iPhone 17 Pro Max extremely slow Wi-Fi and unstable.

My Wife and I upgraded from iPhone 15 pro’s and never had an issue. With the new iPhone 17 pro’s we have unreliable speeds and constant drop outs.

I have spent hours with our isp trying to sort this out, but we believe it is a device hardware issue.

It is unbelievably frustrating. Hoping Apple are looking into a solution or device swap program to sort this.

I just upgraded my Iphone from 15 Pro to 17 Pro this past week. My iphone 17P is upgraded to the latest software update 26.1 and i have noticed a significant difference in internet speed when i am on wifi anywhere home work wherever, it is almost unusable and i cannot sometimes even connect to the speed test on my Chrome browser. I even noticed when setting up my iphone that it wouldn't even connect to my wifi router which is brand new and very fast. I reset everything and I am still facing this issue. If my brand new iphone 17 pro can barely function on wifi anywhere i want to downgrade this is unacceptable for a $1200 phone!

Same issue and no, private relay is not active. I have my 16 pro and my 17 pro max sitting right next to each other on the same Wi-Fi network and run the speed test at the same time. iPhone 17 Pro Max is consistently 4 times slower. Here is the very best result from the 17 Pro Max that I was able to achieve within a few minutes of the average test on the 16 Pro. This is right after restarting the device

My 3rd iPhone 17pro arrives Monday. I really think this is a hardware problem so this is my last attempt before I reject the phone. I’m running on latest software updated this week, have no VPN and have reset countless times. Speed immediately speeds up to acceptable levels circa 300mb in my case and within a few hours is down to 10-12 mb. I’m disappointed Apple won’t admit they have a major issue as this is wasting a lot of time. It’s a business phone and I’m constantly being cut off when WiFi calling.

my iPhone 17 pro max still not working after the 26.0.1 update. my wireless is terribly slow and the wifi won't get anything over 500 mb. my old iPhone 14 pro max was able to get 750-800 mb

ChrisJ4203 wrote:

That download speed is sick! What is your upload speed? We don't have fiber here in the sticks. I have cable broadband, my download speed is around 650.

That’s cable broadband on Spectrum in Tampa area. My upload is around 40 Mbps.

I’m on my second iPhone 17 pro. Latest software and still not working. Have to reset network every few hours. Can’t believe Apple don’t seem to accept there is a problem. Going to give them until end of November and then downgrade to an older model if no improvement.

The next expected update to iOS 26 is not until mide December or early January. So, if you want to troubleshoot the issue, now is the time. Otherwise, don’t wait until end of November because nothing will change between now and then unless you implement the changes or swap it out.

Has anyone found a solution to this? I bought my iPhone 17 two days ago. I’ve tried resetting my wifi, forgetting the network, turning my phone on and off. I tested my internet speed on my desktop and I get 276 Mbps on my phone I got 21 Mbps

Yes, privacy and security measures put in place by both consumers and providers can definitely slow down the service.

That download speed is sick! What is your upload speed? We don't have fiber here in the sticks. I have cable broadband, my download speed is around 650.

Same issue. And the antenna range for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is ridiculous — about one-third of the range compared to the iPhone 12 Pro.

I’m having the same issue. I should’ve kept the 13 ProMax 🤬