So, any guinea pigs downloaded this to your 3GS care to share your experience so far? I'm still on 4.3.3 and I'm mostly concerned about it becoming crazy slow.
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iOS 6 on iPhone 3GS?
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I upgraded about 4 days ago and on my 3gs, not saying yours won't be different, has been amazing. When my phone hasn't been rebooted for awhile it would normally take 10 seconds for my messages app to open. Since upgrading it takes a normal amount of time. Seemed to actually speed up my phone a fair amount. To me it was an extremely worthwhile upgrade.
My upgrade date is October 13th, so I can't get the 5 until then, so it's nice to be back to a phone I'm not tempted to throw through a window.
My upgrade date is October 13th, so I can't get the 5 until then, so it's nice to be back to a phone I'm not tempted to throw through a window.
I recall it seemed a little faster at first, but that was probably due to a fresh reboot.
I think in the long run it got a little slower, but probably not significantly so.
Overall the 3GS is pretty snappy, but every now and then it tends to freeze for like 5 seconds doing something trivial, then it's back to being more or less okay.
iOS 4 added multitasking which is a bigger deal for performance. iOS 5 and 6 don't really have such significant performance-related changes.
I think in the long run it got a little slower, but probably not significantly so.
Overall the 3GS is pretty snappy, but every now and then it tends to freeze for like 5 seconds doing something trivial, then it's back to being more or less okay.
iOS 4 added multitasking which is a bigger deal for performance. iOS 5 and 6 don't really have such significant performance-related changes.