Skipping iOS 26, anyone else too?

[Torty]

I think it's the best for me to skip ios26. Never skipped a major release before. First time. So I can enjoy a snappy iPhone 14 Pro Max for months to come.

 

[FeliApple]

Do you mean 27? I’ve been staying on original iOS versions since iOS 7 was awful and since a forced update of my iPhone 6s and 9.7-inch iPad Pro from iOS 9 to iOS 12 and 13 gave me the expected (poor) results in terms of performance and battery life.

Once you see that device quality doesn’t drop, as long as your needs are met, I think it’s just the best approach.

My iPad Air 5 (M1), for example, runs iPadOS 15, my phone is an iPhone 16 Plus running iOS 18, etc. It’s a one-way trip for me, device quality never drops, battery life never drops. As long as it can do what I need, I’m fine. My latest A16 iPad (11th-gen) runs and will run iPadOS 18.

And Apple hasn’t improved all that much in software quality (in terms of performance and battery life on non-current devices; that is, they keep irreversibly worsening them).

Even if I wish they did so I can update, they keep worsening performance and killing battery life. I honestly wish I could get a like-new experience on 27, but not only do I really dislike Liquid Glass (a different topic and issue), but I know that I’ll get some battery life and performance drops. I find that unacceptable. Maybe in ten more years…

 

[kissfan]

If you do mean 26, my 14 ProMax runs it just fine.

 

[packeteer]

I was tempted, and I delayed a long time, but for security, I upgraded. MacOS 26 can diaf