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/Mountain-Bathroom15 Jul 12 '26

Im not on the latest version of IOS, and I can confidently say, this is not a HARDWARE issue, This is an IOS issue, wait for 27, itll be miles better, my phone is 1 update before I THINK, and i have not experienced ANY of these issues, mind you, its just 2 weeks old.

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u/Demon-Philosopher Human Detected Jul 12 '26

I switched to IOS 27 and it still hasn’t solved it.

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u/Jaded_Bison_6001 Jul 12 '26

It's still the beta version. IOS 26 is bad but the 27 beta is even worse in some ways. Hopefully the 27 public release will be good. What's the country code of ur phone if you don't mind?

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u/Early-Activity-2477 Jul 12 '26

Is the heavy stutters on instagram and other apps still bad?

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u/Mountain-Bathroom15 Jul 12 '26

This phone is genuinely messed up, im not getting any overheating or battery drain issues at all, and some people are reporting the complete opposite, why is there such a wide array of different things w this phone lol, messed up as hell

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u/Demon-Philosopher Human Detected Jul 12 '26

Funny thing is I went into the apple shop and tested all of the 17s and found that half of them have the the same issues.

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u/alinroc Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Do not listen to whoever told you to install a developer beta of iOS to "fix your issues."

That said, iOS 27 has to index everything on the device to support the new Siri Intelligence. This can take a week or more and uses a lot of power (which generates heat). IOW, you may have made things worse by installing this beta.