David Bridges
Apple’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional boast much-improved battery life, however for some customers, the alternative has been the case.
In keeping with a fairly large variety of posts on Apple’s official boards and Reddit (through MacRumors), battery life has been fairly abysmal for some iPhone 16 and 16 Professional house owners working iOS 18. The complaints really began earlier, whereas iOS 18 was nonetheless in beta, however the subject apparently hasn’t been fastened, bringing a brand new wave of dissatisfied customers now that iOS 18 is extensively accessible.
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Most customers who skilled the problem say their telephones have merely drained very quick whereas being idle, or whereas doing pretty undemanding duties like taking part in music. “Listened to music for the primary 2.5 hours of my day (with lower than 45 minutes display screen time) and realized my battery was at 68 p.c,” mentioned one person on Reddit. “I’m evaluating my exercise to my earlier iPhone 14 I’ve to my girlfriend. She is at 78 p.c whereas I’m at 45 p.c. One thing not going proper right here,” mentioned one other.
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It is price noting, nonetheless, that some customers aren’t experiencing these issues, and a few (however not all) mentioned that upgrading to the iOS 18.1 beta remedied the problem.
Fortuitously, the sort of bug is kind of widespread with new iOS releases; we have seen related points resolved after a software program replace. Now it is as much as Apple to look into this one and repair it.
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