6 ‘Harmful’ Settings Mistakes That Could Be Draining Your iPhone’s Battery, Apple Experts Warn: A Too-Bright Screen & More
June 11, 2024 by Lisa Cupido
It doesn’t take much to set your iPhone up for success — being cautious about how you use some of the settings on your phone is a good way to start. Some settings are simply more draining when they are always on or when they aren’t being used conservatively. If you’re fed up with your battery because it’s constantly draining too fast and you always need to have a charger on hand, you can take steps to mitigate the problem. Start by addressing these six settings that can cause battery drainage.
BrightnessYou may not even realize how bright your phone is set until you turn down the light source and see that you can live perfectly fine with a less bright device. In the meantime though, your super-bright phone is taking up battery power in a major way. Aside from turning down the brightness lever in Settings, you can also enable Night Shift by swiping down from the top right corner of your screen to access Control Center, pressing and holding the Brightness icon, and tapping Night Shift. This adjusts your display to show warmer hues.