Only good thing would be for Apple sales as my 14PM is still a fine device that does everything well.
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Apple Says Installing iOS 26 Might Impact Battery Life
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How does the indexing/updates actually work? It seems to only run when my phone is actively in use and keeps it running hot. When I plug it in it goes back to cold and when I wake up it’s ice cold. Once I start actively using it it become very warm almost hot. Why do they have the indexing scheduled to run while using the phone and not overnight while on the charger? I’m on day 3 after my restore to iOS 26.0.1 and my 14 pro is still very warm doing basic tasks. When will this end?
I updated my 14 PM to iOS 26 on day one and the battery is worse than it was before. My phone doesn't get a lot of use during the week and I used to get four days mixed use and standby time. I have not changed how I use it and I'm lucky to get two full days out of it. I can watch the battery percentage drop when I use it. And the phone's battery stats are pretty useless and show nothing unusual.
They acknowledge what we already know. iOS updates irreversibly impact battery life.
iOS 26 is so poorly optimised that the 17 Pro Max has worse battery life than the 16 Pro Max and 16 Plus when the latter two run iOS 18. For the first time ever, the latest iPhone on its original iOS version with a larger battery loses to the previous model due to an original iOS version’s inefficiency.
iOS 26 may be improved so as to improve battery life for the 17 series, but do NOT be mistaken: iOS 26 will NEVER match iOS 18 for any other iPhone, not even the 16 series.
iOS 26 is so poorly optimised that the 17 Pro Max has worse battery life than the 16 Pro Max and 16 Plus when the latter two run iOS 18. For the first time ever, the latest iPhone on its original iOS version with a larger battery loses to the previous model due to an original iOS version’s inefficiency.
iOS 26 may be improved so as to improve battery life for the 17 series, but do NOT be mistaken: iOS 26 will NEVER match iOS 18 for any other iPhone, not even the 16 series.
The temporary effect only lasts until you buy a new iPhone. It's up to you to decide how long you want to keep using the old device they try to make obsolete as quick as possible.
