iOS 26

[Wolf]

Well using my phone today at work, so much buggy. I decided to downgrade back to iOS 18.5 and almost turned my phone into a brick. Lucky, I got a quick appointment at an Apple store and were able to hard reboot which my MacBook couldn’t do it for some reason. They had so many reports of iPhone users using the iOS 26 beta software. My iPhone went back to the factory reset and everything is starting to go back to normal. I'm not downloading beta software ever again!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

From iOS facebook group, the general advice is don't do beta on your primary device. It's beta for a reason.

 

[Aaron]

All true! Except I'm having a good time with this beta, everything is working fine for me.

 

[Wolf]

Years ago, I did beta on my primary phone and had no issues. Though maybe I wouldn't have this issue again. Plus, I want to upgrade my phone at the end of the year with this new proposed redesigned iPhone. But with so many buggy issues I had yesterday, I couldn't live the rest of the year with that issue. Probably I use my phone more than I did a few years ago, by watching videos, apple pay and certain other apps.

 

[Jon]

I have iOS 26 on my iPad (not my primary device) and was hesitant to install it on my phone. I'll just wait for the official release.

Having said all that, it is pretty frickin' cool. I'm liking the new UI and it's way snappier than before.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

My phone is still on 18.7. I noticed that iOS26 only supports connections to Apple Watch Series 6 or later. Of course my current watch is Series 5. So I am upgrading to a Series 11. Arrives on Tuesday.

Of course after I order it, I spoke to a co-worker. He has upgraded his iPhone13 to iOS26 and it is still talking to his Apple Watch Series 4. So it looks like the issue may be in pairing. However, he bought an iPhone17 which he is picking up Saturday so he may have to buy a new watch as well.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Arrives on Tuesday.

You would think that Apple would know expected inventories and their orders and provide real delivery dates. I guess not. My delivery has been delayed to Mo 09/29.

 

[Wolf]

I would like to upgrade my iPhone 15 Pro Max to the Orange iPhone 17 Pro Max sometime soon. Need to finish paying off our old device sometime soon. My partner and are fed up with AT&T and wants to leave and either go to Verizon or T-Mobile.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

You would think that Apple would know expected inventories and their orders and provide real delivery dates. I guess not. My delivery has been delayed to Mo 09/29.

Now they have shipped it and it will arrive Thursday.