My Rollback to iOS 18

[ultratiem]

I really wish they'd stop doing this.

Every single year the forced reset starts a whole new cycle of fresh bugs and issues for exactly ZERO reason or benefit.

Bro. If a trillion dollar company can’t slap some shaders on an existing UI and do it properly, then we are so ****ing cooked. They have some 55k software engineers and software designers. A third of their 165k workforce are engineers. And they release this mess? Come on.

Anyone in the biz knows what actually happened. During COVID, their talent left. And Cook gutted software so hard that they no longer even have a VP; they all answer to him. A product bean counter now leads the software design team.

Yup. It’s going as well as expected 😅

 

[Cape Dave]

Bro. If a trillion dollar company can’t slap some shaders on an existing UI and do it properly, then we are so ****ing cooked. They have some 55k software engineers and software designers. A third of their 165k workforce are engineers. And they release this mess? Come on.

Anyone in the biz knows what actually happened. During COVID, their talent left. And Cook gutted software so hard that they no longer even have a VP; they all answer to him. A product bean counter now leads the software design team.

Yup. It’s going as well as expected 😅

I agree 100%. It is sad and pathetic that this is what a multi TRILLION dollar company has come to. For the first time ever I am considering jumping ship. Linux and Android seems like a great combo.

 

[HouseLannister]

I actually don’t care that battery life is worse because functionally the latest release is better.

2026 car comes in yellow now, so it is better than the 2025 model.

Outside of Liquid Glass, what is better now? Lots of threads about lag and stutter when doing basic phone stuff. Threads about CarPlay issues. Issues with standby mode and always on display. Seeing people talk about missing notifications. Seeing issues with app icons. Apple Intelligence remaining largely untouched since 18.2. A complete lack of consistency on where buttons and search bars are placed. Basic functionality hidden behind extra taps.

But we got a big clock! 🤣

 

[auxbuss]

I really wish they'd stop doing this.

Every single year the forced reset starts a whole new cycle of fresh bugs and issues for exactly ZERO reason or benefit.

Yes. If Apple wasn't the owner of the system software that allows my hardware to run, I'd have been over the hill and gone years ago. There is no need at all for a "redesign". An OS – any OS – should change in small steps.

The 26s feels like the notorious software rewrite. Anyone who has developed software for more than a few years knows that this is a newbie mistake. It shows an inability to stabilise, and then change slowly. But then I'm sure this wasn't a technical decision.

 

[SoYoung]

2026 car comes in yellow now, so it is better than the 2025 model.

Outside of Liquid Glass, what is better now? Lots of threads about lag and stutter when doing basic phone stuff. Threads about CarPlay issues. Issues with standby mode and always on display. Seeing people talk about missing notifications. Seeing issues with app icons. Apple Intelligence remaining largely untouched since 18.2. A complete lack of consistency on where buttons and search bars are placed. Basic functionality hidden behind extra taps.

But we got a big clock! 🤣

Maybe not for you, but in my case I update my phone not because of the new design (witch I like btw) but because I wanted the new and better functrions like the sleep score and hypertension on my watch, and Apple finally bring Live voicemail in other languages than english but I have to update to iOS 26 for that. I also like automix on Apple music, the new visual search is also much better. So no, its totally false that iOS 26 have nothing except liquid glass.

And I also don't have any of the problem you listed as well.

 

[I7guy]

2026 car comes in yellow now, so it is better than the 2025 model.

No 2026 car gets better mileage.

Outside of Liquid Glass, what is better now?

Mail, messages, spam calls etc. Quite a few things.

Lots of threads about lag and stutter when doing basic phone stuff.

I've noticed that. However, I've also noticed that in years passed. That doesn't bother me not do I call it a "bug" as it doesn't stop my workflow

Threads about CarPlay issues.

I'm not having any carplay issues.

Issues with standby mode and always on display.

Again for me no issues.

Seeing people talk about missing notifications. Seeing issues with app icons. Apple Intelligence remaining largely untouched since 18.2. A complete lack of consistency on where buttons and search bars are placed. Basic functionality hidden behind extra taps.

But we got a big clock! 🤣

The point is if Apple sold tens to hundreds millions of phones, there may be defects that not all users are affected by, or don't notice or don't care. It could also be the overall loud negativism by a few loud views drowning out all other opinions.

 

[FeliApple]

I've noticed that. However, I've also noticed that in years passed. That doesn't bother me not do I call it a "bug" as it doesn't stop my workflow

As I said. You have an endless tolerance for this garbage.

That’s why we will always disagree. My tolerance is zero.

I respect the fact that you like it, but I was right earlier.

iOS updates are malware. The fundamental difference between us is that you tolerate malware. I don’t.

 

[I7guy]

As I said. You have an endless tolerance for this garbage.

Perfection is never out of the gate is the point.

That’s why we will always disagree. My tolerance is zero.

Yep. Perfect is the enemy of good.

I respect the fact that you like it, but I was right earlier.

Right how? That .0 versions have bugs and UI glitches?

iOS updates are malware. The fundamental difference between us is that you tolerate malware. I don’t.

No. I balance better software for an unknown battery loss or gain.

 

[plusacht]

Apple calls itself a design company, but the Phone app says otherwise. Open Recents, tap a name, and instead of calling, you’re dumped into the contact card. The actual call action is a tiny, low-contrast icon tucked off to the right. That’s not “intuitive”; that’s hiding the primary task. When the one app that should be frictionless makes you hunt for the most obvious action, the rest—glass, gloss, or whatever doesn’t matter.

 

[I7guy]

Apple calls itself a design company, but the Phone app says otherwise. Open Recents, tap a name, and instead of calling, you’re dumped into the contact card. The actual call action is a tiny, low-contrast icon tucked off to the right. That’s not “intuitive”; that’s hiding the primary task. When the one app that should be frictionless makes you hunt for the most obvious action, the rest—glass, gloss, or whatever doesn’t matter.

Open recents, tap a name and a call is made.

 

[dakicka]

Ever since updating my iPhone 16 Pro to iOS 26 I’ve been experiencing severe eye strain, constant headaches, and nausea while using the phone.