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iOS 18 Battery Life Thread
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Let it settle down - but thatās why I donāt install betas anymore - donāt want that heat, battery health/life problems and so on
Typically speaking, does playing music and using AirPods consume a lot of battery? I was waiting in line for a few hours this morning and I had music playing the entire time. On-screen usage seems fine to me, but I feel like the music (all downloaded to device, no streaming) and the bluetooth connection to my AirPods is the main culprit for this drain.
Hopped in developer beta 3 yesterday. Battery has been decent. Better than I had on 18.1. For me I find that any data, and particularly cellular, usage really takes a hit on the battery.
Also noticed that swapping between applications pulls a lot of power. If Iām taking notes in notes but reading in kindle or books, that switching seems to cause lots of drain. If I stay in one app, battery seems to be better.
Also noticed that swapping between applications pulls a lot of power. If Iām taking notes in notes but reading in kindle or books, that switching seems to cause lots of drain. If I stay in one app, battery seems to be better.
Seems to be settling down a bit! I shouldnāt be judging battery life within minutes of the update šš
I may have spoken too soon. Lost 10% watching 15 minutes of a downloaded episode of rings of power. š¤Ø 16 pro
Technically cellular, but cellular for the app is turned off and the episode was downloaded the evening before over WiFi
You installed beta 3 / public 2 today? Maybe thatās why , still wondering why so much battery consumption
Thatās fair. That may absolutely be a factor.
To me this seems abnormal. Today I had shy of 3.5 hours of screen time and 2.0 hours of idle time. (2.5 hours of idle time was mail while it was charging overnight) Used up 72% of my battery on a 16 pro. From unplugging to now itās been 13 hours.
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Thatās actually not half bad. The same use case on 18.1 gets me 40-45% battery left.
Cellular has always been a battery hog on iPhones. Iāve been noticing it too.
Ever since I updated to iOS 18, Iāve had a lot of Home and Lock Screen usage for no apparent reason. Iām on a regular iPhone 13 so I donāt have AOD and Iāve tried removing widgets and everything but it still stays. Itāll randomly even show in battery usage at times where Iāve not used my phone, itās super strange. It totals at least 1 hour every single day. Iāve tried reinstalling iOS 18 multiple times, restored a backup, restored and set as new, but nothingās helped.
Who else is having this issue? And for anyone who is, and has gone to iOS 18.2 Beta 3, has it fixed it by any chance?
Who else is having this issue? And for anyone who is, and has gone to iOS 18.2 Beta 3, has it fixed it by any chance?
18.2 beta 3 on iPhone 16 Plus:
15 hours standby (dual sim 5G auto + Wi-Fi), 5h 18m SOT (hand calculated the bars from last charge), 48% battery drained.
15 hours standby (dual sim 5G auto + Wi-Fi), 5h 18m SOT (hand calculated the bars from last charge), 48% battery drained.
Mine certainly gets mildly warm in the silicone case when on cellular only... annoying but not hot enough to fry an egg!!!
Battery life has been great the last days, I end up my day with 30-40% battery. 16PM, iOS 18.2 beta 3.
For me, the screen idle is now very small with beta 3.
Took of the charger today at 7 am. At 5 pm I had 80% left with 1 hour of SOT. For me itās pretty good and definitely better than old versions of iOS 18.
For me, the screen idle is now very small with beta 3.
Took of the charger today at 7 am. At 5 pm I had 80% left with 1 hour of SOT. For me itās pretty good and definitely better than old versions of iOS 18.
You as well eh? Itās so weird, I have no idea whatās causing it. And the whole battery drain in general, which Iāve found to be inconsistent ever since iOS 18 has come out. Thereās days where my battery life is amazing, like just a couple weeks back, I had a day where it was phenomenal. But then with exactly identical usage, itāll be noticeably worse the day after. So strangeā¦
I updated to 18.2 PB Beta 2 and will report back on if thereās any improvement.
I just got off the phone with my Apple senior advisor discussing submitting logs for engineering. I submitted everything he asked for, and then he proceeded to ask what my expectations were for battery life. I told him if I use my phone a decent amount 15 to 18 hours. If I donāt at least 24 but hopefully closer to 36. He said āthese days with all that these phones do, you should expect 12-15 hours from full charge to 0. Maybe 18 hoursā. I couldnāt believe that was his response. 12 hours really? That wouldnāt get me to 4 pm in the afternoon.
I have a great experience with 18.2 beta 3, my 15PM is much cooler...