I can't wait for this release. I have persevered with 4.0 not entirely sure why! It is the little things that are just very un-Apple which were annoying. For example music stopping for a second when swiping from the lock screen, it doesn't sound a big deal, but it gets very irritating. General speed is frustrating too, especially after using the iPad. Bring on Wednesday!
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Informal Testing Suggests Minor Performance Increase for iPhone 3G on iOS 4.1
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. . . . expecially when your not even using the new hardware cycles.
We have people here complaining that their 2 (??) year old phone does not perform like the brand new iPhone 4. Its ridiculous, and although I agree its dumb apple released 4.0 for the 3G when it never worked well, but take this as a point.
In the future DONT BE SO FAST TO UPDATE. If you know your phone is aged expect new software to show this aging.
The most annoying part is these same people would be whining "BUT WHY CANT i have multi-tasking?! the hardware is perfectly capable! Apple is stupid!!!" if 4.0 was not allowed on the 3g.
Are you **********g serious
The past? My phone is only 2 years old!
This is total BS.........I can see some features not working due to new hardware but to totally ruin the phone is unacceptable.
My way older MBP still works fine with the latest OS so why the hell not my phone.
This is garbage and for once (in a while) I think Apple has been really lame in with whole situation. Some of us don't need or want to buy a new phone every 2 years and that should not exclude us from using the latest OS upgrades.
I had to sign up just to respond to this comment, I've been reading these forums since 2007 but had no reason to post as the comments usually are quite balanced, except I've got to comment on the above comment.
I'm not picking on anybody here, but I think some people are forgetting that the iPhone 3G can also have been a quite recent purchase for someone that isn't into Apple's product cycle. Due to Apple selling 8GB iPhone 3G as the cheapest option until June.
So I think some people have a right to complain if their relatively new iPhone 3G has a bad update for ios 4.0, just as much if it hadn't got a software update at all.
As a developer I updated my 3g to 4.1gm and it's a huge improvement over 4.0.x. It may be i bit slower than under 3.x (e.g. it needs some time to open the preferences app) but it isn't nearly as unresponsive as 4.0.x.
Don't listen to this "test" just update.
Don't listen to this "test" just update.
I just updated as well and it's not a minor difference at all. Before my phone was barely usable and I had to jailbreak just to make it usable. Sometimes I couldn't even answer a call because the slider wouldn't move in time.
Now it feels like a new phone again. It differently makes a major difference and I would say performance went from barely usable to good with 4.1
Now it feels like a new phone again. It differently makes a major difference and I would say performance went from barely usable to good with 4.1
Agreed, it's just as bad on my 2nd gen Touch. Certain games won't even open due to lack of memory, and specifically Maps and Voice Recorder are borderline useless.
I'm surprised about this conclusion, given what they show in the video clip.
It's noticeable and sometimes substantial speed improvements throughout the OS.
I'd be all over iOS 4.1 if I owned a 3G.
It's noticeable and sometimes substantial speed improvements throughout the OS.
I'd be all over iOS 4.1 if I owned a 3G.
Given that "UI responsiveness" is the biggest issue with 4.0 on the iPhone 3G, the difference between the videos is huge.
I don't think anyone expects "great" performance, but when the on-screen keyboard comes up, it should not just hang there 4-5 seconds in the middle of trying to type a character. It appears this update resolves that.
My 3GS was fairly fast then iOS4 arrived. Now it's sluggish, has random freezes and crashes.
Hope 4.1 improves this (be nice if there was an option to select which apps multitasked).
Zeppelin chiptune?
More importantly, and I think we would all agree, where can we get our hands on that groovy Led Zeppelin chiptune?
More importantly, and I think we would all agree, where can we get our hands on that groovy Led Zeppelin chiptune?
What about battery life on the 3GS ? When iOS4 was first released I upgraded my 3GS to it and the battery was sucked dry in a few hours. Then I got my iPhone 4 and that was the last I looked at it.
My wife is still on iPhone OS 3.x and won't upgrade until the battery issues are fixed, because ... she uses the phone a ton and doesn't want to have worse battery performance.
My wife is still on iPhone OS 3.x and won't upgrade until the battery issues are fixed, because ... she uses the phone a ton and doesn't want to have worse battery performance.
Two years is not aging, man! If Snow Leopard would've made my MacBook crawl without a possibility to downgrade, I would have personally sued Apple.
I bought the 3G as soon as it was available, but someone could've bought it new a few months ago.
If a Blackberry/Nokia/Samsung gets a software update after two years, are you saying one shouldn't expect it to work properly?
The problem is not that iOS4 has so many features that 3G can't handle them. The only visible possibly performance-hungry feature is folders, and I had used (3rd party) folders on my iPhone for a year! I even had multitasking and a background image on iOS3. The background image on iOS4 made the performance completely unusable, but I actually had to install jailbreaked multitasking just to be able to shut the background processes.
The problem is that either Apple released some sloppy coding, or that they are trying to make people want newer devices. There are several members at this forum who bought an iPhone4 because iOS4.0 didn't work properly on their 3G, so it is working. I felt the urge too, but decided to skip this one.
Though I must say, in the video the iOS4.0 is not actually half bad. Doesn't relate to the severity of the issue I had before jailbreaking.
Are you **********g serious
The past? My phone is only 2 years old!
The iPhone is an odd thing, for some reason people regard it differently than other phones. When my contract is over I head to the Vodafone store/website to see what's new out there for me. Surely this should be the same for you...2 years old is the past, upgrade and you're problem free!?
I'm not trying to be rude, I don't own an iPhone, but when all is said and done it's just a phone. Why wouldn't you upgrade? I find it hard to understand.
Typical outcry from those with old hardware that want to run the latest and greatest software. Not sure why people make a fuss about that. The 3G is pushing 3 years old. I would love to see any other phone get upgrades 3 years later, let alone, 2 years later. People need to stop holding on to old hardware for so long. Especially phones. Maybe it's just me, but who keeps a phone longer than a year anyways?
Yes, yes, I know lots of people do. However you need to realize, your 3G is OUT DATED! Time for an upgrade. You don't get the latest and greatest all the time.
Yes, yes, I know lots of people do. However you need to realize, your 3G is OUT DATED! Time for an upgrade. You don't get the latest and greatest all the time.
