iPhone 16 Pro battery draining fast despite 100% health

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iPhone 16 Pro battery draining fast despite 100% health

I have been using the iPhone 16 Pro for a month, the battery health is at 100% with 25 charging cycles, unfortunately I am experiencing weak battery life, with screen on time reaching only about 5 hours, while according to other users of this model the average is 7–8 hours, the phone is not heavily used as I mostly rely on basic apps, I recently updated the system to iOS 26 and the battery life is still the same as it was on iOS 18, I haven’t noticed any improvement, is it normal that the battery in my unit lasts so short, for reference the phone was manufactured in March 2025.

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Original Title: Weak battery in 16 pro

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 18, 2025 11:02 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 18, 2025 11:16 PM in response to Adamusekk

Is there anything you can see under Settings > Battery > View all battery usage that indicates some app or something else is always draining your battery rapidly?

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KaeBFly

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Sep 18, 2025 11:49 PM in response to Adamusekk

Definitely check what apps may be using more battery as ec_firefly suggested. Also try rebooting your phone to see if that helps. It also matters what your activity may be with your device because if you are doing labor intensive tasks that could be part of the issue. If you feel you have done all of the troubleshooting in the article about battery usage then you may want to have your device inspected by Apple to determine if there is a real issue that needs to be addressed

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Lachim8

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Sep 19, 2025 09:25 AM in response to Adamusekk

i am experiencing the same. a maximum of 5 hours on screen time and the home and lock screen is always around 20% of battery usage of the day but i am not doing anything differently from what i was doing on 13 pro where i had no problems.. i also hoped upgrading to ios 26 would fix the problem but it didnt.

I tried hard reset but nothing changed

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Adamusekk Author

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Sep 19, 2025 12:16 AM in response to KaeBFly

Okay, thank you for the advice. I'll try resetting my phone to factory settings and see what happens. I'll let you know if it helped.

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Answer 5

Sep 19, 2025 09:17 AM in response to Adamusekk

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