantly increased battery life, although some users have reported the opposite.

According to a huge number of complaints on Apple’s official forums and Reddit (via MacRumors), battery life has been quite poor for certain iPhone 16 and 16 Pro owners running iOS 18. The complaints began earlier, while iOS 18 was still in development, but the issue appears to have not been resolved, resulting in a new wave of angry users now that iOS 18 is publicly available.

The majority of customers who reported the problem say their phones simply ran out of battery when idle or performing relatively simple things such as listening to music. “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,” according to a Reddit member. “I am comparing my activity to my previous iPhone 14 that I gave to my lover. She is at 78 percent, and I am at 45 percent. “Something is not right here,” said another.

It’s worth mentioning, however, that some users aren’t having these issues, and some (but not all) have reported that upgrading to the iOS 18.1 beta resolved the problem.

Fortunately, this type of bug is rather typical with new iOS releases; we’ve seen similar concerns rectified following a software update. Now it is up to Apple to investigate and resolve this issue.