iPhone lagging after iOS 18 Update

I know iPhones becoming garbage with the new updates you think with all the money they put into their company they would at least be able to develop an update that isn’t complete horse ish. Plus, they’re getting lazy with their phones these days. It’s basically the same phone every time.

my phone is extremely slow and texting is almost impossible.

I have tried every solution suggested, except factory reset. I have tried clearing history, updating apps, minimizing keyboard, search & siri recommendations etc and i have A LOT of storage on my phone. The issue is still not resolved.

It’s been 5 days now. Did anyone’s phone get better after a few more days? I’m hoping the issue resolves itself at this point!

After updating my iPhone 12 to 18ios, it’s been dropping calls when it never had, I’ve had phone calls where people can hear me but I can’t hear them so I have to call back. I know another person in my family who has the same problems and it won’t let her scroll down all the way in her contacts.

Dreadful update. Since iOS 18 my iPhone 11 Pro Max has been significantly slower. Web pages load slowly. UI is sluggish. Many finger taps are unresponsive. Random parts of the UI are blank. Sometimes I can’t unlock my phone because it’s so unresponsive.

Performance was much much better before this update. Will look for ways to wind back to 17.

There is no reason why after updating my IPhone to iOS 18 it should be lagging. Especially a phone that is already highly priced.

-Lagging after typing

-Apps not working

-battery issues

Fix it please. This isn’t the first time an update has caused an issue. All these new features are great but the lack of errors and bugs that go unnoticed is just amazing. Well done! We’ll be waiting for the next update patch.

I haven’t even had my iPhone a year and after this update it has been unbearably slow! I am regretting switching to iPhone at this point it’s been nothing but headaches. At least with the android we didn’t get forced to upgrade phones before they’re even paid in full! I have memory I pay for extra storage all that so it’s not a memory issue in my phone.

my iPhone SE 2 became unusable even though it was perfect with the latest 17 version. I got a new 16 pro and even though the lagging is gone, keyboard still feels sticky and not responsive. Really really bad update and still not fixed

Insane, I just updated to 18.2.1 and my phone now barely works… so frustrating. I tried everything suggested and nothing helped. I thought of buying iPhone 16 before but not anymore! This thread was created like half a year ago and Apple still didn’t do anything to fix it…

I am very unhappy about this update? I battle to access apps, and updates on my son's phone to mine.

Would also reccomend in the parent feature that you add block apps including the downtime option.

I actually wiped my phone as I thought I had to many apps?

I did not pay this expensive for an iphone 14 for this kind of update, that causes more issues on a brand new phone

I have the 14 Pro Max.

I just updated to 18.3.1. For one night I was so happy with the cool new display. Then the next morning it was sluggish and slow to texting. VERY disappointed. People joke and tell me that it's time to upgrade my phone.

If this is how iClowns operate in Palo Alto then I'll upgrade alright.

I'll upgrade back to Droid where they don't manipulate you into new hardware.

Fix your **** or this weekend I'm headed back to Droidsville.

Turned off the cloud... Nothing

checked back ground apps... nothing

the settings are becoming more and more so intense!

really guy's I dont have the need to be a super tech just to opperate my cell phone!

nothing has changed with the new update, I am really not happy at all, I am not enjoying my phone any more.

i cant even connect the carplay anymore via cable or blue tooth since these update / s.

please fix this

The iOS 18 update continues to infuriate as general lagging continues, no matter what task is performed. A big annoyance is emojis aren't populating in the keyboard when typing. To clarify, if I type "smile," the standard smiley emoji used to immediately populate in the suggested text/emoji bar. Now it takes upwards of 5 seconds to populate. This is an eternity when simply wanting to send a message.

I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max. I am utilizing 149GB of my 512GB. There is no way I'll accept the suggestion from Apple that it's "storage related" and to "delete things." It performs more poorly than my previous phone, the iPhone 13 Pro. I had it for several years with no issues. NONE. Now, when I drop a stack of cash on this new phone that's supposed to be the premium, top performing model, it's absolutely maddening to start experiencing major problems such as this after only a few months.

I regularly close apps. I regularly soft reboot the phone. I charge it properly. I remove what I don't need. As an avid Apple product user for decades, I do all the right things.

On behalf of all iPhone users, PLEASE GET THIS FIGURED OUT.

Completely agree

Apple are trying to force people to buy new phones and new devices by rolling out software updates that truck users with false metrics or worse intentionally make their phone run poorly

its a sickening ploy to chase money for a company that already has so much of it, and by doing so disadvantages millions of users who cannot afford an upgrade

my iPhone 11 ran fine until the ios18 update and the moment I installed it my camera app no longer worked it turned off my external facing camera and also my flashlight no longer works

Apple have acknowledged this is a common issue of the ios18 but are doing nothing to help me resolve it

I have the same experience. Even with the latest update iOS 18 is the worst in terms of performance OS I had ever used

I spare you the whole screenshots where it doesn’t loading music doesn’t load translation doesn’t load iCloud doesn’t load

iOS became super annoying

Since 17th May since upgrading from ios 18.4.3 to 18.5, i get some lag typing and delay touching apps and buttons. The phone overheats and not used half my storage.

anyone else had this? My iphone is not jailbroken/genuine as in box.