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iOS 15 makes iPhone XS feel overall sluggish
- Thread starter ricardoriquier
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What’s with Apple and their updates, where they can’t seem to fix simple animations. Even their “most powerful” iPhone has stutters issues on the new iOS. Get it together Apple.
I was on 14.8 when I started following this thread to see when it was safe to update. However I also wanted watchOS 8, so I decided to take the plunge and update from 14.8 to 15.1 and at the same time update my watch.
At first my iPhone XS was smooth and I didn’t notice much difference from 14.8. However about a week later the stuttering began and since then it hasn’t gone away. I’m not aware that I did something special with my phone to trigger this. Battery health is at the same 91% as it was before the update and I never enabled iCloud photos either.
At first my iPhone XS was smooth and I didn’t notice much difference from 14.8. However about a week later the stuttering began and since then it hasn’t gone away. I’m not aware that I did something special with my phone to trigger this. Battery health is at the same 91% as it was before the update and I never enabled iCloud photos either.
This reminds me of three years ago, when iPhone XS (hot new phone back then) was plagued with stutters after not touching the display for about 10 seconds (say you were reading something and then you wanted to swipe up and close the app—the animations were horrendous). Almost every app was affected and it was solved by Apple only after it made the news, some months later…
Yeah
anodibu wrote above about his Apple Watch and I have just remembered that I have Apple Watch 4 (with the latest WatchOS) and my wife has not. This is the single major difference I guess.
I think they are going to focus on fixing animation issue on 15.3. So it’s going to be a while unfortunately
I think they are going to focus on fixing that on 15.3. At least I hope they do.
After installing 15.2 release all stutters seems to be gone on XS. At least those happening on apps minimizing, which I experienced the most of the time.
Same for me at this time, but I am checking again a few hours later. The bug occours after some time usually.
Closing app stutter seems to be fixed on this iOS 15.2 update. Though it's a little early to celebrate, I believe I saw the stutter on previous iOS 15 versions right after installing, only after using for a few minutes, which means this is is good news by now.