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iPhone 16 Pro Max refresh rate drops to 30hz and battery drainage

Good day to you all,

okay so I have a bit of rant to make. So I ask all of you to bear patience with me as I appreciated it.

So I have iPhone 16 Pro Max since it came out, when I had it, it was on iOS 18, I believe that version was the best version for me..Although I wish current features would've be in iOS 18... So fast forward to September 15th, 2025, the day they released iOS 26. It was an absolutely mess... not only it drained my phone a bit quicker than it shouldn't be, it slows the phone's performances, I mean like, every time it drops to 30hz, I don't know how to make the experience smoother, I had to restart the phone. LIKE EVERY TIME it drops to 30hz, restart it... the phone drops to 30hz again? restart it.. IT'S SOOOOO (pardon my language) FREAKING annoying... then came September 14th, 2026, the most recently update released: iOS 27. still the same mess and still have the battery draining... is there a way to fix the frequent drops to 30hz? I'm so sick and tired of having to restart the phone every time it does that and as for the battery drainage... is there a fix? thank you for reading all this... hope to hear solution...

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Hi, has Apple performed diagnostics on your iPhone? Were they done remotely or in an Apple Store? If so, what was the outcome? When you look at the apps consuming your daily battery capacity, what apps are they? Screenshots can help with added details.