though SE is discontinued.. 12.0 is spectacular
just got it today upgrading from 11.2 jailbroken (and my 9.7 pro which was on 10.2 jailbroken,)
I also have another SE on 10.2 I'm never updating bc I have Philips hue hooked gestures to turn them on and off with ease among other things, and nostalgia.
I was briefly on 11.2 with this device (a month or two, got a clearance SE prepaid recently) and it wasn't terrible but I instantly notice a difference and look forward to upgrading my7+ X and 12.9 2017 when a jailbreak comes out. I like knowing whats in store and staying cognizant of new features/stability/performance/etc. even tho I'm a jailbreaker in general.
The verdict isn't out on battery because I just upgraded but I OTA'd and went smoothly
This thing runs like BUTTER
safari and camera and other native apps launch nearly instantaneously like they're already in the RAM
I cant recall the last time Ive been this happy with a x.0 release as a first impression.
the features are anemic but I'm ok with that-- I much much much prefer snow leopard like releases over a few whatever features and deprived performance. plus I customize it to my liking eventually anyways with jailbreak so performance and stability from apple work for me! 11.3 really isn't terrible on my newish devices anyways but 12 will be that much more polish!
someone pointed out every 6 years we get pure polish of the dead horse that is beaten design wise
iOS 6 was king. now 12 may be for some time before a potential re-design, and restarting of bugs (hopefully not and they learned their lesson long term and long run, but who knows)
as a side note, I really like X gestures on iPad, and the dark-mode media player that is now stock
Stacked notifications that intelligently stack as needed is nifty too
Im a little weirded out by the new status bar on iPad that feels like an X port, and top right CC instead of consolidated CC + multitasking cards on iOS 11 (that made more sense to me personally, this is change for changes sake but maybe I’m nit adjusting in a day) and the new camera app look in messages where the photos icon used to be engrained In my psyche (and still is for the bulk of my devices).
also not a big fan of emoji where the alt keyboard used to be, or something to that effect. Im seeing emojis more than I want to invoke them.
just got it today upgrading from 11.2 jailbroken (and my 9.7 pro which was on 10.2 jailbroken,)
I also have another SE on 10.2 I'm never updating bc I have Philips hue hooked gestures to turn them on and off with ease among other things, and nostalgia.
I was briefly on 11.2 with this device (a month or two, got a clearance SE prepaid recently) and it wasn't terrible but I instantly notice a difference and look forward to upgrading my7+ X and 12.9 2017 when a jailbreak comes out. I like knowing whats in store and staying cognizant of new features/stability/performance/etc. even tho I'm a jailbreaker in general.
The verdict isn't out on battery because I just upgraded but I OTA'd and went smoothly
This thing runs like BUTTER
safari and camera and other native apps launch nearly instantaneously like they're already in the RAM
I cant recall the last time Ive been this happy with a x.0 release as a first impression.
the features are anemic but I'm ok with that-- I much much much prefer snow leopard like releases over a few whatever features and deprived performance. plus I customize it to my liking eventually anyways with jailbreak so performance and stability from apple work for me! 11.3 really isn't terrible on my newish devices anyways but 12 will be that much more polish!
someone pointed out every 6 years we get pure polish of the dead horse that is beaten design wise
iOS 6 was king. now 12 may be for some time before a potential re-design, and restarting of bugs (hopefully not and they learned their lesson long term and long run, but who knows)
as a side note, I really like X gestures on iPad, and the dark-mode media player that is now stock
Stacked notifications that intelligently stack as needed is nifty too
Im a little weirded out by the new status bar on iPad that feels like an X port, and top right CC instead of consolidated CC + multitasking cards on iOS 11 (that made more sense to me personally, this is change for changes sake but maybe I’m nit adjusting in a day) and the new camera app look in messages where the photos icon used to be engrained In my psyche (and still is for the bulk of my devices).
also not a big fan of emoji where the alt keyboard used to be, or something to that effect. Im seeing emojis more than I want to invoke them.
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