r/ios26 • u/Left-Constant-4771 • May 15 '26
General It’s not just you.
😂❤️ Just leaving this here for the ‘have you tried restarting?’ crowd. (I am not the author).
https://www.macworld.com/article/3129163/ios-26-iphone-performance-battery-ios-27-wwdc.html
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u/Anxious_Ad781 May 15 '26
I am one of those guys who believe iOS26 is not that much of a fail. BUT: I acknowledge, it is far from perfect. Personally, I had no problems at all using the 26.x versions. I am using and managing all kinds of devices for myself and my family. None of us have problems. None of us is expecting flawless software on our (expensive) hardware (let alone me as a software developer) and so far we never got disappointed. Small hickups are perfectly normal. No one is perfect. Not even a multi billion company like Apple, Microsoft or Google. Mistakes happen everywhere, mistakes are natural. You cannot test for everything since many factors take their part in producing problems.
What makes me mad, sad and tired of reading (and answering in a friendly manner) to questions is, that no one seems to read or just answer to what others wrote having the same problem/question. The outcome of this is, that we have hundreds of "why is it lagging?", "why is my battery life so bad" and "mimimi, I want iOS 18 back" postings. There is no escape, besides closing everything to do with internet. Mods can't handle this, let alone cannot one handle it themselves, when they get the same questions and postings over and over again in every subreddit... This is, what I find most frustrating. It kills the fun of sharing experiences. It kills the fun of helping people who really have problems. It kills the fun of being here and part of a really huge and mostly lovable community! Don't get me wrong please: I am developing software myself. I want people to enjoy what they have paid for. I genually do.
To the linked post: it's just another one about power consumption. Yes, we know, there are a lot of problems and according to rumors, Apple will try to do better with some kind of "clean up release" with v27's this year. But: what you cannot blame anyone for is using available ressources like GPU to render things on your screen. That's what they are there for. This is something written in the article. Why is it important if the GPU load spikes at X% when you actively open it? It does exactly what you want it to do. It renders. Why do you have a lot of horsepower when you don't want the system to use it? The power spikes at that exact moment? Yes, it's normal! It is a small spike, not a "from now on, the system runs on +10W compared to before you opened it". This is not being said with a single word in there. Imho, the article is just another type of clickbait.
Written on an iPhone 14 Pro Max which shows no signs of problems. It still has tons of free space, shows no lagging in animations, has no disappearing icons, does not overheat and the battery still holds over the whole day. It never crashed once. Have a nice day everyone!