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Do you have a dedicated device for iOS 7?

Do you have a dedicated iOS7 device

  • Yes

    Votes: 20 28.6%

  • No

    Votes: 50 71.4%
  • Total voters
    70
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Voodoofreak

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Original poster
Jul 7, 2012
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Not sure where this post would be more appropriate...but I was just wondering if you guys generally have a dedicated device for iOS 7...or do you load it on to your main iPhone/iPad/iPod?

I'm starting to get into iOS development and was wondering if I should invest in a separate device down the road or stick to the just testing out on my main iPhone. Appreciate any insight. :)
 
Voodoofreak said:
Not sure where this post would be more appropriate...but I was just wondering if you guys generally have a dedicated device for iOS 7...or do you load it on to your main iPhone/iPad/iPod?

I'm starting to get into iOS development and was wondering if I should invest in a separate device down the road or stick to the just testing out on my main iPhone. Appreciate any insight. :)
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IMHO use a separate device if you can since you will be testing out your apps presumably.
 
I used to have a dedicated device in the past but it didn't really work that well. You don't really get very good testing on dedicated devices. Outside of having to pay another phone contract just to test apps, you don't have it with you all the time so certain use cases just get skipped.

Dedicated devices might be fine for certain apps but if you use networking I think it's a mistake to not use it on a daily driver.

There are a lot of people on here getting on peoples cases for putting a beta on their everyday phone... well those people must not know a whole lot about the process because there are bugs that you would just never find (or are very unlikely to find) unless it is a device you use all the time.
 
Well, if you use your only device, you will be able to test your apps on a future, unreleased OS but not actually on the OS your customers are currently running you app on. Seems to me that would be an issue.
 
fivedots said:
Well, if you use your only device, you will be able to test your apps on a future, unreleased OS but not actually on the OS your customers are currently running you app on. Seems to me that would be an issue.
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Unless you app is seriously broken on the current iOS it doesn't really matter all that much. Besides it's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. For a small developer would you rather have an app that is updated on release day but goes a little while without updates in the interim, or get updates all along (assuming the app even needs them) and then wait a few months after iOS 7 is released to get the compatibility update? One man bands can't be all things to all people so you have to make a choice. I would rather have day 1 support.
 
One of the things I dislike about a separate device is that it's a "fake" environment. Nobody is using the device as their real phone - you're not testing it properly.
 
Using Nexus 4 as my main phone and installed iOS 7 on iPhone 4s. Using iPad Mini wifi only as iPad testing device.

So far, iOS 7 runs perfectly on iPhone 4S. iPad just lag...
 
I use it on my iPad 3. iOS 7 ran much faster on my iPhone 5, but I needed a stable OS on my phone. Hopefully beta 4 will fix the performance issues with the iPad 3, but even if it doesn't, it's still a beta so I won't complain!
 
I used to test new versions on my 4th Gen iPod touch, but now that it is no longer supported I've been loading up iOS 7 on my primary iPhone.


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WordMasterRice said:
Unless you app is seriously broken on the current iOS it doesn't really matter all that much. Besides it's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. For a small developer would you rather have an app that is updated on release day but goes a little while without updates in the interim, or get updates all along (assuming the app even needs them) and then wait a few months after iOS 7 is released to get the compatibility update? One man bands can't be all things to all people so you have to make a choice. I would rather have day 1 support.
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I posted a reply stating that your points were valid and that I agreed since you successfully changed my viewpoint on this subject, but apparently it was too brief and added no value to the conversation. Thus it was removed by the mods and I was politely reminded via PM to not waste space on the forum. Yes, I am aware there is a +1 button, however it does not have the same impact as the OP actually responding to someone who has successfully changed their perspective.

But it does explain why this place feels overwhelming riddled with anger and argument and nearly void of polite and intelligent discourse.

Glad to see everybody has got their priorities straight.
 
Oh wow!! I didn't realize I got this many replies. :D

Thank you for the insight everyone. Thank you robbieduncan for adding a poll. That really helped.

I'm going to stick to my own device for now and just use that as a testing mule. It will most likely take me a good 4-6 months to get a hang of things completely in iOS so perhaps I can make a better decision then or possibly just end up solidifying the choice of sticking to the main device. :)
 
Voodoofreak said:
Not sure where this post would be more appropriate...but I was just wondering if you guys generally have a dedicated device for iOS 7...or do you load it on to your main iPhone/iPad/iPod?

I'm starting to get into iOS development and was wondering if I should invest in a separate device down the road or stick to the just testing out on my main iPhone. Appreciate any insight. :)
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It's pretty simple....

If you're goofing around and can afford to have a non-working device, by all means use your primary device. If you are seriously getting into app development, get a dedicated device.
 
I only have one iPhone and it's currently on 6.1.2 (still jailbreakable), so I'm in the classic dilemma of, do I test out iOS 7 beta and end up having to restore to iOS 6.1.3?(thus losing my jailbreak). Or do I stick with iOS 6.1.2 for as long as possible and then upgrade to iOS 7 when it actually comes out? Of course then Apple will stop signing iOS 6 so even if I don't like iOS 7, I'm stuck with it. :mad:

I really wish I had a separate device to test iOS 7.
 
TheRainKing said:
I only have one iPhone and it's currently on 6.1.2 (still jailbreakable), so I'm in the classic dilemma of, do I test out iOS 7 beta and end up having to restore to iOS 6.1.3?(thus losing my jailbreak). Or do I stick with iOS 6.1.2 for as long as possible and then upgrade to iOS 7 when it actually comes out? Of course then Apple will stop signing iOS 6 so even if I don't like iOS 7, I'm stuck with it. :mad:

I really wish I had a separate device to test iOS 7.
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I'm in the same boat. JB'd on 6.0.1 on my iPhone4. I really like how iOS7 looks but I fear it will lag too much.. And if it does, I will lose my JB and I can't stand stock iOS6..

Gotta convince my bro to put it on his iPhone4 and see how it works I guess lol
 
SanjeevRana said:
I use my wife's phone as the guinea pig because she doesnt care about technology :p
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Heh. I loaded the beta on an iPhone 4S I'm no longer using, but then I wanted to see it on an iPhone 5, so I loaded it onto my partner's iPhone 5. It's his everyday device, and he's been using it fine without major problems. My own iPhone 5 is jailbroken, and staying on iOS 6 until there is a jailbreak for iOS 7. :D
 
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