My sister just got a brand new 64GB iPhone 5S. It came with iOS 7.1.1. I read that 8 has slowed older devices down. Which operating system would be better for the phone? 7.1.1 or 8.1? Thanks guys.
That's more or less what it comes down to.A 5S handles iOS 8 just fine. Are there some bugs? Yes, but the OS is certainly not awful. 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 have made quite a number of improvements in stability. Plus iOS 8 has features like continuity and handoff that are unavailable to iOS 7.
A 5S handles iOS 8 just fine. Are there some bugs? Yes, but the OS is certainly not awful. 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 have made quite a number of improvements in stability. Plus iOS 8 has features like continuity and handoff that are unavailable to iOS 7.
My sister just got a brand new 64GB iPhone 5S. It came with iOS 7.1.1. I read that 8 has slowed older devices down. Which operating system would be better for the phone? 7.1.1 or 8.1? Thanks guys.
So this morning I did a clean restore of 8.1.3 and set everything up as new on a 64Gb iPhone 5S. For the most part its completely fine. The only thing that I have noticed is that the animations are sometimes jerky or stutter. That's about it. Some apps like the weather app are not smooth scrolling either. At times, swiping to the next homescreen can cause a stutter. I do not know why iOS 8 has this? I kind of wish I had kept it on 7.1.1 now
Don't sweat it. iOS 9 will be even better. Also, spotlight search may be indexing files so check the behavior of the phone again in a few days.
That's what I thought. I read iOS 9 will improve optimization, so that's good. I'm just hoping the iPhone 5S can perform like brand new again. :/ Hopefully its just not focused on the iPhone 6 series.
A 5S handles iOS 8 just fine. Are there some bugs? Yes, but the OS is certainly not awful. 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 have made quite a number of improvements in stability. Plus iOS 8 has features like continuity and handoff that are unavailable to iOS 7.
If you have a Mac new enough to use Continuity and Handoff - upgrade. It's as simple as that.
If you don't, then it's up to you. Just know that iOS 7 isn't getting security updates any more, so being on the latest version keeps you safest.
If you have a Mac new enough to use Continuity and Handoff - upgrade. It's as simple as that.
If you don't, then it's up to you. Just know that iOS 7 isn't getting security updates any more, so being on the latest version keeps you safest.
Can you explain how "security updates" help me? How would I be affected if I were still on 7?
CVE-2014-4364 : An attacker can obtain WiFi credentials. An attacker could have impersonated a WiFi access point, offered to authenticate with LEAP, broken the MS-CHAPv1 hash, and used the derived credentials to authenticate to the intended access point even if that access point supported stronger authentication methods. This issue was addressed by disabling LEAP by default.
CVE-2014-4423 : A malicious application may be able to identify the Apple ID of the user. An issue existed in the access control logic for accounts. A sandboxed application could get information about the currently-active iCloud account, including the name of the account. This issue was addressed by restricting access to certain account types from unauthorized applications.
CVE-2014-4357 : An attacker with access to an iOS device may access sensitive user information from logs. Sensitive user information was logged. This issue was addressed by logging less information.
CVE-2014-4352 : A person with physical access to an iOS device may read the address book. The address book was encrypted with a key protected only by the hardware UID. This issue was addressed by encrypting the address book with a key protected by the hardware UID and the user's passcode.
CVE-2014-4377 : Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow existed in the handling of PDF files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2014-4409 : A malicious website may be able to track users even when private browsing is enabled. A web application could store HTML 5 application cache data during normal browsing and then read the data during private browsing. This was addressed by disabling access to the application cache when in private browsing mode.
CVE-2013-6663, CVE-2014-1384, CVE-2014-1385, CVE-2014-1387, CVE-2014-1388, CVE-2014-1389, CVE-2014-4410, CVE-2014-4411, CVE-2014-4412, CVE-2014-4413, CVE-2014-4414, CVE-2014-4415 : Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. Multiple memory corruption issues existed in WebKit. These issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
Well, the simple ones are vulnerabilities in iOS 7 that were patched in iOS 8, but which were never fixed in iOS 7. Some of which can be particularly nasty:
http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/ios-8-has-arrived-biggest-update-packed-with-security-fixes/
Some of these can directly put you at risk of revealing private information, like credit card numbers entered in to websites, to people monitoring WiFi traffic.
A 5S handles iOS 8 just fine. Are there some bugs? Yes, but the OS is certainly not awful. 8.1.2 and 8.1.3 have made quite a number of improvements in stability. Plus iOS 8 has features like continuity and handoff that are unavailable to iOS 7.
So this morning I did a clean restore of 8.1.3 and set everything up as new on a 64Gb iPhone 5S. For the most part its completely fine. The only thing that I have noticed is that the animations are sometimes jerky or stutter. That's about it. Some apps like the weather app are not smooth scrolling either. At times, swiping to the next homescreen can cause a stutter. I do not know why iOS 8 has this? I kind of wish I had kept it on 7.1.1 now
My sister just got a brand new 64GB iPhone 5S. It came with iOS 7.1.1. I read that 8 has slowed older devices down. Which operating system would be better for the phone? 7.1.1 or 8.1? Thanks guys.