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📣 escot

iPhone 17 buggy for anyone else?


From slow responses to taps,janky UI artifacts, weird animations that dont quite match up. Tapping on a photo in messages has an obvious half second delay before it opens.

I upgraded from an old XS and this doesnt feel any snappier.

Possibly its just bugs in the new OS that need to be ironed out?

  👤 MBCook Accepted Answer ✓
I’m amazed it doesn’t feel snappier. It absolutely should. I have a 17 pro and have not experienced what you’re describing, nor did I when I was running 26 on my 16 Pro.

That said, there’s nothing wrong with the hardware. iOS 26 is buggy as hell and should not have been released. Full stop.

I heard on an apple related podcast I listened to that the hosts had heard from people inside Apple at 26.1 is what they actually wanted to ship and I guess it just didn’t make it in time.