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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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What's the verdict for former naysayers who updated? Should I go ahead, iphone 15 pro here.
Still on the fence.
Still on the fence.
It is actually ‘Reduce Motion’ that makes things a little better. But you do miss some of the known animations and most become cross fades. Reduce Transparency is too much of a trade-off in my opinion. The motion one actually makes the UI blurs more like pre-26
When I went to the store to check out the new iPhones, I was underwhelmed by them, but at the same time I was really enjoying iOS 26. So contrary to what I do every year, I decided not to wait a couple of months. iOS26 is installing on my iPhone right now. Hopefully I have my banking apps functional after the install, kind of need those for work.
iPadOS26 went great, seems really nice and fluid on my M2 iPad Pro.
iPadOS26 went great, seems really nice and fluid on my M2 iPad Pro.
Iphone 13 here update went well no issues, right now the icons a little laggy but can't feel like an iphone 17 at least not on the first release, next battery life...
I didn’t even know that was a thing. Now using it on my phone that is still on 18.7. Cheers.
Let me check... Yup! This thing my cat threw up looks WAY better than 26.
Well it can join the foldable iPhone then 😂
And if you use the Clear theme I found it takes 1-2 seconds for the Clear icons to show up if you swipe across on the home screen. Not a deal breaker for me but I began to wonder if my phone would get worse with each version of iOS?
This may be like iOS7 where you needed newer hardware to take advantage of the new look. My iPad 2 struggled with iOS 7. I don't that to happen to my iPhone 13, so lesson learned.
A major concern of mine on my 13 Mini also.
I find it nearly impossible to believe it won't be at least some form of performance downgrade, even if minor.
I don't really have "performance to spare" on my 13 Mini as it is.
I also have an M2 iPad Air and a Mini 7 that I am leaning staying with iOS 18. I like the glass look in iOS 26 but I also don't have a problem with the look of iOS 18. I also like the look of the tinted icons in iOS 18. They are basically all black with a color highlight. I also like that look.
I was thinking of buying a new Mini but I may stick with my 2018 Mini for another 2-3 years. I have $500 in store credit with Apple so that money would go towards a new Mini. That will also allow me to see if iOS 27 might need a little more RAM overhead besides the base 16GB. I wish there was such a thing as an expansion RAM card you could insert like the internal SSD in the Mini that you can upgrade.
My iphone 13 just settled and i would say its fine so far no issues here. Using Dark Mode though.
Battery health that's a different story after 4 years its at 81%, not bad but not optimal (specially for 5G) that's why i change to an iphone 17 this year.
My old 13 is gonna be my new ipod touch during nights.
As we alredy know these things are disposable, battery is always the achilles talon.
I tried the iOS26 beta, it drained my 16pm battery so quickly and every time I switched the icons to clear, my phone is so hot. I was hoping the final version would fix it but it wasn’t. My new 17pm supposed to have bigger battery but usage time seems to be the same. One of the worst iOS ever.
Then why launch the look in 2025? Does it need to be in an everlasting beta state for two more years before it gets “good”?
No, I brought up DEI because Apple’s sudden systemic decline directly correlates with a managerial and structural overhaul guided by that ideological shift.
You assumed it was a typo not because it was unclear but because you lack the bandwidth to track how bureaucratic “vibes-first” orthodoxy destroyed the design and production culture of competency. Your humble brag as deflection from acknowledging that what you’re defending is the product of a regime shift in recruitment, standards, and accountability.
You’re watching the effects of coercive hiring pipelines optimized for ideological compliance over functional excellence and the result is a monoculture of underqualified appointees shipping half-baked UX pretensions as if they were gospel.
This isn’t “a few refinements needed.” This is:
• Mission-critical features non-functional.
• Core OS mechanics rewritten for no reason.
• Usability replaced with design theater to appease fragility instead of enabling mastery.
It shouldn’t be taboo to discuss how a trillion-dollar company went from shipping best-in-class interfaces to force-feeding broken products to a legacy user base they now treat as an obstacle.
The customers didn’t change.
Apple did.
And until you can acknowledge the ideological capture behind that transformation, you’re not defending progress you’re enabling regression as an evolution that’s destined for failure.
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Yes. Developers need to adapt their apps, consumers need to adapt their behaviours and features need bug fixing.
This is the beauty of apple being. Owning both hardware and software enable you to plan for both to work harmoniously.
It’s growing on me (except the icons) but… why is the clock very dark grey on black with always-on display? It’s barely visible. Is there a setting for that?
Finally got to test it in a store today. I was instantly put off by the look. Feels like a very unnecessary return to skeumorphism. I was really loving the radically flat icons and design elements that put all the focus on the content and functionality. But here comes fake physical materials and light refractions to get in the way all over again.
That's my subjective opinion though, based on my sense for aesthetics and a tendency to judge things based on principle. Glad for you folks who are enjoying iOS 26. But for me it's so off-putting that I'll probably hold off on getting any of the new phones until the design has been tweaked, a more radical non-skeuomorphic setting included, or until I absolutely need to get a new iPhone.
That's my subjective opinion though, based on my sense for aesthetics and a tendency to judge things based on principle. Glad for you folks who are enjoying iOS 26. But for me it's so off-putting that I'll probably hold off on getting any of the new phones until the design has been tweaked, a more radical non-skeuomorphic setting included, or until I absolutely need to get a new iPhone.
I really like iOS26 on my 15 Pro. I've never had software that was faster and smoother on my phone, this is really nice, especially for such an early version. Highly impressive.
A bug or two here and there, but nothing that affects using the phone. Everything is now more colourful and bouncy, Apple put in a lot of effort to make the OS more enjoyable to navigate and nicer to look at, I'm really happy with this version.
Provided there are no major issues and serious battery drain, this may be my favorite software so far.
A bug or two here and there, but nothing that affects using the phone. Everything is now more colourful and bouncy, Apple put in a lot of effort to make the OS more enjoyable to navigate and nicer to look at, I'm really happy with this version.
Provided there are no major issues and serious battery drain, this may be my favorite software so far.
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When editing the lock screen / home screen appearance / font where you normally would, tap the clock and choose color instead of glass.
Do it. My 15 pro feels like it got a shot of adrenaline. This iOS is so fast! BTW, I waited until June to update to iOS 18. This one was worth it.
Same here. I usually have a smooth upgrade experience, I never really had any major issues or bricking due to a new iOS release, but I have to say it has never been this nice. Super fast and smooth.
Your device may need attention. My 17PM doesn’t warm up at all and I’m getting 2 days out of it comfortably
It's working well on my 15 Pro
There is a that dark incon visual glitch nce in a while tohugh but nothing major