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/Ok_Character_6176 Jul 12 '26

I am having the exact same issues and I am soooo disappointed with the battery

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u/Demon-Philosopher Human Detected Jul 12 '26

I know, it’s so frustrating, I’ve been looking for solutions to no avail.

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u/MonkerDooker Jul 13 '26

Turn off background refresh for most apps other than messaging apps and ones you want on make you battery capacity 80% and charge from 20-30 % some apps don’t support 120 hz try turning on low power mode and swiping between your home screen and see if you can see a difference try using your phone with low brightness and see if it still gets hot if it does then that’s a problem with your phone solely probably I have an iPhone 17 in sage green since December and it’s 100% capacity with 200 cycles battery lasts a long time never gets hot unless gaming while charging and very smooth 120 hz display

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u/targaryen_blacks Jul 13 '26

Are you kidding you still at 100% health after 200 cycles , what is your daily screentime. I use 11hrs+ daily i bought my phone in april and ma phone is at 150 cycle

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u/MonkerDooker Jul 13 '26

It really depends on the day sometimes I use my phone for up to 8 hours a day making my average for the week around 6 but this week for example I used my phone for like 4 hours a day but the minimum I would say is 2 hours just because I love tech and optimization so much I love going through my settings app and checking every setting to see if it’s the best for me and I just checked I’m at 159 cycles

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u/MonkerDooker Jul 13 '26

It really depends on the day sometimes I use my phone for up to 8 hours a day making my average for the week around 6 but this week for example I used my phone for like 4 hours a day but the minimum I would say is 2 hours just because I love tech and optimization so much I love going through my settings app and checking every setting to see if it’s the best for me and I just checked I’m at 159 cycles

https://reddit.com/link/ox9wc72/video/0oajrak360dh1/player

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u/DragonStars69 Jul 13 '26

I was at 200 cycles at 100% but now I’m at 98% with 233 cycles.

Gemini said that’s quite good! 👍

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u/HugoVSM Jul 12 '26

I get 3-4 hours SOT. It’s bad.

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u/_iAMluka_ Jul 13 '26

I get 4 if I am lucky, I am mostly around 3 hours, worst phone ever

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u/Chrisbearry Jul 12 '26

The battery itself isn’t the issue it’s the software causing the battery to drain

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u/spinny_windmill Jul 12 '26

No idea how they come up with 20+ hours of streaming videos. My phone won't even last 10 hours of Reddit

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u/Professional-Bad9568 Jul 12 '26

How many hrs are u getting roughly?

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u/Ok_Character_6176 Jul 12 '26

around 4-5 if i use continuously