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iOS 7.1 Beta 2 iPad Air Review
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Not that it's a solution to the problem, but there is a Living Social app. Perhaps using that instead of the web page would at least help you move past this issue.
The link to livingsocial on safari shows that Safari is still having major problems... As we all know.
Yes, I understand that, which is why I said that it's not a solution. Apparently the person that shared the link visits that URL often enough that it's bothering them, thus why I suggested trying the app as an alternative.
It also looks like the site has crap code that Safari is unable to cope with.
I guess my Air has super powers, I have it enabled and can still go 3 full days between charges with quite a bit of use (browsing, games). I doubt turning off Parallax/animations will drastically improve battery life, but whatever floats your boat!
Now imagine going on for 4 days! Thr joy, the excitment
After 3 days of no crashes with beta 2 on Air, it's definitely a huge improvement over 7.0.x. I was experiencing 2-3 crashes and one SB respring per day before, so I'm happy now with 7.1 betas. Hopefully, Apple'll keep optimizing iOS 7 with 7.2.x+ instead of stopping after 7.1 is released and working on iOS 8 instead.
iOS 7.1 Beta 2 iPad Air Review
Yeah, that's it. It's not games or other memory intensive apps that bring the device to its knees...no...it's a web page in a browser taking up all the memory. Makes total sense.
What's next, solar flares causing it?
Yeah, that's it. It's not games or other memory intensive apps that bring the device to its knees...no...it's a web page in a browser taking up all the memory. Makes total sense.
What's next, solar flares causing it?
I guess my Air has super powers, I have it enabled and can still go 3 full days between charges with quite a bit of use (browsing, games). I doubt turning off Parallax/animations will drastically improve battery life, but whatever floats your boat!
Same here. rMini's last battery cycle was 23% left, just under 14 hours usage, 3 days standby. Parallax/animations on.
I was able to pick up a nexus 7 2013 (FHD) for around $100. I also have iphone 5s and ipad 3. While the nexus is a good device, i still prefer ios 7 over android any day, even the slower ipad 3. Android is just not smooth and there is always weird lag in everything you do. The apps are crappy as well. With that being said, it is awesome for videos and very portable. You can also customize it and root it to your hearts content.
I guess it could make a difference on an iPhone, where the battery life isn't that good.
Try using a Note 10.1 with its 3GB of ram and see how much it crashes and lags when switching between tabs or apps. I had three of them before I went back to iPad.
I'm convinced that completely suspending an app when exiting is the best way to avoid lag and crashes. Samsung put in a ton of ability to multi-task, but for some reason it does not give a smooth experience at all. I'm not educated enough on the inner workings of OS operations to know why, but it is what it is.
I think that the expectation a tablet multi-task like a PC or laptop is a bit unrealistic. But that's me. I don't have such high expectations from a tablet. Which maybe explains why I don't think it is such a big deal.
on my iPad air I don't have reduce motion turned, on my iPhone yes, but my upas no because i have literally seen no battery life difference or any performance suffrage, but my phone yes for sure, but my iPad not at all
I'm not running the beta, but I have turned on reduced motion and increased contrast under accessibility settings, and have noticed fewer crashes. This on an ipad air running 7.04.
Yeah, I'm with you. I didn't expect the tablet to be able to do everything a laptop or PC could do. I knew that going in. My needs and use cases are different though, to be fair.
Yes, I know. I was hoping someone with beta two would turn off those largely useless "features" and see if it improved safari even more than with just the beta alone.
Surely it hasn't. It has always been a huge problem in iOS - even back in the iOS3 times, and not specific to 7.0.x. I've recently published some figures clearly showing this.
Nevertheless, according to my own measurements, 7.1 b2 is indeed much better in this regard - see https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18522600/
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Why would it? Windows, even RT, supports true multiwindow multitask (the "snap" mode) just fine. So do Samsung's all higher-end phones and tablets. And so did Quasar on JB'n iOS back under iOS5 - no wonder power users like me loved it.
