Phones drain overnight when apps keep working in the background, the phone keeps searching for signal, or location and notifications stay active. Apple specifically points to features like Background App Refresh, Mail fetch, Siri, and other settings that keep using power even when you are not touching the phone.
If the battery is old, the drain can be worse even when nothing obvious is happening. Weak cellular signal can make it worse too because the phone spends more energy looking for a connection.
The fastest fix is to check battery usage, turn on Low Power Mode, trim background activity for the worst offenders, and see whether the problem follows one app or happens to everything. That tells you whether you have a settings problem or a battery-health problem.
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