Most iPhone users don't keep there phones for more than two to three years. iOS 10 may be a little slow on the 6 but must folks will be ready for an upgrade by then.
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Did we iPhone 6 owners get hosed on the A8 chip?
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I was ready for an upgrade within two months of the phone being released, let alone two years.
Lol, wut?
iPhone 5 was 2x faster in CPU and 2x faster in GPU (A bigger jump than 6 to 6s).
The A8 focused on efficiency more than speed. I believe it used 50% less power, and that's a huge deal, and was able to sustain performance for longer than the A7.
You can't maintain 2x gains forever. 25% increase in CPU and 50% increase in GPU is impressive, to me at least. The A9 is a beast, but that's jus how it goes. The A8 was the fastest chip available until the 6S release, and now it's suddenly crap?
You can't maintain 2x gains forever. 25% increase in CPU and 50% increase in GPU is impressive, to me at least. The A9 is a beast, but that's jus how it goes. The A8 was the fastest chip available until the 6S release, and now it's suddenly crap?
I think people here have a short memory. While the iPhone 5 was just fine, the 4 (non-S) was in a worse situation than the 6. It was barely faster than the 3GS, and it went from non-retina to retina!
Every phone has been better than the one before it, but if people are worried about performance, they might want to skip the non-S cycles.
Every phone has been better than the one before it, but if people are worried about performance, they might want to skip the non-S cycles.
You're right about the iPhone 4, but at least it was smooth and fluid 100% on iOS 4/5.
iPhone 5 was definitely a huge leap in performance over the 4S:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6330/the-iphone-5-review/10
In almost every case about 2x as fast.
don't know why you care about that. 95% of the macrumours user buy every year a new idevice, cause..
and i dont think a8 would be too slow at iOS 10+. the classic iOS is at the end of development. can't imagine apple blow iOS significantly up. the only actual problem is, apple needs to master/ improve their software engineering.
that is for me a big construction area. that and apples cloud services
My 6+ constantly bugged me on how much lag it had. After going to the 6s+, it's slowness is even more noticeable. Definitely the 'iPad 3' of this era. Even in my medical software and drug databases, it feels just as fast as my air 2 which blows my 6+ to the weeds.
No. My iPhone 6 still performs great. It's running latest iOS and supporting almost all new features.
It works just as promised. Whats the problem?
It works just as promised. Whats the problem?
I have owned every iPhone to date and my 6 plus was an amazing device. Fast and responsive. A bad buy? Really?
The iPhone 6 doesn't share the same performance issues as the 6 Plus. Even then, the issues on the 6 Plus may not be a deal breaker for most people, so it's not the end of the world as some people have made it out to be.
Everybody has different levels of tolerance for things like dropped frames and laggy animations. Those with low tolerances tend to not appreciate the 6 Plus.
I've had the 6+ for 9 months. I agree that page reloads in Safari can be very annoying and that it should have shipped with 2GB. For me, though, the benefit of the larger screen (I went from a 5S) more than outweighed the negatives. Improved battery life has also been a plus - with all my previous iPhones, there were days when I'd be very low on power by evening. That's never happened with my 6+. So, for me, the upgrade was worthwhile.
Agreed! I have the 6S now and it is way faster, but I have more lags/delays on my 6S then I had on my 6
It was pretty much a d*ckmove by Apple for not putting that extra GB on the 6.
Simply double press the home button for the app switcher can crash the 6 Plus. Stutters for everything. The 6 Plus is underpowered at day 1 due to the increase in screen resolution and the 3x graphics + down sampling.
Basically the crazy reloading happens every day. The iPad Air 1 had the same issue.
The iPad Air is infamous for being not able to keep more than 2 tabs open in Safari.
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I'm wondering if the 6s has finally reached the point of diminishing returns when it comes to smart phone hardware. I've never once thought to myself "this device is fast enough." There's always been room for improvement loading pages and general device responsiveness. The 6s is different. I can't imagine spending $1,000 to replace this phone. iPhones might have just reached that spot where like the iPad you only really need to replace when it the old one breaks...
For me at least, it reached that point with the iPhone 5. 3 years later, iOS 9 runs very well on this device.
I think that features like bigger screen, Apple Pay, and better cameras are now the selling points rather than faster chips.
Or when the next iOS slows it down. Apps get revised and only work on the latest version of iOS. It's a neverending cycle.
Apple is still selling the 5s. I don't doubt your statement about "most users" is right, but there is still a large segment of folks who might by old hardware to save money.
Knowing what I know now I would rather buy a 5s than a 6 plus, and that's me being absolutely honest.