iPhone XS Max video stuttering

Has anyone else noticed constant frame drops, stuttering and lagging on videos on the iPhone XS Max. Is this just me or is this a bug in iOS that will get fixed?


I’m experiencing it on things like


- Tv app (iTunes downloads) both online streamed content and downloaded offline content


- YouTube


- Safari

iPhone SE, iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 8:30 AM

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Posted on Nov 24, 2018 6:05 AM

I was having the same issue and then I turned off True Tone in the display settings and it corrected the issue for me. Might be worth trying for you and everyone else having this issue as well. Hopefully Apple fixes this in a future update.

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Nov 11, 2018 9:43 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

Yeah I bought the Xs last Monday and I’ve had the same issue with the stutter and frame drops it’s really annoying. My brother and me bought the phone on the same day I asked him about it and he isn’t experiencing any lag. I hope apple realeases some update to fix this because this is really a big issue for those with the problem especially since we paid a such a big amount for this phone.

Nov 13, 2018 7:20 AM in response to AIDEN199JH

Has anyone heard of a fix for this or any word from Apple themselves if they're going to fix this? I'm really disappointed that these phones are having these issues. I never had an issue on my iPhone 7 of this kind. I'm still within my return/exchange window but would prefer to fix this issue before exchanging my phone (I have the silver XS Max 256GB).

Nov 15, 2018 12:08 PM in response to AIDEN199JH

Hey there.

Just bought xs max a few days back.

While playing videos, i watch a lot of videos on youtube, i am definitely experiencing lag and stuttering.

First I thought that may be i was over observing as the mobile is new but it was quite evident from my first look at the video.

The video is not smooth at all.

Apple please issue a fix for this problem.

Thanks

Jan 3, 2019 8:30 AM in response to sergeantawesome

Apple is just bull ******** customers. I got a replacement for my iPhone XS max and even that had the same issue. I saw 2 other friends with the XS max and even they have the issue.


I had raised a bug on bug reporter a month back regarding this. They still did not do anything about it. And the so called higher executive that you're talking about, well I have spoken to them as well. They will pacify you by saying sir we will now handle your case and the typical responses but in reality they will not do jack ****.


It is just impossible that apple is not aware of this issue.

Apr 14, 2019 6:57 AM in response to AIDEN199JH

This is happens to me a lot as well, its getting really annoying. I dont know if its a hardware issue or a software. But the experience for consuming video content is really annoying. I also kind off noticed this is especially prevalent when playing high quality videos. I cant even get my phone replaced anymore here in india since they dropped that policy. They will repair the phone but they cant diagnose any problem it seems. Apple support is also basically useless since they have no clue either. I hope this gets fixed asap.

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