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iOS 7.1.1 on 4s. What to expect?

dddnnnggg

dddnnnggg

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Mar 12, 2013
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Today I am about to get a brand new 64 gig iPhone 4s. I know that there are many newer and spec heavier options, but the deal i got us great and i love the desing and prefer it over the 5, 5c and 5s.

The phone is brand new - with the original plastic screen protectors on the front and bacjk and everything else, but it has been updated to iOS 7.1.1. Earlier i had an iPhone 5, running the first versions of ios 7, and later i have seen a friend of mine's jailbroken 4s, i notices lags and glitches on both of the devices. So i want to know could i expect more and more lag with the latest version or they have polished the OS up and now it runs smoothly, could i even compare it to iOS6 performanswise.

I would like to know your oppinions and experiences, thank you.
 
dddnnnggg said:
Today I am about to get a brand new 64 gig iPhone 4s. I know that there are many newer and spec heavier options, but the deal i got us great and i love the desing and prefer it over the 5, 5c and 5s.

The phone is brand new - with the original plastic screen protectors on the front and bacjk and everything else, but it has been updated to iOS 7.1.1. Earlier i had an iPhone 5, running the first versions of ios 7, and later i have seen a friend of mine's jailbroken 4s, i notices lags and glitches on both of the devices. So i want to know could i expect more and more lag with the latest version or they have polished the OS up and now it runs smoothly, could i even compare it to iOS6 performanswise.

I would like to know your oppinions and experiences, thank you.
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It's perfect..nothing wrong with it...
 
My 4S on 7.1.1 is as smooth as butter; absolutely zero lag, no crashes, resprings or any complains with it whatsoever.

I also prefer it over the new lineup, the screen is perfect for me and the design is a beautiful jewel.
 
CarlosQG said:
My 4S on 7.1.1 is as smooth as butter; absolutely zero lag, no crashes, resprings or any complains with it whatsoever.

I also prefer it over the new lineup, the screen is perfect for me and the design is a beautiful jewel.
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There is lock screen lag for sure.

The iPhone 5 is probably the smoothest iOS 7 device.
 
iOS 7.1.1 runs absolutely fine, though one tends to page out the RAM a lot more frequently (not sure if from iOS 7 or just the 512 MB of RAM is getting constrained).
 
No problems on mine. Sure newer devices 7.1.1 is a quicker but the 4S handles it ok.
 
My daughter has iphone 4s running 7.1.1 and it is working fine for her. We also have 5 and 5s and honestly i cant really tell a difference in performance between the phones in general uses.
 
RoboWarriorSr said:
iOS 7.1.1 runs absolutely fine, though one tends to page out the RAM a lot more frequently (not sure if from iOS 7 or just the 512 MB of RAM is getting constrained).
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Yeah, it's the RAM. My i5 with 1GB of RAM sees a LOT more webpage reloading than it ever did on iOS6.
iOS7 definitely uses more RAM (or handles it badly) than previous incarnations of iOS.
 
C DM said:
Nothing is really perfect. That said, for the most part it seems that iOS 7.1 seems to be just fine on iPhone 4S.
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Dude .. Don't catch words like that with absolute meaning... I said its perfect, in the sense it's like how ios 5 and 6 were.. Speed and perfance wise.. I know bro nothing is perfect.. It's a way of saying it #
 
Apple blogger said:
Dude .. Don't catch words like that with absolute meaning... I said its perfect, in the sense it's like how ios 5 and 6 were.. Speed and perfance wise.. I know bro nothing is perfect.. It's a way of saying it #
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Just as some people will take that literally just by reading it too.
 
sunking101 said:
Yeah, it's the RAM. My i5 with 1GB of RAM sees a LOT more webpage reloading than it ever did on iOS6.
iOS7 definitely uses more RAM (or handles it badly) than previous incarnations of iOS.
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The culprit for this problem is the updated WebKit engine that powers web browsers in iOS 7. It poorly handles the memory usage of many websites. The good news is that iOS 8 will fix this issue and other issues that were introduced with iOS 7.
 
mangomind said:
The culprit for this problem is the updated WebKit engine that powers web browsers in iOS 7. It poorly handles the memory usage of many websites. The good news is that iOS 8 will fix this issue and other issues that were introduced with iOS 7.
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There's actual real information about iOS 8 out there for public where all of this is is stated and verified?
 
C DM said:
There's actual real information about iOS 8 out there for public where all of this is is stated and verified?
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This information is true. You'll see. I won't say anything else. iOS 8's updated WebKit engine greatly improves memory management.
 
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Very smooth on my 4S with no 'lag' There is definitely a bigger pause when opening apps and doing other things compared to newer phones but never laggy.
 
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