Some iPhone 16 users see excessive iOS 18 battery drain

Some iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro users are reporting significant and unexplained battery drain, sparking concern across online forums like Reddit, Apple Support Communities, and MacRumors. While the majority of complaints stem from the new iPhone 16 models, some users of older iPhones running iOS 18 have also encountered similar battery life problems.
Juli Clover for MacRumors:
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There is a long-running ‌iOS 18‌ battery life complaint thread on MacRumors that was started while the update was still in beta, but there have been a fresh wave of complaints following ‌iOS 18‌’s launch and the debut of the ‌iPhone 16‌ models.
Affected ‌iPhone 16‌ owners have seen significant battery drain even when the iPhone is not in use… In some cases, much of the battery drain happens in standby mode when the ‌iPhone‌ isn’t in use, suggesting a background activity could be causing problems for some users. Using the phone seems to cut the battery drain in these instances.
There are similar complaints about the ‌iPhone 16‌ models and older iPhones running ‌iOS 18‌ on Reddit, and while we always see reports of battery life issues when a new version of iOS comes out, there seems to be a definite uptick in the number of people having problems.

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MacDailyNews Take: Expect Apple to fix whatever is causing this in a near-future iOS 18 update.

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