I have iphone13 w/ 128gb, the wife has iphone13 w/256gb. Both are doing great on ios26.0.1. Battery life seems about the same, maybe a bit better but certainly no worst. My MacBook air M2 and our iPad have all upgraded to the 26 os, no complaints.
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Which iPhone is needed to run iOS 26 smoothly?
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Eggtastic
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Can you elaborate on that process? I have a 14 PM and was worried about the comments from others so wanted to avoid the issues.
Genelec8341
macrumors regular
Settings>General>Transfer or Reset>Reset>Reset All Settings
Wait for the wipe to complete
Install iOS 26
Wait for indexing to complete before evaluating improvements or lack of.
I agree that it seems results seem to vary with mixed opinions; some people reporting worse performance but hasn't that always been the case when going to a full new release?
Have a look at your system data at the bottom of the list under Settings>General>Storage before and after the update. I would not be surprised if the users reporting worse performance had a lot of system data before the update and now have even more by dropping 26 on top of 18.xx
My phones System Data is at 6.2GB now after a few days, though I have most bells and almost all whistles turned off.
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racerhomie
macrumors 6502a
Get your Battery replaced. If it’s below 80% health the Voltage delivery won’t be consistent and you may notice performance drops. My iPhone 12 runs very smooth, even smoother than iOS 18.6 in some instances
Mlrollin91
macrumors G5
DCIFRTHS
macrumors 68000
winxmac
macrumors 68020
Reset All Settings just resets all the settings to factory defaults.
Erase All Content and Settings will erase everything and you will have to set up the device from scratch.
Eggtastic
macrumors 65816
Update for my 14 PM... It's been 3 days and so far so good. Slight glitching with the app icons when swiping to a new page, but not noticing the intense battery drain as others have said. I did take some of the advice listed (restart 2 times after install). I also did not turn off any of the liquid glass fluff as I think it looks cool.
This might convince me to keep the 14 PM for another year but well see. Battery health is at 83% but I am not a major heavy user.
This might convince me to keep the 14 PM for another year but well see. Battery health is at 83% but I am not a major heavy user.
TokyoKiller
macrumors 6502
If I were getting an iPhone today coming from any model I would probably get the iPhone 17 (non-Pro) as it is the best value for dollar and in terms of longevity it will be the longest lasting in that sense without draining your bank account.
As for your current iPhone and the performance on iOS26, I would HIGHLY recommend ensuring everything is synced with iCloud (not backed up, very different) and perform a restore using a computer and set up your iPhone as new instead of restoring from a back up.
I am saying this because my iPad Pro M4 11" was running SUPER sluggish as well until I did that and now it's running like butter.
As for your current iPhone and the performance on iOS26, I would HIGHLY recommend ensuring everything is synced with iCloud (not backed up, very different) and perform a restore using a computer and set up your iPhone as new instead of restoring from a back up.
I am saying this because my iPad Pro M4 11" was running SUPER sluggish as well until I did that and now it's running like butter.
Mlrollin91
macrumors G5
Yes. Identical settings. I used the 14 Pro to set up the 15PM and then the 15PM to set up a 16PM which ultimately set up my 17PM. I use the device to device transfer.