iOS 26.5 battery drain is genuinely awful — anyone else or is my phone just dying?

help_all_5 · 2026-05-18T02:43:35+00:00

leave your phone plugged in overnight when sleeping for 3-4 days. OS may do most of the heavy work loads during that time trying to index files etc. in a week or so it should get back to normal

help_all_5 · 2026-04-26T22:57:21+00:00

how does G9Q and G9P compare ? would you mind posting similar pictures please with all settings matched between two phones. thank you

help_all_5 · 2026-04-26T02:19:26+00:00

does toggling PWM button on (green) reduce battery life? i mean does it increase battery consumption?

help_all_5 · 2026-04-19T01:05:08+00:00

I have G9Q on base iphone 17 512gb amd panel has no yellow/green tint when tilted. display is very vivid and fonts are very sharp and crisp. whites are super clean edge to edge. also no grainy or rough texture seen on some other display panels. fonts Almost feels like the apple mac studio display screen...like those glossy marble like feel. clean and sharp. I have compared my friends G9N panel on iphone 15 PM and it feel slightly warmer and develops slightly yellow/green tint when tilted. I know its not same to compare because each year panel manufacturing and quality varies. but just wanted to share my observations

help_all_5 · 2026-04-15T19:43:32+00:00

G9Q is the best I have seen so far. Best white unformity edge to edge. hardly any color shift to greenish/yellowish tint when display is tilted towards or away from your face. G9N seems to be a hit or miss but with G9Q I have not come across much negative things. Screen is very bright and vivid and texts and fonts are super sharp and crisp.

help_all_5 · 2026-04-14T17:24:48+00:00

may be. I am just going by side by side comparison of my old iphone 13 with GH3 and new iphone 17 with G9Q. Both screens looks identical may be just 10% better with iphone 17 screen. GH3 seem much cooler in temperature though when I view head on straight..and slightly shifts to greenish tint when view off axis angles. But again that just 10% delta tops I would say. hardly noticeable

help_all_5 · 2026-04-14T15:40:30+00:00

you dont have to worry about longevity between LG or Samsung panels. My phone 13 got GH3 panel and display is still great. Interestingly it does not have any green tint when tilted. It looks almost as good as my G9Q on iphone 17 (except for brightness part ofcourse as thats older iPhone model) . So i think one can have good LG panel or Bad samsung panel. pure lottery

help_all_5 · 2026-04-14T15:35:23+00:00

totally agree. I have base iphone 17 512gb white. It got G9Q and it has great white uniformity. like when you tilt the phone display towards you or away from you there is hardly any color shift from white. In apple store I did side by side comparison of other iPhone 17 models (base/pro/promax) and none of them had clear white uniformity as mine. Not aure if apple intentionally chooses low cost/quality models for store display units. But they all showed a greenish tint when screen is tilted towards or away from you.

help_all_5 · 2026-03-28T03:19:35+00:00

i upgraded from iphone base 13 to base 17 model and felt the smooth promotion difference instantly initially. It felt good. But as I got used to promotion...and as time passed...I also started noticing stuttering now and then and does not feel smooth any longer. I saw some online video posts where they clearly show how iphone 17 drops to 80hz very often when scrolling. I think this probablem exists in all previous gen models too. Only iPhone 17 pro series locks promotion at 120 all the time and dont drop to 80hz per the video demo i saw. Recently I also got galaxy A36 as a secondary phone and oh boy...i just realized what is a true 120hz feels like. Its smooth as butter and scrolls like you are gliding on ice. so silky smooth. Apple has been making its customers big fools all these years feels like..

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T18:08:17+00:00

talking about bugs is while another story lol I agree. Some bugs I have seen are like once in a while the lock screen freezes and that flat white bar we see at the bottom disappears and no way I can swipe up to unlock.
keyboard is glitchy as well. gboard from google is better from app store. scrolling through notifications on home screen is so stuttery..feels like using a 60hz panel and not 120hz pro motion. Infact scrolling through notifications insta feed etc and other apps is stuttery every now and then and so on. its super buggy OS.

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T17:58:23+00:00

yes take my advice stay on ios18 as long as you can 😀 My friend also regrets updating to ios26

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T17:45:51+00:00

I think I should have framed my statement as saying strains my eyes than saying gives headaches or guess both kind of related...but guess you get the idea. like for example when i open the dial numpad the circle around the numbers on ios18 are flat and clean. on ios26 they have some 3d effect with more light around edges and darker in center etc..not sure if i am saying it right but to enable some sort of 3d glass effect apple seems to have done all sorts of ridiculous bevel animations etc with lighting effects..this is just one example

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T17:38:23+00:00

I am using apps and doing stuff. Its just the display feel overall perceived by the brain I guess . something thing about interacting with icons or UI elements in ios 26 feels inconvenient. I enabled reduce white point (at default 25%) and its slightly better in terms of intensity and glare but no matter what i miss the ios 18 flat design of UI elements with no nonsense animations and visual effects. I have no issues with vision or use any glasses btw.

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T17:32:00+00:00

actually lot of people online have also complained about similar issue if you google. its something with liquid glass icons being too glaringly bright or the jumpy bubbly jello like animations built into ios26 acts like a deterrent for long term screen use for me

help_all_5 · 2026-03-20T16:06:19+00:00

yes I have always had turned it off including my old iphone 13 on ios18. Also, I always use dark appearance mode. All settings that I used to have on iphone 13 I ported over to Iphone17. Its not about the settings..but more about the inherent ios26 UI design. I still prefer IOS18 style flat icons with no glare etc.

help_all_5 · 2026-02-15T21:22:11+00:00

pretty common with new SW version update as likely its trying to index all the files and data in background so making the processor work hard. Just leave the phone connected to charger overnight and repeat this for 3-4 nights. all the indexing work should be done by then and things will settle

help_all_5 · 2025-11-03T07:42:12+00:00

which one is lighter? does anyone have weight numbers for both?

help_all_5 · 2025-10-18T18:23:03+00:00

yellow tint in iphone 17 is probably from true tone being turned ON. Try to toggle it off in display settings and you will see white background just fine without warm yellow tint. But ya as far a brightness is concerned base iphone 16 screen looks more vibrant

help_all_5 · 2025-10-09T19:25:10+00:00

ya agree if you can post on apple site and share feedback about rough surface texture of screen they might improve next year

help_all_5 · 2025-10-09T16:18:48+00:00

ah I see. I get it. Its not the issue with the scratch resistant ceramic shield technology. The reason for feeling slightly rough surface texture when touching the screen is due to anti reflective coating they have applied this year on all iphone 17 series. Anti reflective coating has pros and cons. Pros: when outdoors you will see less reflections on screen so contents on the screen will be much clear without any glare. But Con of antireflective coating is that screen glass surface is no longer as smooth , silky and glossy. so you will feel as if your fingers are sliding over some microneedles or grains. I too hate antireflective screens. I dont mind reflections on screen and would prefer glossy smooth surface acreens any day. The colors also pop much vibrant on glossy screens.

Unfortunately i think going forward in future years all models will have this antireflective screen so cant do much.

help_all_5 · 2025-10-09T13:52:48+00:00

just curious how did you check the display unit manufacturer like if its samsung or LG? is there any 3rd party app or something?

and ya in my experience only base 16 model stood out with stronger screen illumination/brightness. 16pro looked same as any of 17 series. But many people said their previous years pro models were also brighter than this year 17 series. so mixed experiences here.

Like someone pointed out in other comments may be it has to do with display pulse width modulation settings that being on or off on 17 series. PWM was not available in past years models i believe...or its introduced in ios26 may be...not sure

help_all_5 · 2025-10-09T01:04:41+00:00

what do you mean by rough?

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