I’ve been looking forward to many of the new features for both phone and watch.

Thankfully, I’ve never had any negative experiences being an early adopter of hardware or on iOS upgrades.

Biggest issue on release day is the D/L delay with the initial rush. Thinking I might wait a few days just to see what kind of horror stories come out then go ahead and update my iEverything.

I have two iPads, might start the process on one before going to sleep and play with it before doing the other stuff (iPad #2, wife’s iPad, mine/wife’s phones and watches)

Question:
For the Apple fans - are you:

Choices:
Installing new iOS ASAP
Installing new iOS after the initial rush
Installing new iOS after the first update
Not Installing new iOS - Don’t want it
Not Installing new iOS - My old Apple stuff won’t support it
I’m not Apple just came here to crap in OP’s thread ;)

 

Installing now...

I installed it already. Trying to figure it out now. Some of the menus have changed.

Going to wait a bit. They usually come out with a .1 for fixes after a release

I have it on an older phone that I use for beta testing.

For my primary, will upgrade to 17.7 for now and wait for a point release.

What's the rush? Is there a cost to upgrade, what does it do that the previous version does't do and do those enhancements benefit you in any meaningful way? If you can actually take advantage of new features go ahead and upgrade but if you just want it because its new might as well wait.

Installed it yesterday. No issues that I’ve seen other than I hate that the icons for suggested websites (your frequently visited sites) in Safari are now huge. I used to be able to see 8 at a time, now it’s just 2 full icons and the top halves of another 2.

I installed last night. No issues. I’ll spend some time today figuring out new features. On the surface it looks the same

I'm in NO rush. I'll install 17.7 for now (updating from 17.5.1), as I figure that should be completely sorted out by now after Apple somehow needed to release two different versions of 17.6.1 to get that one right. Plus, there's plenty of time, and there will likely be issues anyway (there always are!), along with plenty of follow on updates to resolve them. I'll let others be the 'Beta Testers'...

Nearly every problem that anyone ever had with a device was associated with a software update to said device, which was working perfectly fine until the update, and then it wasn't!

I installed the security update, but I’m gonna wait till the first update on 18.

I'm still on 17.5.1
No need to jump right in.

It probably has 300 NEW emojis.

I’ll wait.

^^ And a TON of AI...In next month's update!

According to Apple, it's the most 'personal' iOS to date, actually allowing the user to place their shortcuts wherever they please on the their home screen(s)...Something you could do w/ Android since it's inception! Now you can arrange shortcuts on the screen so you can see certain aspects of the wallpaper if YOU so choose...Finally!

Of course there are new emojis, AND a lot of new editing features/improvements to iMessage as well. They also updated iMessage to support RCS, so all the Android users are no longer offended that their texts are indicated in Green (instead of Blue...bubbles?) on other people's iPhones!

There actually are a lot of desirable features in the iOS 18 update, but I'll wait.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom...d-capable-than-ever/

I’ll probably update soon. No idea what the new stuff is, I never look. I just try to figure it out once it’s dl’d.

17.5.1 and staying with it. Turned auto update off. I want to know how to disable most if not all of the AI crap.

Currently Preparing Update, will report results of the process once it's back online.

Update!

I usually wait a day or two for the obvious problems, if any, to be addressed.
I've never had any major issues with their updates so the temptation is always there to see what's new.
Windows on the other hand, not so quick to pull the trigger.

I only want security improvements.

I hate when they change settings, menus, where things are, and how to do things. I know how to do the things I do, and don't enjoy having to hunt for what they've changed so that I can either reset it or figure out how to accomplish what I already was doing under the old ios.

I installed it this morning, no issues and I like the new look.

My SOP is to wait and let the rest of you early adopters be the bug testers and Guinea pigs.

I just got a new iPhone 15 Pro Max too and am not bricking it.

I'd also like to say I'm not a fan of the USB-C connection, I know, I know it's universal and everyone uses it but my Lightning connectors always seemed to have a nice positive little "snap" when plugging in and this USB-C seems to have more of a worrying-sounding "crunch" when it makes contact and I can't see how that is more robust.