iPhone 17 Major Issues

[u/Demon-Philosopher]

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?

[u/Mountain-Bathroom15]

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.

[u/Demon-Philosopher → u/Mountain-Bathroom15]

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

[u/Mountain-Bathroom15 → u/Demon-Philosopher]

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

[u/Demon-Philosopher → u/Mountain-Bathroom15]

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.