That happened all the time on my 6+. Hasn't happened to me so far luckily, but I've only had it 2 weeks
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6s Plus pauses / freezes / lag. Serious issue
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That happened all the time on my 6+. Hasn't happened to me so far luckily, but I've only had it 2 weeks
Well if your backup is causing the issue then you'll experience it on every new iPhone you buy for the rest of your life.
Ok. I think that hard reset solved the problem. At least for now, let's see if it still appears later.
I'm having a similar issue where I will be normally using my 6s Plus 64GB (setup as new) and the touchscreen just stops responding. I did a chat with Apple Support earlier and they told me to reset the network settings. I've done that so I'll see how it goes.
It could still reappear. Wait a few days. If that's the case? It's a software bug or backup issue.
Anyone else get this kind of lag with their 6+? I have all these problems on mine.
I can't say that animation frame rate bothers me, and let's face it who has both phones to compare? If it wasn't for YouTube who would know? Coming from the 6+, the 6S+ is a smooth speed demon so you won't find too many ex-6+ owners complaining! The Plus model has more to do than the 4.7" and yet it has identical processor/GPU/RAM hardware. I think we're always going to see the smaller phones performing better until/unless Apple starts giving the Plus models a performance boost.
Since I just got my phone exchanged (yes return/exchange) yesterday (10/26/15), I decided to do a DFU restore and install fresh 9.1. So far no lag/freeze on my phone after setting up everything as new. Of course this may not work for everyone one but this clearly has fixed my lag issue.
So Apple seem to have either capped animation frame rate on the 6S+ at 30fps when GUI transparency is enabled or as with transparency disabled it runs at 60fps; which could likewise simply be an oversight / bug in iOS 9.
I imagine this one will be an easy fix compared to the other bugs in iOS 9-9.1 that persist.
Angela Griffins choice of naming the video as 'performance issues' was clearly just a 'device' to solicit more views and hence garner increased revenue on her channel. I'm sure if she simply labelled the video 'transparency animation bug on 6S+' it would not be as sensationalist.
There is always an ulterior motive (this occasion - viewers) and as I say whilst the issue / bug is real, as the solution (turn on reduce transparency in accessibility - contrast) proves that the device clearly is capable of running animations fine and dandy (and the myriad of games prove it can handle transparency and 60fps without hassle) - as I say I'm confident this is a bug and will be patched in the future, much like the TouchID issue many of you are having.
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I have videos not yet uploaded that show similar and I have a 6S+ and normal 6S with me. Everything about the 6S is smoother and less laggy. The 6S is still laggy in some cases so don't expect a completely smooth experience with either phone. I've used a 6 plus for a year without much issue but it's so apparent there is a difference between the S models.
You missed the point i was trying to make ! The fact that by doing this it restores 60fps shows that the device clearly runs at 60fps. Likewise the A9 is more than capable of running transparency and alpha effects at 60fps as the multitude of games show. So it does seem to show that this is just 'another bug' and should hopefully be patched in the future.
Im not saying we all should or have to enable reduce transparency.
Animations on ipad air 2 running iOS 9.1 are terrible.
I originally bought the iPHone 6s and then decided I wanted the 6s plus. That's when I noticed there was a difference in how much smoother the 6s was compared to the 6s+. I thought something was wrong with the phone and exchanged it only to find out that the new 6s plus had the same issue. The 6s is definetly a much better experience; however, I am having a hard time going back to the smaller screen now. Is it safe to say that Apple will more than likely address these issues or is this something 6+ owners will have to live with? I ask this because I did not on a 6 plus model before.
My wife's 6s has unlock lag as well but it does not exhibit any of the UI lag that my 6s Plus does as highlighted in the youtube video posted above.
That isn't 'lag' per say - it's an animation frame rate difference to 30fps from 60fps which makes it feel less smooth. This is a bug as enabling reduce transparency corrects it. The 6 Plus is not affected and the 6S Plus is clearly more powerful and more than capable of 60fps GUI animation. Just another bug to be fixed in the inevitable 9.2
You guys complaining about relatively minor dropped frame rates on UI animations really should have owned a 6+.
The difference reducing transparency makes is huge! I'm really surprised there's no fix for this yet. I love the smoothness compared to before but as someone said earlier, the motion is what makes iOS, iOS.