Often, I notice there is stutter when using my iPhone 17 pro max. It's especially noticeable when swiping on the home screen etc. Icons often are gray and then redraw themselves. I'm on 26.5.2.
I have had the same thing happen on some occasion with my 17e, when I swipe up to close an app. The phone works flawlessly, otherwise. I tend to agree that it probably iOS 26, rather than the individual device. I have especially noticed it since I installed iOS 26.5.2.