It's funny that someone cares enough to complain with that amount of energy, but doesn't seem motivated to change what they don't like.
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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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One would expect quite a bit more then a new button design from a company the size of Apple. There's hardly even a new feature and bugs are all over the place. I wonder exactly what they've been doing in the past year?
Also been there and currently have a S24 in use and have no complaint. As they say, art is in the eye of the beholder, the same can be said for cellphone UI’s. That’s why there is a huge choice. When you have a family member with some visual impairments, IOS 26 is a huge issue.
Best setting I’ve found to make 26 work nicely is “increase contrast” under accessibility, much easier to read and seems much, much faster (snappier) with that enabled as well
It's very early days and I did hesitate for the first time based on some of these comments + owning a standard iPhone 13.
However, I updated a MacBook Air M3 last night and a Mac Mini M1. This morning I bit the bullet and did the phone.
I have to say that, so far, I'm very impressed. Change is always difficult with something that is with us every day and all of us will have become very used to the way previous versions of iOS looked and behaved.
This new version is a far more radical change than recent versions but, at this point, everything works for me - I've been out and about this morning purchasing with Apple Pay, taking photos, using 3rd part apps for shopping and checking out video content I created yesterday in Final Cut.
I left the phone charging throughout the update and then updated all the apps. As expected, the phone became warm but once that was all done the battery life seems to show a distinct improvement.
It's entirely likely I will find something not working but so far it's all been positive.
However, I updated a MacBook Air M3 last night and a Mac Mini M1. This morning I bit the bullet and did the phone.
I have to say that, so far, I'm very impressed. Change is always difficult with something that is with us every day and all of us will have become very used to the way previous versions of iOS looked and behaved.
This new version is a far more radical change than recent versions but, at this point, everything works for me - I've been out and about this morning purchasing with Apple Pay, taking photos, using 3rd part apps for shopping and checking out video content I created yesterday in Final Cut.
I left the phone charging throughout the update and then updated all the apps. As expected, the phone became warm but once that was all done the battery life seems to show a distinct improvement.
It's entirely likely I will find something not working but so far it's all been positive.
Spot on analysis.
When they introduced the new Jony Ive look (iOS 7?), it looked weird and odd. But I could tell something was being attempted. There was substance. There was an idea. There was bravery in implementing it. People hated it at the time but their arguments were purely subjective. There was a powerful objective argument behind it all. It was quite simply good design!
And now, of course, every new technology (especially AI) is using the same mix of discordant colours.
But iOS 26...? There's just none of the above. There's no objective design truth to it. It's regressive. Even worse, it's just silly. Rounded edges on everything? Windows, maybe that's OK. But Safari tabs? UI buttons? The amount of wasted pixels is mind-blowing.
I'm not a design nerd. I tend to follow Apple's lead. But this time around, it just indicates something is so, so wrong over at Apple HQ. This was a bad decision.
What's been glitchy? I've been using the Tahoe public betas on my main device, my M3 Pro MacBook Pro, and I've barely had an issue. It looks and runs great for me!I feel very represented by this post, my experience is currently the same. And I made the mistake of updating my MB Pro M4 to Tahoe, now I have to live with the ugliest and glitchiest OS I have tried in a very long time
Same here. I think the new OS is pure beauty!
Apple has never restricted rolling back macs, you can always install any os supported on the machine, so just switch back if you want to avoid tahoe for now 🤷♂️I feel very represented by this post, my experience is currently the same. And I made the mistake of updating my MB Pro M4 to Tahoe, now I have to live with the ugliest and glitchiest OS I have tried in a very long time
Aside from the ugly new design language, it’s disappointing how Apple has not improved how we use our phones in iOS. I feel like I’m tapping more to get to basic functions. There is no apparent improvement or refinement.
I'm happy you've had a smooth experience, not the same here. The menu bar keeps glitching like crazy, Safari tabs seem to be undecided about what color they wanna be and the keyboard is failing on me as I type this xD
Oh, I know that I can technically do it. But I do not have the time to deal with a restore right now, so I'm just venting though I know I should have waited a bit.
Yea i couldnt disagree more. It got better and better with each beta too. I think the UI and some kf the new interaction animations are awesome. One if my favorite iOS’s
Remember what I said before wwdc : I don't care about the new design, please bring more features !!
Yeah I still say that.
What’s new in iOS 26
iOS is now faster and more responsive on all supported devices. Learn about the new features in iOS 26.
That seems like a decent list of stuff to me. Is there anything specific that you all think is missing?
Hmm. I haven’t used 26 on my phone yet but tried it on another phone (iPhone SE3), animations and some effects definitely feel a bit nauseating. Idk what causes this. It feels like it needs a lot of tweaking to become more palatable.
I am planning to upgrade to 17 Pro and wonder how will it work with new PWM switch, because iPhones had been giving me eye strain ever since OLED
Yea, this doesn't work on my 13 mini for whatever reason. Even if it did that sounds super distracting.
That does sound irritating. The only issue I have had is probably actually a bad monitor cable causing the DisplayPort drivers triggering a kernel panic in specific and trivially avoided circumstances.
Worst IOS experience for me.
Never downgraded before, but I will.
I love the minimalism we have with IOS 18 and the previous version, in term of design. Now it just looks like they returned 15 years in the past where everything tried to be 3D with a lot of animations.
Never downgraded before, but I will.
I love the minimalism we have with IOS 18 and the previous version, in term of design. Now it just looks like they returned 15 years in the past where everything tried to be 3D with a lot of animations.
What do you expect? Seriously, the smartphone is a very mature product regardless who sells it. Pretty much everything has been tried. We are now at foldable phones. At a certain point when you realize that everyone knows the answers, you change the questions. Perhaps in 10 years we will be wearing glasses instead of using a phone to communicate.