iPhone 5S Performance - New Owner

[Damolee]

Hi folks,

Decided to take the plunge and return to an iPhone today after a decent run with Android. Gone for a 5S.

I have one reservation though.

I recall when I had my iPhone 5 and iOS 7 came out, the performance was pretty janky. Everything felt a bit stuttery. I missed iOS 6 in fact.

Could you confirm whether the 5S works better in iOS 8? Be pretty gutted getting the phone to find iOS 8 giving it a beating.

 

[madsci954]

Did a fresh install of iOS 8 GM on my 5s on Saturday. So far, I've only seen a few graphic glitches, but in terms of performance, very solid. Just wait on the 3rd party app updates now.

 

[bkends35]

iOS 7 is significantly more stable and smooth on the 5s over the iOS 8 gm. I have to reboot my phone every day on the gm where as on iOS 7.1.2 I would reboot every month or pretty much never. 7.1.2 is similar in smoothness and stability to iOS 6 IMO.

 

[Ke1ington]

I recommend sticking with iOS 7 for now. I tried 8 for a couple of days and the battery life was noticeably worse. Big sacrifice to make for features that I personally would probably never use.

I'll give it another go once I see an update has been pushed and there's conformation here that battery life has stabilized.

 

[Fenderf4i]

It's funny the different experiences people have. My 5S on 8 GM is incredibly stable, battery is fantastic, no problems at all.

 

[Grayburn]

My 5S on 8 GM is incredibly stable, battery is fantastic, no problems at all.

Same here apart from a few apps (Facebook is one) that crash but they'll be fixed when updated for iOS8.

 

[stringent]

My 5S has been fine, just need the devs to update their apps.

 

[ckisgen]

Same. My 5S is solid and fast.

 

[Damolee]

Think I am going to wait it out.

Prob till 8.03 or 8.1 perhaps.

 

[PsykX]

It's good on my iPhone 5, and your 5S is like twice as fast as mine ...
SOMETIMES, the keyboard is really, REALLY laggy for 3-4 seconds, but this is a bug and will be fixed in the future. It doesn't prevent a normal usage of the product though.

 

[That-Guy]

Performance has been fine for me too, but iOS 8 has had a few bugs for me so if you want speed and reliability then stay with iOS 7 for now

 

[bkribbs]

It's funny the different experiences people have. My 5S on 8 GM is incredibly stable, battery is fantastic, no problems at all.

Battery is kinda meh but everything else has been good.