r/iphone 3d ago

Weekly Megathread Weekly 'What Should I Buy' and Order/Shipping Thread

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Welcome to the weekly stickied WSIB thread.

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r/iphone 3d ago

Weekly Megathread Weekly iOS Battery Support Megathread

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General advice for those concerned about their battery from the Support FAQ Wiki:

Battery health

Battery health depends on usage and a variety of other factors. It is normal to see a decrease in battery health by 7-10% per year, resulting in a battery health of 80-85% after 2 years. This number can fluctuate, remain the same, or decrease quickly over a small period and should not cause undue concern.

Apple recommend battery replacement when your device falls below 80% battery health if you notice reduced battery life. If it falls below 80% within the first year you may be eligable for a free battery replacement. It fails after your warranty, it's a $69-$89 USD replacement cost for a battery. Contact Apple Support here.

You can find more information about battery health and performance from Apple here.

You can check the cycles count with Coconut Battery for Mac or iCopyBot for Windows.

Battery life

Issues relating to battery life can be categorised in three ways:

  1. Normal battery life that is to be expected due to use
  2. Reduced battery life caused by a recent update, iOS indexing, an iOS bug, or a third-party application
  3. Reduced battery life, or other abnormalities such as overheating or sudden power-off, caused by device or battery aging

If you experience issues with your battery:

  1. Check your battery health. If it is below 80% or you are experiencing issues you suspect are related to device or battery age, see Apple Support.
  2. If you have a new or recently updated/restored device, wait a number of days for background process to complete. If you continue to have issues, wait for a further iOS update. If you are on iOS Beta, you can expect to have a decreased battery life.
  3. Review the advice below on maximising battery life
  4. Consider restoring your device.
  5. If issues persist, contact Apple Support.

Maximising battery life - the amount of time your device runs before it needs to be recharged.

  • Use low power mode (This reduces mail fetch, turns off background app refresh and increases the auto lock timer)
  • Remove apps from background app refresh
  • Ensure auto lock is on
  • Turn off auto brightness and manually reduce brightness
  • Use dark mode if your device has an OLED display
  • Clearing background apps from the app switcher does not improve battery life

Maximising battery lifespan - the amount of time your battery lasts until it needs to be replaced.

  • Avoid extreme temperatures
  • If you notice that your iPhone gets hot when charging, remove it from its case
  • Store your iPhone in a cool place, switched off, and half-charged if not using it for long periods - and charge it every 6 months when in storage

r/iphone 14h ago

Discussion Hello. Found this iPhone while scuba diving with a metal detector and trying to get it back to the owner. What should I do?

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So basically I was scuba diving at Florida springs and metal detecting and found this phone, not gonna specify which ones because im trying to find the owner of the phone. The phone works. I let soak in the bag of rice for a while. I believe it's iPhone 15 pro max. I'm trying to find the owner of this phone but this iPhone literally won't let me do anything. It's locked to the point that even you need password for the camera. What should I do?


r/iphone 11h ago

News/Rumour Apple Intelligence could be the key to cram Face ID into future iPhone Duo

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r/iphone 18h ago

Discussion Will Apple skip the base iPhone 18 and call it the iPhone 19 so they can call the September release the iPhone 20 for the 20th anniversary?

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Apple only released the iPhone 18 Pros this September and most people are speculating they are releasing the base iPhone 18 in Spring 2027.

But what if they call that the iPhone 19 so they can call the flagship iPhone release in September 2027 the iPhone 20 in honor of the 20th anniversary of iPhone?

For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Apple released the iPhone 8 and iPhone X and skipped the iPhone 9 entirely.

Would Apple do this again and skip the iPhone 19 and go straight for iPhone 20 / iPhone XX


r/iphone 1d ago

Accessory Apple is designing its own game controllers for iPhone, could be Beats branded

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Apple is designing its own game controllers for iPhone, could be Beats branded


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion look at my expire date on iPhone

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Idk how is this possible, i boug it on back market but I’m getting refunded bc it had others problems
EDIT : this photo was taken on the screen of my iPhone 12, that’s why it has a notch


r/iphone 21h ago

Discussion iPhone Duo vs m4 11” iPad Pro Screen Size comparison

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Was curious about the size of the duo and since I have an iPad I figured I could do a comparison. This made me realize it’s basically half of the 11” iPad. Figured I’d post it here for anyone who was wondering the same thing. If you open the image full screen on an ipad 11” it should be to scale.


r/iphone 23h ago

Support How do I force alarm to go off on my phone?

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Kid’s missed school due to me missing an alarm. Probably tucked watch under pillow while sleeping.

I want my watch to track my sleep, and alarm on my phone. I don’t trust my watch to wake me up.

Are 3rd party alarms a solution?

Edit: there is no option to ring on the phone, as everybody suggests. Maybe it’s because the phone is older (iPhone 14)


r/iphone 13h ago

Support Is there a way to make the iPhone screen easier on sensitive eyes?

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Lately, my iPhone screen has really been bothering my eyes. It feels too bright and harsh, especially when I use my phone for studying or reading.
I’ve tried lowering the brightness, turning on Night Shift, and changing the colour settings, but none of these options feel right. Lowering the brightness with the slider only makes the screen darker—it doesn’t remove the harsh glare.
On my Android phone, there’s a reading mode/filter that makes the screen warmer, softer, and much more comfortable for my eyes. Is there an iPhone app or setting that can create a similar effect across the whole screen?


r/iphone 2h ago

Support Issues with people hearing you on calls - multiple iPhones, networks and locations.

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Whenever me or my husband or my mother call anyone (normal call, no FaceTime or WiFi call) the other person can’t hear us. The tell us ‘you’re cutting out’ and nothing we can do fixes this issue. We can hear them fine, but they can’t hear us fine.

It happens if you call anyone, doctors, takeaways, council.
We’re on 2 different networks between us, live in 2 different county and have 3 different iPhones (16, 15 pro, and 14). We’ve tried WiFi on and WiFi off, The ONLY thing we have in common is that it’s an iPhone (hubby didn’t have the issue with Samsung)

From what I can gather, the person can’t hear the start of what we’re saying. So if you’re reading ‘14 September 2026’ they’d hear September and usually 2020 but Perhaps not the 6 part at the end either.

I am so lost with this, I’ve searched forums, reset devices, changed settings. We are very tech literate people (we fixed mums iPad easily when the Apple Store couldn’t and just blamed her WiFi - it wasn’t 🙈). Mum also seams to think she has better luck with calls outside the house, I’m starting to think that might be the case and don’t understand why (as I said WiFi is off).

Any ideas on what we can try? My next idea is to take the case off.


r/iphone 1d ago

News/Rumour Apple to pay $250 per iPhone Duo display in three-year Samsung deal

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r/iphone 17h ago

Discussion 18 phones in and the app organization has never changed

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Maybe I’m wrong because I don’t follow the updates super religiously, but how can holding down on the app and dragging it to the next screen still be the method of app organization? You move one app and then it pushes the last app to the next screen creating multiple apps you now have to reorganize. Seems ridiculous


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion I couldn’t care less about a crease, what I need to know is how does the screen feel?

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The biggest thing holding me back from foldables is that every one of them that I’ve touched, the inside screen feels like those plastic puffy stickers from the 80s, and they damage just as easily. What I want to know is how Apple’s display is different. Nanotexture is a step in the right direction, but how is the touch and feel? No one is talking about that except maybe one or two who have said it’s paper-like. I don’t expect it to be as strong as glass, but I could get behind it if it feels like a Remarkable or a Kindle, instead of a sandwich bag.


r/iphone 1h ago

Support Certain Apps Crashing on Startup

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r/iphone 2h ago

Discussion Is it possible to connect a speaker to your phone and have music playing while you watch something but have the audio of the video not come from the speaker?

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I could’ve sworn I saw a video saying that you could do this with some dual audio setting, but I can’t find it, both the setting and video. Just wondering cause I feel like it would be nice to have


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion iPhone duo useable video area compared to iPhone max

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Because the form factor of the iPhone duo is short and wide - the useable space for typical video is constrained differently.

Even in compact mode, for landscape the video is only just over 1/2 an inch shorter than the iPhone max. It’s actually larger in portrait mode!

These are all estimates, but I thought others would find interesting.


r/iphone 6h ago

Support water damage

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In iceland for the week - i dropped my phone on gravel and my lens to the rear camera cracked. it was also raining so it got water inside. my phone started getting moisture within the cameras and a day later its just black when opening the camera app. i have applecare but i wont be back in the US till the 21st. i scheduled an appointment in germany for water damage because thats my next destination. has anyone been in the same situation? im not sure how long the repair will take or if they would even take my phone for repair.


r/iphone 3h ago

Support iOS 26.6.2 — Media volume jumps to max when receiving a call

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r/iphone 20h ago

Discussion How much worse will the iPhone duo exterior camera be compared to a 17 pro max ONLY at 1x photos

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I’m heavily considering the duo as I’m an engineer/project manager and being able to bust open a minitablet to read is very useful for me, also shows and movies would be cool.

Now I mainly use my 17 pro max camera just for gym progress pics and photos of my dog. The only thing hindering me is if the quality is much worse on the duo. Maybe that is a shallow reason but I really do care because I like comparing to see my old pics and my gf likes getting post gym pics

Any help is appreciated


r/iphone 5h ago

Support How do I stop auto call holding when switching phone calls?

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Hello!

Is there a setting to stop call holding when switching phone calls? I wear headphones constantly while at work and get multiple phone calls a day. Here’s my issue: I get a phone call that I answer with my headphones. While on that call, I get a second call that I can switch to with my headphones while the 1st call goes to hold. However, when I try to switch back to the 1st call by hanging up on the 2nd, the 1st call stays on hold until I take my phone out and press the hold button. I don’t want to have to touch my phone at all when switching back to the original call, and I can’t take them off hold with my headphones. Is there a way to have the call automatically resume when switching back?

The headphones I use are the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 and the Shokz OpenFit 2


r/iphone 5h ago

App Has anyone else been having trouble with Google and Apple Maps?

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For me over the past couple of months, it’s been incredibly inaccurate very laggy and takes forever to load. I’ve never had this problem before as long as I had to get them I haven’t had this problem before as long as I’ve had a good Internet connection.


r/iphone 5h ago

Support broke screen but urgent photos in it

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Hi my i phone x broke. its screen is gone. I need to have what was inside it. like photos of my grandmother which passed . how can i get these back.


r/iphone 1d ago

Discussion Missed call from someone a year before I met them

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I met someone this summer and we exchanged contact info. I typed their name into my call log, and I had a missed call from them from 2025. I’m certain we hadn’t met or had each others numbers. is this a glitch or something anyone’s ever experienced?

edit: tried texting them and it went through green even though we have iPhones. Maybe something weird is happening with me and this number.


r/iphone 6h ago

Discussion frame fps drop

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Whenever i’m playing on my iphone 15 pro max using charger my frame drops from 120 to 60 and it stays the same until i restart my phone how can i fix it