I absolutely loathe iOS 26

[FeliApple]

Every iOS release has its thing at the beginning. You can’t compare iOS start to iOS 18 end. Either compare the release or what it looks like in June.

Hindsight is great.

As I said, it practically never matches the original battery life even if it improves relative to .0 releases.

Funnily enough, I have a 6s on iOS 10.0 and another one on the final iOS 13 version. The latter is appalling. The former is like-new.

As I also said, this redesign is inherently more resource-intensive. It is likely not matching iOS 18 even on its final iteration. Let’s just hope that it catches up at least for the 17 series. Apple had never failed with an original version device. They did this time.

 

[I7guy]

As I said, it practically never matches the original battery life even if it improves relative to .0 releases.

I disagree. Although the statement has to be made in a case by case basis.

Funnily enough, I have a 6s on iOS 10.0 and another one on the final iOS 13 version. The latter is appalling. The former is like-new.

The 6s is virtually unusable except as a paperweight.

As I also said, this redesign is inherently more resource-intensive. It is likely not matching iOS 18 even on its final iteration. Let’s just hope that it catches up at least for the 17 series. Apple had never failed with an original version device. They did this time.

No they didn’t fail. YMMV.

 

[FeliApple]

I disagree. Although the statement has to be made in a case by case basis.

If it applies every time, no.

The 6s is virtually unusable except as a paperweight.

It is unusable whether it is on iOS 9 or 15 today, yes. The point still applies.

No they didn’t fail. YMMV.

Tests have shown that they failed. No varied mileage. Just the same-old road with the same damn length. As always.

 

[I7guy]

If it applies every time, no.

No it doesn’t. Generalized, statements don’t.

It is unusable whether it is on iOS 9 or 15 today, yes. The point still applies.

It’s unusable. Yes you can keep safari open for 10 hours but try to browse any modern site.

Tests have shown that they failed.

No they didn’t.

No varied mileage. Just the same-old road with the same damn length. As always.

YMMV as always.

 

[kamikazeeMC]

Having had 13 different iPhones and 9 Android phones, I’ve always kept an iPhone longer and what always had me crawling back from Android was mainly the UI/UX. 26 has me questioning this for the first time.

 

[Big Stevie]

iOS 26.0.1 update tonight. I wonder what changes we will see?

 

[turbineseaplane]

iOS 26.0.1 update tonight. I wonder what changes we will see?

"Emojis tweaked for full Liquid Glass compatibility in all Apps"