Not sure users on the 5 will experience many speed issues, however 4s users will certainly experience speed issues.
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iOS 7 GM animations slow on iPhone 5? Yes or No?
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Not sure users on the 5 will experience many speed issues, however 4s users will certainly experience speed issues.
The OS is definitely slower than iOS 6. I've replicated the video shown two posts prior and found the following: opening animations for apps is causing a protracted delay, as is folder opening speed. Another thing very interesting to me is that despite the Safari improvements in regards to JavaScript performance, rendering seems to be slightly slower (arguably more important). However, this is offset by a pre-loading of the top sites, similar to Chrome.
I don't know why they're releasing iOS 7 like this. The built in dictionary still has the iOS 6 look every now and then, and there are graphical glitches and animation slowdowns everywhere.
I don't know why they're releasing iOS 7 like this. The built in dictionary still has the iOS 6 look every now and then, and there are graphical glitches and animation slowdowns everywhere.
Oh really! I didn't know that! Thanks for pointing that out!! You seem to have very good observation skills!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes I agree.
Bingo. It's not really performance related or anything like that, it comes down to a couple of things: duration and interruptibility. The animations are now longer (for no real useful reason) and can't be interrupted (also for no real useful reason). That's really the underlying issue, at least for those to whom something like this matters, which is quite a few people.
Ugh, yes. I just straight from iOS 6 to iOS 7 GM (clean install), and the animations are driving me crazy. The slowness is annoying, but what really kills me is that you cannot interact with the UI until animations completely stop (and seemingly they have to have been stopped for about a half-second before you can tap anything). Whenever I unlock my phone, I generally find myself pressing 2-3 times on an icon on the phone screen before the press actually registers. Same with app switcher. I scroll through, see the app I want, tap it, and nothing happens since the scrolling animation was still in effect, I have to wait until it's perfectly stationary, then carefully tape the icon, taking care not to move it at all.
There's no reason I shouldn't be able to interact with an item in motion before it's come to a complete stop (well, there are technical reasons why this is more challenging, none of them insurmountable.)
There's no reason I shouldn't be able to interact with an item in motion before it's come to a complete stop (well, there are technical reasons why this is more challenging, none of them insurmountable.)
There's more to it and there are other animations in play as well. The fact that the animations can't be interrupted is another factor too. When compared to iOS 6 you can feel the difference in timing--it's definitely more than just a difference in the animation itself (even if that might be contributing something to it too).
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No matter how much smoother they might be (which is what performance might affect) they will still take as long as they are designed to take, even on the fastest thing out there. The point is that they've been designed to be longer in iOS 7 (mostly for looks it would seem).
So, there must be proof out there of this, right? More than just what people might think simply because it might fit.
The only thing I miss about android is that we were able to control the animation speed and style in some roms or operating systems. It was completely up to us that's the point.
I have an iPhone 4 what is the plan with IOS7? Should I be backing up to I cloud beforehand and then upgrade? Or delay until a few days have passed to iron out bugs?
Also how will it perform for us? I understand we're getting a slimmed down iOS 7.
Also how will it perform for us? I understand we're getting a slimmed down iOS 7.
the truth is that, YES ios7 is slower...... but it's slower because apple wants it to be slower, this os should be fast even in iphone 4, iphone 4 has a powerful and fast processor which should run the os super fast..... apple makes old phones run slower because they want people to buy the new one! #fact and #proved
I can't believe my iphone 5 runs this slow with this new ios, some apps stay freezed for about a second before they open the animation to open the app, when going from portrait to landscape 'keyboard activated' the screen runs in slo-mo dropping frames and lagging....... so we can now sadly say 'we have an android skinned iOS running in our iphones'
if iphone 5c runs as slow as our iphone 5, we should make apple exchange our faulty iphone 5..... cause hey, they say iphone 5c is the same phone as iphone 5!
I can't believe my iphone 5 runs this slow with this new ios, some apps stay freezed for about a second before they open the animation to open the app, when going from portrait to landscape 'keyboard activated' the screen runs in slo-mo dropping frames and lagging....... so we can now sadly say 'we have an android skinned iOS running in our iphones'
if iphone 5c runs as slow as our iphone 5, we should make apple exchange our faulty iphone 5..... cause hey, they say iphone 5c is the same phone as iphone 5!
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Any actual evidence that proves any of that, beyond just observations, theories, etc.? Simply throwing in words "fact" or "proved" doesn't suddenly make something a fact or proved. ;-)
I don't know, did you see the hashtags? #prettylegit
On iPhone 4S and iOS7GM is uh...pretty jittery :/