Meh, it's fine. We get this huge uproar every time there's a major iOS update. It'll die down.
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iPhone Are you happy with iOS 13
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Nah, not true. 13.1.3 feels like an early beta version.
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Remember iOS 11? It's true that they finally got the bugs out. The bug fix release was iOS 12. I'm confident that iOS 13 bugs will be resolved. But maybe not until iOS 14.
Notes don't sync (at least not reliably), sometimes taking hours or not at all. This is an app many use as an integral part of their work flow.
The battery life and phone bugs were very annoying but they appear to be fixed in 13.1.3. I've had a good day on battery life today.
The iPadOS issue with changing orientation and the home page were annoying but fixed now.
Email not loading message bodies was annoying. The performance was also annoying. Fixed in 13.1.3.
My main remaining issue is Notes not syncing. It continues to be a problem and it's definitely one Apple should fix but I guess that the priority wasn't high enough.
I'm not.
Notes, a beloved app I've never had an issue with, fails to sync among my devices, yet the other stock iCloud services are syncing fine. I'm in the middle of troubleshoot triage.
Troubleshoot triage created new issues of their own. A mess.
On top of that, iPad Pro 10.5 and iPhone 7 Plus have been freezing a lot. iPad Pro 10.5 didn't unlock yet let me into my half frozen/jittery home screen anyway. Haha. Good times.
I think I'm getting to a point where an annual "set up device as new" is the only way to go in this mediocre Apple software environment. This shouldn't be necessary at all, but it's the only way to avoid the multitude of troubleshooting steps that take A LOT of time and patience.
Notes, a beloved app I've never had an issue with, fails to sync among my devices, yet the other stock iCloud services are syncing fine. I'm in the middle of troubleshoot triage.
Troubleshoot triage created new issues of their own. A mess.
On top of that, iPad Pro 10.5 and iPhone 7 Plus have been freezing a lot. iPad Pro 10.5 didn't unlock yet let me into my half frozen/jittery home screen anyway. Haha. Good times.
I think I'm getting to a point where an annual "set up device as new" is the only way to go in this mediocre Apple software environment. This shouldn't be necessary at all, but it's the only way to avoid the multitude of troubleshooting steps that take A LOT of time and patience.
I use notes everyday as well and it’s working perfectly / near instantly for me. You might want to try logging out from iCloud and back in to see if that fixes the issue.
I did face some of the issues you mentioned but I guess not enough to annoy me to the point of not being satisfied with the overall OS.
If you spend time reading the threads involving bug reports, the thing that's mind-numbing (to me at least) is the degree of inconsistency with 13. I don't recall this degree of inconsistency among users with 11 or earlier versions. Remember, this is a single-source environment...Apple provides the hardware, OS and native apps, and keeps a fairly tight grip on the app devs. You (I) would think that what worked and what didn't might be more consistent.
I see people complaining about phone problems and some with no phone problems and the problems could be carrier-specific. I think that email issues could be specific to the type of email or some settings or specific providers. The Notes issues might be related to macOS versions. There are just a lot of variables.
I have about 2 GB of Notes and macOS sometimes uses a lot of RAM as in 1.5 GB for Notes. That would be tougher to do on an iPhone. As far as I can tell, Notes always runs correctly on macOS (High Sierra).
Notes are not syncing properly for me either. All settings are correctly configured. Signing out of iCloud did not fix it, but created some strange Apple ID headaches for me. Frustrating that Apple would publish a release this undercooked. Worst release I can remember. I might wipe and set up as new but trying to avoid that nuclear step.
iOS 13 surprisingly flies on my iPhone 7 Plus! I was nervous about updating it, but I can't really tell a difference between this and the last iOS 12 version and I'm okay with that!
Not bad for a 3 year old phone!
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3D Touch is still in iOS 13 at least for me
Not bad for a 3 year old phone!
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3D Touch is still in iOS 13 at least for me
When it works, I agree. But, for some reason, I’m getting a several freezes/crashes per day on mine. And I’m on the latest dot release too.
I've had instances before where an upgrade required me to do a refresh, which is ok. Once I upgraded to 13, it got to the point where every app crashed constantly (even on 13.1.3). I reset the phone as new, which helped a lot. However, I'm starting to notice app behavior go south again (hangs, constant need to re-login to the app) and even the alarm not working (tested a few times). It's possible my iPhone has memory going bad, which would explain the almost corruption-like effects I'm experiencing, but it's impossible to tell at the moment given the current complaints surrounding iOS 13 
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Thank you for this post. If you’re still noticing issues after a wipe and refresh, then I’ll probably grin and bear it until the next update is published. You just saved me a lot of grief.I've had instances before where an upgrade required me to do a refresh, which is ok. Once I upgraded to 13, it got to the point where every app crashed constantly (even on 13.1.3). I reset the phone as new, which helped a lot. However, I'm starting to notice app behavior go south again (hangs, constant need to re-login to the app) and even the alarm not working (tested a few times). It's possible my iPhone has memory going bad, which would explain the almost corruption-like effects I'm experiencing, but it's impossible to tell at the moment given the current complaints surrounding iOS 13
I haven’t had any crashes or freezes. I upgraded last Thursday.
In Safari when on a new page I click my favourite bookmarks it opens another website from the same favourites. Have to close that tab and reopen a new one. Happens the first time only though when app is opened, not when its already running and picked up from background.
It’s garbage and I won’t quit making a stink about it until Apple fixes Mail or allows us to make another app the default mail client since they clearly don’t care about fixing their broken app.
