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How long after iOS 26 releases will you wait to install it on your main iPhone?
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This is me. Whilst I won’t install any beta on my phone because I can’t afford for Apple Pay or my banking/finance apps to break, I will be upgrading on day 1.
Yeah pretty much.
- iPad OR Macbook? I can deal with one of those being beta. if either flakes out I can mostly work from the other until I sort it out
- iPhone? Sorry but it has too much of my life in it (ironically) - watch is dependent on it and both of those are primary apple pay devices.
I'll install it on my backup phone on release, and if it's fine on my daily driver. Never had a problem with day 1 releases.
I usually wait until the x.1 release before moving up.
No interest in beta testing.
I do, but my company decides when to upgrade my work phone. Point releases are usually 30 days behind the public release.
No interest in beta testing.
I do, but my company decides when to upgrade my work phone. Point releases are usually 30 days behind the public release.
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I usually switch to the newest Release around Developer Beta 6 on both my primary iPhone and my watch.
I plan to do so with iOS 26, too.
My secondary iPhone as well as my iPad are already on iOS 26 since dev beta 1.
But actually in use, I have two current generation devices, devices able to run the latest software:
My iPhone 16 Pro Max as my primary device and daily driver, beeing paired to my AppleWatch Ultra 2 and an iPhone 16e as my secondary device.
I plan to do so with iOS 26, too.
My secondary iPhone as well as my iPad are already on iOS 26 since dev beta 1.
More than two actually if I count all my older devices (iPhone X and older).
But actually in use, I have two current generation devices, devices able to run the latest software:
My iPhone 16 Pro Max as my primary device and daily driver, beeing paired to my AppleWatch Ultra 2 and an iPhone 16e as my secondary device.
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I have a spare slightly roughed up iPhone 11, so currently testing betas on it.
For me the main issues during “main” betas can come from yet unsupported third party apps. This is why I usually wait until PB1 (DB3) before putting it on my main devices (iPad usually goes first, as it is less critical for me).
How is it running on the 11 if you don’t mind me asking. I have an 11 and I’m holding back for now.
I always installed the newest version right away or even got a new iPhone.
How come you people are like this?
Every single iOS release in the last years had exactly 0 problems.
Is this bait?
Can't tell if that is subtle sarcasm or not. There is nothing wrong with waiting a few weeks/months for the update. I do the same.
I'm not an tech early adopter, and have always preferred to wait to update/upgrade after others have tried and tested.
DB2 lags a bit on it, the animations (like “assembling” the icons on the Home Screen) lack fluidity and it heats up when doing something “heavy”, like Face Time calls (even though it is unplugged).
All of this is to be expected, though, as iOS 26 will be optimised for older devices at the very end of the beta cycle (if we are lucky) or in a iOS 26.x point release.
To sum it up: it’s fun, but quite sluggish at the moment.
I only have one device, an iPhone 15, which is my “daily driver” as many people refer to it. I’m just holding off on installing the beta for another release or two until things mature a bit.
Sorry if there was confusion there!
I might try the public beta on my iPad when it’s close to release candidate but not my phone until 26.1.
Had a bad experience in the past when I was impatient.
Had a bad experience in the past when I was impatient.
In my case it is not for “beta” software as such, it is more of a spare. My old iPhone 11 has a pretty scratched screen and an original battery at 73%, so its resale value is very low. However, should anything happen in our household with three iPhone users, it can come handy while we are sorting them out. As right now there are no such emergencies, I can use it for trying out betas.
Running iPadOS DB2 on my M1 12.9” iPad Pro and while I am not fond of Liquid Glass in the slightest, it appears to be running pretty well for me so far. Not ready to commit my iPhone to the void just yet, maybe PB2/3.
My gut tells me this beta cycle will be a little hairier than iOS 18 because there are more changes than 16–>17–>18.
My gut tells me this beta cycle will be a little hairier than iOS 18 because there are more changes than 16–>17–>18.
Doesn’t seem to be that many changes other than cosmetic
Keyboard keys are narrower, that’s cool