r/iphone

Which Smartphone Brand would you recommend?
Sony and Samsung worked perfectly to edit text by clicking in the screen and easily choose the letter or line to edit. Impossible on iPhone. Even with the Google keyboard.

It's such a hassle and annoying. Any solution to this? It's as if the iphone screen isn't well set to react to taps. It always does the action we don't want. On Android it does what we want.

I’m looking for an app to organize plans for me. Kinda like a calendar with reminders

So I bought this phone like 3 days ago. This morning I plugged it in to charge and left it there. When I tried to turn it on, it wouldn't turn on and the screen stayed black. I tried charging it for a long time, even using a higher-wattage charger from my MacBook, but nothing happened. Can anyone offer any advice? Is there a chance the phone won't turn on anymore?

Hello, I got my first iPhone (15 base) this month (May 6).

My concern is that the battery does not last a whole day. I already tried most of the common battery-saving tips:

- Low Power Mode

- Turned off Location Services

- Set network to 4G/LTE

- Turned off Background App Refresh

- Dark Mode

- Reduced Motion and Transparency

Despite that, I’m still only averaging around 6 hours of battery life at most. My charging habit is usually 25%–85%. I also still use my Android as my main phone.

My questions are:

1. Is this normal?

2. For long-term iPhone 15 users, does battery life get better over time?

3. It hasn’t even been a month yet, and I’m already at 11 cycle counts. Should I be alarmed, considering this isn’t even my main phone?

I spend a lot of my free time outside in the yard doing native plant work, volunteering at cleanups, or hiking. I like having my iPhone for safety: maps, emergency calls, and sharing my location with family. But it so easily becomes a scrolling machine when I just want to be outside.

I'm not looking for app recommendations or basic troubleshooting. I'm more curious about how people configure iPhone features to keep the useful stuff available without turning the phone into a distraction.

A few things I'm debating:

- Focus modes: Do you run an Outdoor or Weekend Focus that only allows calls and texts from certain people? How strict do you make it?

- Lock Screen setup: Do you keep weather and sunrise/sunset on the Lock Screen, or does that just tempt you to open the phone?

- Widgets: Helpful (calendar, reminders) or just more reasons to check?

- Notification strategy: Do you batch notifications, mute most, or turn almost everything off?

- Shortcuts and Automations: Any simple automations that actually reduce phone time, like enabling a Focus when you arrive at a park, without being annoying?

If you have a setup that made a real difference, what did you change and what surprised you? I'm on a recent iPhone and current iOS if that matters. Thanks!

My iMessage is completely fucked right now and I’m genuinely losing my mind a little.
Everything is sending green to everyone, it says messages are “not encrypted,” and iMessage will not activate at all. Regular texts still send, but obviously that’s not the point.

The weird part is:
iMessage is turned on
my WiFi and service are both fine
I restarted my phone multiple times
it’s happening with literally everyone
I’ve had this eSIM for months already with zero issues
nothing major changed before this happened
I updated to the newest iOS

I had a call with Apple this morning and apparently the previous escalation request that had been put in for me could not even be located, so we basically had to manually submit another one while I was on the phone with them.

Now I’m in this weird 24 hour waiting period where they’re supposedly trying to get my iMessage to reconnect to Apple’s server or something like that. I have another call with them tomorrow morning to see if it worked.

They also told me worst case scenario I might need a new number which honestly made me want to launch my phone into the ocean because I’ve had this number forever.

At this point I’ve already done all the normal troubleshooting stuff, so now I’m just stuck wondering:
is this an Apple issue? some weird carrier/eSIM corruption thing?

Has anyone else dealt with this? Did it randomly fix itself? Did Apple fix it on their end? Did you need a new eSIM or was your number fully cooked?

I know Focus has been around for a while, but it still bugs me when I'm just trying to have some quiet, low-key time.

After work I usually find a calm corner or sit in my car for a bit, put on headphones, and do a puzzle book or listen to music. For an hour I want my iPhone to be a boring rectangle. No banner previews, no "x is calling twice" loopholes, no notifications that slip through because they are somehow "time sensitive," and absolutely no apps trying to be helpful.

Instead I spend time babysitting Focus. I set up a custom Focus, pick allowed people and apps, turn off time sensitive, dim the lock screen, and still something sneaks through. Usually it is an app I forgot about, or an app reclassifies a notification, or the phone decides to surface a suggestion while I'm halfway through a puzzle.

The worst part is how unreliable it feels. One night it works perfectly, the next it seems like the rules changed for no reason.

Not looking for troubleshooting, just venting: does anyone else think Focus is overcomplicated for what most people want, which is basically a true Do Not Disturb? What do you do: one super strict Focus, a bunch of custom ones, or just plain DND forever?

How did I not realize how good these things were?

I have stands for my iPhone, but I never purchased a pop socket because I just did not see the points.

Well, I picked one up yesterday, and it is truly a game changer. The magnet adheres to the back of my phone solidly. The top pushes all the way in when I don’t want to use it, but when I pull it out, I can actually hold it more comfortably in bed or anywhere I am. Then I can lean it on its side to watch a video without needing an extra access accessory.

Total game changer.

My phone went into S.O.S mode (No service) about a month and a half ago and ever since my cellular data has been significantly worse.

Visually i’m always at 4-5 Bars 5G and even in areas with worse signal/service i’ll be at least 4-5 Bars LTE.

Despite that, it’s been taking apps (smaller than even a gigabyte) 15 minutes to download, and a bare minimum of 5 minutes to even open comment sections on social media.

I’ve tried, Fully turning my phone on and off.
I’ve tried, turning my data on and off.

I have a iPhone 16 Pro Max (No damage) and am always up to date with payments on the phone and cellular plan.

I’m honestly running out of ideas and wanted to ask if anyone here has dealt with something similar or knows how to properly escalate this inside Apple.

Device:

• iPhone 13 mini
• iOS fully reinstalled clean through Apple Devices on Windows
• Italian eSIM (WINDTRE)
• Previously had a physical SIM with another carrier and never had issues

Problem:
Since switching to eSIM, iMessage and FaceTime cannot activate correctly.

Symptoms:

• Continuous popup: “Your network provider may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage and FaceTime”
• If I press “Turn On”, I get charged SMS fees
• Activation fails anyway
• Number stays with spinning wheel forever under Settings > Messages > Send & Receive
• “Activation unsuccessful” keeps appearing
• Same issue with FaceTime
• The popup comes back after reboot, updates, or randomly

What I already tried:

• deleted/reinstalled eSIM
• reset network settings
• signed out/in Apple ID
• disabled iMessage and FaceTime
• checked date/time
• added trusted number
• carrier verification
• full clean iOS reinstall with Apple Senior Advisor through screen sharing
• waited 24h as requested by Apple

Carrier says:

• international SMS are enabled
• no restrictions on their side
• eSIM provisioning is correct

Apple support:
I spent hours with multiple advisors and Senior Advisors. They initially told me that if the issue persisted after 24h, they would escalate the case to Apple Engineering and collect logs because it could be an iOS/backend activation issue.

But now I’m stuck in a weird support loop:

• they call me
• ask for screen sharing
• say “please wait a moment”
• then the call disconnects
• no callback afterwards

This already happened twice.

At this point I genuinely don’t know:

• if this is an Apple activation server issue
• an eSIM provisioning/IMS issue
• or some weird iMessage registration corruption tied to my number

Has anyone here experienced this?

And most importantly:
does anyone know how to properly reach Apple Engineering escalation instead of restarting troubleshooting from zero every time?

Any help would seriously be appreciated.

Hey everyone, I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max with 86% battery health, and I don’t have AppleCare yet. When it drops to around 82%, can I go in for a diagnostic and still get AppleCare+? Also, I noticed there’s a monthly payment option (like 8.99 a month). If I did the monthly plan, can I just pay for a short time, get the battery fixed, and then cancel?

Is this the same concept with a MacBook too?

Thanks in advance.

Random question but am I the only one that feels like most phone cases nowadays are either way too bulky or super thin with basically no protection?

I’ve been getting more into phone accessories recently and it made me curious what people actually look for in a case.

For me it’s probably:

• good grip
• not too bulky
• decent camera protection
• still looks clean

What do you guys care about most when buying a phone case? And are there any brands you genuinely think are worth the money?

Hello everyone, 1 month and 20 days back I bought a brand new iPhone 15. During week 3, when I opened Snapchat and at the same time there were notifications, my phone made a “bee-like buzzing sound”. I called Apple Service and they ran a diagnostic test and said everything is fine (in the hardware category); however, I had an iOS update, the technician asked me to update it and the issue might not persist. After that, 2 weeks passed and there were no weird sounds. Last week, the buzzing noise was back, so I thought it might be because of the new iOS 26.5 update and I updated my phone immediately. However, I still get those noises whenever I open Instagram or Snapchat camera, but this time it’s very faint and lasts for less than a second.

I went to the Genius Bar and they gave me the option of repairing or restoring the phone. I am not comfortable with my brand new phone being repaired. Will this issue persist or go away on its own, and how can I ask them to replace the phone instead of repairing it?

I have a video of the sound, but unfortunately I can’t attach it here :/

My 15 Pro Max will not connect to CarPlay or show up on my Mac. It did this all the sudden, I’ve been using the same cables. I’m not sure if it’s a software problem or if some of my settings are altered, but I haven’t found an answer.