To be fair, it seems that so many people aren't really having horrible battery life, just a relatively small group are (which isn't too unusual with most updates, and especially early ones in a lifecycle of a major new version).
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The problem doesn't seem to be that random I'm afraid. http://www.iphonelife.com//content/top-ios-10-problems-how-to-fix-them
That kind of thing pretty much exists for any iOS (or even other mobile OS) version.
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/09/fix-common-ios-9-problems.html
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/10/07/ios-8-problems-fixes/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/tech/mobile/ios-7-problems/
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I did. Only the first part of it actually pertains to battery life and even then, it's mostly garbage. Turning of Background App Refresh is not a "solution" to anything but gimping your phone.
Ok well then you're a quick reader because you replied 1 minute after I posted the link. Anyway while it might not mean anything for you, I have always found this site pretty good and I for one have had the same issues they have had since the full release.
It doesn't really say anything that that's much different than many other similar articles in relation to iOS 9, 8, 7, etc.
I would like to disagree, apple must optimize ios 10 for the new iPhone 7 and 7 plus, it clearly needs optimization and some polish which will hopefully come in the next ios 10 update, i didn't have any issue on my 6S but as soon as i got my iphone 7 plus the battery has left me desiring for more for sure and i have been having resprings every now and then as well, the camera has some bugs as well and apple needs to release a new software update to squash these bugs indeed.
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many people have the issue even when set up as new, thats not really the issue here, im pretty sure its the optimization of ios 10 for the iphone 7 that needs some serious polishing and bug fixing.
Disagree that some people have battery (or other) issues with various updates (especially major new versions)?
I have great battery life on my 6 with 10.0.2, should I write an article about it and post tons of threads in all Mac related forums?
I don't have any screenshot because I recharged my battery since. I've reached 8 hours of usage with 30 hours of standby. Usage included mainly light gaming (Football manager), safari browsing, tweetbot, youtube videos and music, but music was played at the same time than gaming so the screen was on and the CPU used. The phone is 18 months old (March 2015).
I will post a screenshot next time I reach 1%, but I am sure I am not the only one happy with battery life on a 6.
I also did ALL the tips and nothing happened.
I've done clean install.
I've done installation without back-up and no applications.
The problem continues!
Even in the economy mode the battery drained quickly!!
Two weeks ago I sent my iPhone for Apple technical assistance and they reported 'no problems' on my iPhone 6S.
I just think that this problem should be the 'battery firmware'.
The apple is ignoring the problem!
On twitter search for "iOS 10 battery" and you will see that many people are with this problem.
they are not ignoring the problem, this happens with every new release every year when a new iphone is released, the software is not 100% optimized and polished for the new iPhone (in this case, the iphone 7 and 7 plus) , they eventually polish and squash most of the bugs that cause the battery drain within the system in the first major update (this case it will be iOs 10.1) so we have some waiting to do till we get that update but hopefully it wont take them too long to release it
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I agree with you that the iOS 10 is optimized for the iPhone 7, but we cannot forget that the TESTS were done with the old iPhones (6S, 6, 5S and 5C) and they had a LOT of time to do it (were many beta versions).
I said that they are ignoring the problem because they are simply giving 'tips' to save battery on iOS (like turn off the notifications, background refresh, updates, effects, etc) It is ridiculous!!
They should at least inform the users that an update will come to fix this problem. But they are not talking about it. (I talked to them on Twitter more than 10 times and I do not have obtained this answer).
My iPhone 6S for example, is new! (only 5 months of use).
And no, the update (beta) 10.1 is NOT solving the problem, not yet!
Agreed, they certainly have been doing alot of beta testing before ios 10 came out especially with all the thousands of people that used the public betas before the final version of ios 10 came out.
Regarding the beta, Well the iOS 10.1 beta is not going to fix the battery and is not supposed to fix the issue, which is optimization and polish to the overall system. Beta versions are anything but polished and optimized, the final version of ios 10.1 that will be released to the public is going to be the one that will be polished and optimized and i'm pretty sure is going to be much more stable than the current public ios 10 version.
I hope so!
But I think it strange because before the final version of iOS 10 this problem did not exist!
When released the GM version, the problem began.
And many people have the same opinion (just check on twitter and here on this forum).
WOW long thread. When I updated to iOS 10 on my 6s+ it showed that my battery capacity was 82% when before iOS 10 it was 99.X% (coconutBattery). This made me worried especially because the phone dropped like a brick to 60% with almost no usage when it would always retain every percentage (sitting on my desk).
So, ran the battery down to 0% till the phone shut off - but noticed how it spent 3-4 hours from 6% to 3% and upon a full charge, battery health is at 99.7% and phone battery operates as it should.
I've had two other family members with the same problem. Running down to 0% seems to have helped them both as well.
I definitely get better battery on iOS 10 than I did on iOS 9 (6s+).
So, ran the battery down to 0% till the phone shut off - but noticed how it spent 3-4 hours from 6% to 3% and upon a full charge, battery health is at 99.7% and phone battery operates as it should.
I've had two other family members with the same problem. Running down to 0% seems to have helped them both as well.
I definitely get better battery on iOS 10 than I did on iOS 9 (6s+).
That's not strange. Many features, iMessage apps for example, were not ready during the Beta period. Additionally, apps with iOS 10 optimized features were not available on the app store until days before public release. There are many factors here.
That said, my 7+ went on the charger at 11PM last night after having been off since 6:45AM, still had 54% battery left with 6 hours usage.