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After using iOS 12 for a couple of hours, I'm already bored. Anyone else?

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I don't know how else to excite myself....

I already want the next thing.

I remember when I got iPhone X on launch day, 2 days later, I was already bored.

Is that a millennial thing?

Things don't seem to excite me for longer than 48 hours, in some cases, 10 minutes....
 
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Also, I actually think this is a pretty neat release all things considered. Especially because it’s free. Honestly, group notifications alone make it worth it. I’m into the idea of shortcuts and the screen time app looks interesting, I don’t known how much i’ll Use it, but it’s cool to have.
 
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Remember that one era back when updates every year wasn't guaranteed or even expected, and you could go a few years without seeing a new OS? And you'd just roll happily on with Snow Leopard, loving it, not complaining that no dramatic change had happened? When you start expecting updates every single year, you also need to tone down your expectations of what they can contain.
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3:16 said:
iOS 12 is only focused for older devices. I’m downloading on my 6S hope it’s speedy than iOS 9
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It's probably slower than 9, but certainly faster than 11 on my iPad Air. But it's a Developer Beta 1. Don't get your hopes up for anything yet.
 
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sniffies said:
Some hope, others expect

It's still about being excited
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Some might still be in that mode if it's new for them or they are really really into it, but things have gotten to the point where this kind of stuff is part of basically regular everyday life, and many approach it in that manner.
 
sniffies said:
What's with everybody??

I'm not seeking entertainment

Being excited and being entertained are two different things

There's nothing wrong with expecting a new iOS to excite you
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What would excite you then? I'm not saying you can't be excited, but I personally do find it exciting to have an update focused on stability, performance and quality of life improvements.
As I said, with a release schedule that dictates an update every year, it's not as feasible as it once was to have updates with more than 300 cool and big new features or anything.
 
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You can’t please everyone. Apple polled millions of iOS users. And overwhelmingly they said top on their list wasn’t an iOS refresh, it wasn’t dark mode. But the ability to customize their own Animoji. You got that. And ppl still are complaining. Sometimes I think we don’t deserve the genius that Tim Cook is...
 
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3:16 said:
iOS 12 is only focused for older devices. I’m downloading on my 6S hope it’s speedy than iOS 9
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I might be misunderstanding you, but if you have iOS 9 on a 6s, I wouldn't update... I don't think it will be faster than iOS 9. I hope, mainly for the 5s users's sake, that it actually delivers on its promise to improve performance.
 
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iOS is an operating system; a framework for other apps to run on.

It's not supposed to be exciting. It's supposed to run issue free, and make your life easier.

Maybe you should get out of the beta program. You obviously don't know what you're doing here.
 
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It’s going to be a long time until we again get the iPhone OS 2 or 3 feeling again when things were changing so quickly and the App Store was taking off. Closest I’ve felt was when they made big changes to iPad’s iOS last year, which was still small by comparison to the early days. We’ll have to wait until chips are small enough and battery efficient enough and powerful enough to provide 4-8K AR in regular looking glasses with a whole new type of OS before we get that excited again. For now, this is a good update and I am happy enough.
 
sniffies said:
I don't know how else to excite myself....

I already want the next thing.

I remember when I got iPhone X on launch day, 2 days later, I was already bored.

Is that a millennial thing?

Things don't seem to excite me for longer than 48 hours, in some cases, 10 minutes....
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I share your sentiment.
 
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