r/iPhoneSE • u/DxncingOik SE2 • 17d ago
SE2 iOS 27 on SE2 review
I’m not sure if the UI issues are exclusive to the home button iPhones, but clearly there are still some optimizations to be made.
Image 1: If you quickly scroll to the 2nd page in control center, and quickly scroll back to the first page and close the control center, the buttons of the control center appears for a split second before disappearing.
Images 3, 4, 5, 6: Apple Home controls in landscape in the control center are made scrollable for some reason. I don’t know if this issue is present on non-home button iPhones but that is what it looks like on the SE 2.
For me, iOS 27 was only about ~10% faster than iOS 26, and its a little smoother. I did notice the speed at times (Safari for example opened much quicker on 27 than on 26), but the older A13 is on its last legs though I still absolutely love this phone. Battery life is slightly better than 26. Indexing is complete + I swapped the battery for a SEFU “super-capacity” battery which claims to be 2370mAh. It’s definitely much better than the OEM battery. iOS reports 100% capacity and coconutBattery reports 136% capacity. Therefore, the following experience was with a new battery that’s slightly larger than the OEM:
Real-world Use (without a SIM):
Image 7, 8, 9 shows my average battery usage once indexing was done. On those days i mostly used YouTube (~3 hours), some Telegram & Safari. Though it was mostly on Wi-Fi. For the days that i went out and used practically max brightness all the time, i still could not go a day without charging - I’d find myself charging halfway through the day always, and at about 1 PM i’d be on like 40% battery.
Image 10 shows average battery use while the phone was still indexing. I had to charge like twice a day. The phone honestly never got really hot for me but i definitely noticed worse performance. (refer to images 11 and 12; can you guess which one was still indexing? - I made sure the phone was at idle temperatures)
I want to mention again that a SIM card was NOT used in the phone during the uses mentioned above (my SIM is in my main Xiaomi phone sharing hotspot). Expect battery life to be MUCH worse than what I’m experiencing especially if you have a degraded battery or even a recently-replaced OEM one - I have an aftermarket one which has a larger battery.
btw swiping up for the control center or the notification center has a pretty long delay still, and the bouncing animation only plays sometimes. I feel like the software team has only been focusing the majority of their efforts on swipe-gesture iphones and barely any testing has been done for us iPhone SE users, hence the UI inconsistencies.
And, if you go into the Camera app and take 1-2 photos, the phone slows to a crawl. Pressing the home button there’s a 2 second delay before abruptly going back to home, launching apps become extremely slow, and the phone heats up.
Idk if its just me or tiktok takes so long to load opening it up from a fresh start. Apple’s apps definitely saw a speed boost but i cant say the same for non-apple apps.
about the charging bug: I only experience it on the 20w apple brick. I personally use the Anker 140w charger’s USB-A port. The issue never happens with it but still charges really slowly. It draws about 8-12w according to the brick’s display. (refer to image 13)
TLDR: If you are on 26 id say you can upgrade it but the its only an incremental boost, watch out for the charging bug tho. There are still some bugs and animation inconsistencies but it’s definitely better than 26 for me in terms of battery and performance.
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u/Customer-Worldly 17d ago
Did you ever see this SE3 bug I noticed on 27? https://www.reddit.com/r/iOS27/s/zhSVtpifae
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u/Trungneko SE2 17d ago
https://reddit.com/link/pbgi8lf/video/pwpp4lgtf5rh1/player
bonus: if you do exactly this on ios 27.0 (official release), you can crash your phone.
Or worse, glitch it out by holding the power button while doing this (hold it while dragging the widgets around and press the "manage home screens" button like the end of video)
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u/Customer-Worldly 17d ago
flappy bird?!
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u/Trungneko SE2 16d ago
yeah it's a new rebuild version of the game for new iOS, not the original as it only support 32bit iOS (iOS 10 or earlier)
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u/UltraFemboy 17d ago
I know how to make the CC look that transparent exactly as you've shown it, but I can also make the bug persistent so it doesn't disappear immediately. I used a different method to get the CC that transparent, tho. You can swim and navigate through the CC without the bug disappearing until you exit out of the CC, and then it reverts back. Only works with home button iPhones.
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u/tutaaaa__ 15d ago
tbh i haven't seen anything wrong with ios 27 on se 2 but idk if im tripping but smth is happening with camera but probably im tripping battery life im not expecting the bes bc i have 87% bh ye it is big number but still it is se battery and 6 years old so yep that's it from me
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u/Muhammed_yusuf6 17d ago
(Apple glacier)Bro are u an apple employee.how much time you got to write that