2 Pre-Installed Apps That Are Actually Taking Hours Off Of Your iPhone’s Battery Life, Experts Warn

1. Location Services

So many of your apps rely on location services to get their jobs done. Apps like Apple Maps, Weather, ride-sharing, and services like Yelp need to know where you live or are located to provide the services that you expect. But keeping Location on for all of these apps — as well as those that’s do NOT need your location (like social media) is one of the fastest ways to drain your device.

Go to Location Services and choose how frequently you want specific apps to access your location. For some that might mean always, while others will be “never” or only when you’re using the app.

2. Mail

When you have push notifications turned on, this affects your Mail app by forcing it to constantly check for new notifications and updates. This “push” consumes battery power and, what’s worse, it doesn’t just stop happening — it’s a constant that constantly drains your resources. You can put a stop to how Mail affects your battery by turning off Push Notifications. Go to Settings > Notifications. You’ll see a list of apps (including Mail). Go through them and turn Notifications off where needed.