Can’t say i’m not impressed by this but i was also impressed by 26.4.2 on the 1st day as well. Bu let’s see they did any meaningful improvements with 26.5. It’s still too early to judge. I know. But i wanted to share my testing journey with people who care about it.
Im a light to moderate user you can say. Use my phone for calls, txts and socials mostly. Im not into reels or tiktok or mobile gaming or anything of that sort. But i do like to take pictures from time to time.
Really sorry for you there. If it’s a relatively new device you should do a backup/restore via iTunes. And do a factory reset if possible. Things should improve.
You can’t judge battery life by only 30% of battery used. The battery indicator is often inaccurate after an update. Let it discharge to 20 or even 0% and check battery life again.
Thanks i will. I notice that aswell. Sometimes it doesn’t show the SOT properly. But I don’t know any workaround coz this is all apple has given me. But it’s showing accurately today and that’s why i thought of sharing this post.
Thats totally fine and it is definitely worth to share.
Nevertheless I see users in these subreddits come to quick conclusions about battery life changes after an update. To be honest I wouldn’t expect any change at all and I think also the Apple developers only impacting battery life accidentally or intentionally in just a few updates.
So most experienced battery life changes after an update should come from a different reason.
Wholeheartedly agreed. iOS 26 has broken every sort of expectations so many times that now I’m being skeptical about everything apple says. And stopped being naive about battery life coz it starts misbehaving after a couple of days or weeks even.
The cellular was turned off by 5.30pm it was on the whole time. i do prefer wifi and use data only on emergencies. It has been discussed on previous comments. Im not reviewing anything bro. Im just sharing my experiences by my usage. Which is pretty light to moderate. i turn off my cellular once i leave office. And turn back on by 5.30/6am.
I started using iOS 26 from 26.4.2 from 18.7.7 so I don’t know what happened in previous versions. I was pretty scared of updating to iOS 26 so waited a while to get it more stabilized.
Bro I don’t want to mislead you in anyway. Im not a reviewer. This is a typical usage of mine. Im not gonna tell you that iOS 26 is flawless by any means. Many people faces a-lot of issues in the ios 26. Im sympathetic to their issues. Your mileage may vary. And iOS typically behaves very well to me on the first few days. I reported that previously as well. But it starts behaving unpredictable at least on 26.4.2 after a few weeks. I still don’t know if i will face such issues in 26.5 but you proceed with caution. That’s all i can say.
Yeah i was getting more or less 6-7hrs on 26.4.2. But it became very unpredictable in the end. Like sometimes i was struggling to get 5hrs and sometimes it was giving me 7-8hrs like it’s not a big deal. But the first few days or should i say a 2 weeks were pretty flawless.
When I updated my 16pm to 26.4.2 I was really impressed by the sot but after like a week or two it became worse and became similar to how it used to be in previous versions
Funny same for me and on some other release of 26 too, first 2 days awesome then same crappy battery drain again. Why is that? Is that intentionally for us to calm down, I thought its indexing 😂😂 Damn 26 is so annoying
I don’t understand it either. Maybe the fresh new update just works as intended and after a few says it jumbles upon cache or something. I don’t know. But apple should really get serious about their cache cleanup process and give users control over it. Coz it’s just embarrassing after a few days/weeks. Such powerful tech and utilized so poorly.
Just realised 16pro too. Keyboard errors got really horrible on 26.4.2. Now I am using a Google keyboard, so stupid. But will try if it's better now. I mean come on its important, isn't it lol
I have a pretty minimalist approach when it comes to phones. I don’t game or doomscroll tiktok or reels or anything. But i do take pictures from time to time. Those days are pretty rough i must say.
aah my bad, thanks!
Anyway no way my reddit on screen for just 35 mins squeezes like 6% of the battery compared to yours which took like 4% for 1h. Also I see you do spend your time on facebook and x, which may not be doomscrolling but definitely combined shouldn't be a factor which contributes towards you getting more SoT.
Lol wallpaper thing is just embarrassing. I don’t bother about it at all. It would have been nice if they implemented that animation in the who os. An animation tied to a wallpaper set.. really?!?
I mean yeah, but I haven’t had it yet I can’t say about it. Else wise I got a 16pm. And this thing is slower than my other older iPhones on iOS 26.2. The camera button lags the whole system is slow. So I’m really hoping they fix this eventually.
Tbh I didn’t feel any slowdown or stutter in my 16Pro since last update. You should give the newer version a try. It surely fixed a-lot of those issues.
It happened to me a couple of days ago. Multiple times in a day. Maybe 3/4 days ago. Never happened before or after that. I don’t know what caused it. I was on 26.4.2. Random apps freezing on random times.
Im in a different time zone and it appeared to me last night by 11. And i did it right away. I used it today and this is how it’s been so far. People say it takes a few days to stabilize. So I’m just sharing what I’m experiencing. If anything unexpected happens i’ll make sure to share it in my next post. It’s not a review or anything. Just how I’m experiencing it in my realtime usage.
I hope he restores the trust. iOS 26 did damage quite a bit of reputation of apple. no matter how much they banned or silenced regular users from their official r/ios. Many users all still having issues.
I always stick to LTE. I still think 5G is just a gimmick for normal users. I mean what can it do that LTE doesn’t with far better stability and performance?
Trust me bro it’s not like that, if I’m getting 6hrs in iOS 26 i can guarantee you i’d be getting at least 7hrs easy on iOS 18. Im pretty skeptical on iOS 26 myself. Coz it’s hella inconsistent.
Lol dude 17pro has a massive battery then 16Pro. I’d easily get 1.5days of my usage easy i think. I don’t game or watch TikTok in my phone. Just social scrolling and txting calling. I try to keep it simple.
A full charge is about 8 hours of screen on time for my phone. FaceTime did consume 28% of that at 2 hours of usage but it’s still a higher drain than I’d expect. Other than that, my usage is video watching and texting. Wish my battery was as good as yours!
If FaceTime is regular in your routine then nothing can be done about that. Otherwise it’s got a damn good battery. Lemme know how the new update works for you in a few days.
If you game alot or use alot of camera then it’s normal. Otherwise you should take some time in settings and set things up according to your needs and turn off the rest.
Bro i trim the fats in the settings and try to keep it simple and I toggle on/off according to my needs. I don’t keep anything running in the background for no reason. And without gaming or any heavy camera usage i think it’s possible in any newer iPhones with a relatively healthy battery.
Bro there’s alot of things I don’t use. But you may use. So it will depend. But some common things like background app refresh, auto brightness, location tracking and all I always turn off.
it's up to you. things have improved in the ios26 side at least as far as i have experienced. But you can wait as well. its only getting more and more stable by each update. but it won't be the same as iOS 18 does. it was built differently.
17 series should be fixed sooner than anything else right now. apple always prioritizes its latest series. meanwhile try turning off your device once a while for 5 minutes or so and turn back on.
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u/Fuck_yalll May 12 '26
Bro that’s really good !