An interesting problem on iPhone 17

[emraha06]

I want to tell you about an interesting experience—and a problem—I had with the iPhone 17. I noticed something while swiping through photos in the Photos app. As we all know, swiping through photos on iPhones is usually very smooth, but on my iPhone 17, when I swipe to the next photo, it moves smoothly at first, but just as it’s about to center, the smoothness disappears and the image flickers slightly. In other words, the swipe action doesn’t complete smoothly—the image flickers just as the movement is about to end. Have you observed this behavior on your own iPhone 17?

Note: I’m using iOS 26.5.2. When I go into the Photos app in Settings, the “Full HDR View” option is turned on. In my Camera settings, “High Efficiency” is selected, and the photo mode is set to 24MP (HEIF 24); resolution control is also enabled. Live Photo is disabled

 

[StumpyBloke]

Update to 26.6 and see if that fixes the issue.

 

[emraha06]

I have updated but the problem still occurs in 26.6 🙁

 

[StumpyBloke]

Do you have the photos downloaded on to the phone or are they downloading as you select them? IE optimise iPhone storage on?

 

[emraha06]

Do you have the photos downloaded on to the phone or are they downloading as you select them? IE optimise iPhone storage on?

icloud photos option is completely disabled, photos are stored locally on iphone

 

[emraha06]

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Do you have the photos downloaded on to the phone or are they downloading as you select them? IE optimise iPhone storage on?

 

[StumpyBloke]

Not much I can say really. You could report it, or reset your phone or wait till iOS 27 comes out? Or even jump on the iOS 27 public beta if you’re aware of the pros and cons…