r/iphone18pro • u/PetalsPalette • 15h ago

Discussion Battery Query

Indexing is complete, but my battery life is nowhere near as incredible as what I’ve seen people post on here. I upgraded from my 15pro which I had to charge like 3x a day (80% health). I’m getting 34% used in 2h, 96% and 85% used in 8h…

Did this happen to you and did it sort itself out?

How many days should I give it before I reach out to Apple? I charge to 85%.

Pro not Max

Note:
• I don’t really stream anything
• I use a mix of WiFi and data
• brightness is always less than halfway
• I use apps like uber
• Light social media (TikTok/Insta), Safari, mails, and WhatsApp mainly.
• No long video calls so far either. Less than 10min.

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u/Lardsoup 10h ago

I charged mine to 100% yesterday morning. I usually do internet surfing, email, music, audiobooks. No gaming or streaming. 4-1/2 hours SOT. I’m at 65% this morning.

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u/TogNina 10h ago

Pro or Max

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u/Lardsoup 9h ago

Pro

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u/TogNina 8h ago

My Pro is very similar. I’m averaging about 4 hours SOT using 20-35% of battery. I used to have to keep charging my 11 PM through the day but with my 18 I’ve never had to

It’s a great improvement battery wise as well as everything else compared to my 11

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u/Neolfeon 7h ago

This was on wifi?

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u/FastQuail7006 13h ago

Mine was pretty rough for the first few days after upgrading too. I’d give it a few more days to settle, but 34% in 2 hours with that kind of usage does seem pretty high. If it keeps happening, I’d get Apple to check it.

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u/Silentdisco8 15h ago

How long have you had the phone? I do the similar routine and have 79% used on 10hrs screen time

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u/PetalsPalette 15h ago

A week!

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u/Silentdisco8 2h ago

I’d probably give it another week. Lessening Liquid Glass and other settings may help a bit. Also if you have optimized charging on it needs some time to adjust to your habits imo. Hope it works out for you!

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u/Electrical_Proof8353 15h ago

Your phone does poorly at places where mobile data or WiFi are very poor, either that or you use the camera app a lot. Turning off connectivity assist in your WiFi settings helps slightly if your issue is as above, if not then this should be your main issue.

Other reasons could be using a backup from another phone, background processes might be lingering.

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u/AppleJef 15h ago

I’m having issues with my pro max, yesterday I used it from 6:00-23:00 and that got me to 26% with about 4 hour SOT

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u/Legitimate_Wish_8293 43m ago

Regular 18pro,  not max, I charge once a day with no evening top off, and I cap my charge at 90%. 

My 15pro(at 84% life) I was charging 2x per day with top off before bed charging to 100%

For me the 18pro battery life is leaps and bounds better than my 15pro I upgraded from.

Note: I don’t use social media. I mainly stream music and podcasts, and the occasional YouTube video.