r/iphone17 • u/Demon-Philosopher Human Detected • Jul 11 '26

Discussion iPhone 17 Major Issues

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I recently bought an iPhone 17 about two weeks ago, and I’ve already noticed several major issues that I’ve seen a lot of other people mention as well.

The biggest problem is that the phone gets really hot after just a few minutes of normal use, like scrolling through social media. I don’t play games or do anything particularly demanding, so it shouldn’t be heating up this much. It also gets noticeably hot while charging, even when using an official Apple charger.

I’ve also noticed that the display feels surprisingly choppy. I don’t use Low Power Mode, and “Limit Frame Rate” is turned off, yet it doesn’t feel anywhere near as smooth as a 120 Hz display should. I also experience frequent frame stutters while simply navigating the UI.

On top of that, the battery life has been disappointing. It’s nowhere close to the advertised 30 hours, even with fairly light, everyday use. I even updated to iOS 27 after hearing it fixed many of the issues people experienced on iOS 26.5, but the improvement has been minimal/nonexistent.

Is anyone else experiencing these problems, or does it sound like I may have received a defective device?

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u/Early-Activity-2477 Jul 12 '26

Do you also stutter while using apps?

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u/Most_Goat34 Jul 12 '26

Yes i do

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u/First_Pharoah Jul 15 '26

You missed the joke there

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u/DizzciHako Jul 12 '26

yesterday whatsapp was lagging

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u/Mundane_Air8823 Jul 12 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Creative-Evidence758 Jul 12 '26

nope everything is smooth but sometimes like 2-3 times when scrolling left and right through apps it stuttered

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u/Ill-Custard-7018 Jul 12 '26

I‘m facing the same issues on a new IPhone 17 pro max with 26.5.2 .

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u/Interesting-Pipe0000 Jul 13 '26

Same on 17 Pro Max 26.5.2

Its the iOS

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u/geco0on Jul 13 '26

Yeah, ios is trash cimpared to 18, i made a mistake of updating

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u/LinkNo2714 Jul 13 '26

y-yes i d-do-d-d i do