iPhone 17 battery drains quickly with normal use

I just purchased the iPhone 17 & it’s the battery life is the first thing I noticed. I am very disappointed with this phone & the battery life. I must charge it every night & Find My iPhone is the number one battery drain each morning. I have decided to just turn it off. I have researched this & tried everything, but nothing works. I am beyond frustrated. The phone is not cheap & I certainly expect better from Apple.

I'm unhappy with my purchase and within 14 days and Apple support and ATT are not assisting with getting rid of this dog of a phone. Iphone 17 pro with no battery life. I feel bamboozled. I don't want this phone now.

Steve

I’ve got an iPhone 17Pro, a present from my husband. My last phone was an iPhone 12 Pro and the only issue was the battery draining too fast, due to its age.

Now it seems to me that the brand new iPhone has the same problem. Charged all night and the battery lasts around 7 hours!

Does anyone knows how to solve it?

Same issue here, Apple won't address the issue via there support line, just say to go to At&t. At&t says apple has to deal with it even within their 14 day window, which means they charge you a $50 fee plus the $100+ for the "free upgrade" you already paid. Just want my I-phone 11 back, way better battery life.

I just purchased a 17pro, trading in my 14Pro. I'm only getting 8-10 hours out of the 17pro - hopeless!

I shouldn't have to find a charger at 2pm!

And a summary of my typical daily usage - Games 2.5 hrs, Productivity 1.2hrs, Social 1.1hr

My old 14 lasted hours longer. I've given it a week or so to settle in but it's actually getting worse.

For a device that advertises 30+ hrs - it's not even achieving 30% of the stated specification.

The 17 is supposed to get 12/13 hours of use time. I do not get that. I have also called & get no help. This is so wrong. I have had my new iPhone 17 for 2 months. It’s like there is no warranty from Apple. I am now angry. It’s total BS.

Even i am experiencing the same battery drain issue despite upgrading to the brand new iphone 17 & even with very normal use i am unable to pull off the device for the entire day. The maximum screen active time that i am getting is 5 to 6 hours. I am already in touch with apple advisors on telephone support for around a month now but still it is very disappointing that i am not getting any proper resolution for my problem. Completely fed up explaining my battery drain issue to new advisors in every couple of days.

same, just upgraded my phone to the 17 and i remember when i could go a full day/2 days without having to charge a new phone. this battery died within hours of first day of opening out of the box, with 100% charge. very disappointed tbh

The battery message I was receiving is definitely not normal (the one about the authenticity). However, you’re saying that to get the phones full battery potential you have to not have arguably 2 of the most used third party apps installed? How is that reasonable?

Okay putting the apps aside it still doesn’t explain why two brand new devices from the box were showing a battery authentication error. The first phone I had for over a week and the battery never stabilised.

Software developers are under no obligation to optimize their software for efficiency. Consumers don’t download and use the apps because of the efficiency. The apps users are motivated by the social features they offer.

Meta, parent company of instagram, Facebook, Threads, Messenger etc. increases their stock prices by constantly announcing layoffs for the next fiscal quarter/year. However, it does little for their customer's user experience, AKA iPhone or Google battery usage.

Google Meta layoffs and see how many employees have been basically eliminated. They aren’t rehiring. So, what’s exactly fair about that?

Hi! also a new (purchased Nov 9) iPhone 17 Pro Max user. may i ask why limiting charging to 80% is damaging? because a month after my purchase, my iPhone gave a notification saying to preserve battery life it is recommended to limit my charging to 80%.

before i used to charge until 100% every morning and overnight i either lose 2% or 9% (this fluctuates, usually i lost 8-9% overnight after i change some settings and i do a restart every time). so now i limit my charge to 80% according to what my phone recommended me. can you tell me is this normal or not? thanks!

Thanks for the good article! then using 80% charge limit is fine and not damaging to the battery? because LD150 said setting it to 80% charge limit will have the same effect but “2 years earlier” which i assume does some damage or lower battery health expectancy.

The last update killed my battery! - Apple Community

I just got a 17 pro, and sometimes the battery life is insanely good; but other times, especially using the camera, the battery drains very fast. And I checked my battery health and it’s at 100%