iOS 8 Adoption Reaches 81% Following Apple Watch Launch

[SteveW928]

iOS8.3 will be faster than any version of iOS7 on any supported device.

Not even close. I'm running 8.3 on my iPad 2 and it's a total dog.

And be careful about benchmarks... the stuff I care about is how quickly the keyboard responds, switching between apps, etc. That stuff is all horrible under iOS 8. It has improved a bit, but is still pretty bad in comparison.

 

[Rodster]

Not even close. I'm running 8.3 on my iPad 2 and it's a total dog.

And be careful about benchmarks... the stuff I care about is how quickly the keyboard responds, switching between apps, etc. That stuff is all horrible under iOS 8. It has improved a bit, but is still pretty bad in comparison.

Totally agree that benchmarks are in most cases different from real world results. It's like the EPA measuring how much a car can go on a gallon of gas, it's just an estimate. My iPad 2 was running great on iOS 6 and iOS 7 dogged it, although iOS 7.1.2 help the performance somewhat. I've seen iOS 8 run on older iPad's and it ain't pretty. Hell, my iPad Air is still on iOS 7.1.1 and i'm waiting to see if iOS 9 will clean up the performance.

 

[ErikGrim]

Not even close. I'm running 8.3 on my iPad 2 and it's a total dog.

iOS7.x was also a total dog on iPad 2.

 

[SteveW928]

Hell, my iPad Air is still on iOS 7.1.1 and i'm waiting to see if iOS 9 will clean up the performance.

One can hope, but I'm worried it has a lot to do with the RAM limit... and that any of the < 1 GB devices aren't ever going to perform well again. I sure hope I'm wrong... especially since Apple is still selling those devices.

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iOS7.x was also a total dog on iPad 2.

I'm having trouble remembering anymore, but yea, I suppose it was a slow-down compared to iOS 6. But, I guess I just got used to the ways it was slow and wasn't horribly bothered by them anymore. iOS 8 has been a very different story. A lot has improved since it first released, but it's still slow in two of the worst areas: multitasking and KEYBOARD INPUT. That last one is really the killer for any kind of productive use.

It's still usable, but no longer productive. I feel more like I have an Android device now.

 

[I7guy]

Faster than iOS 7.1.2? Is there much that supports that?

If it feels faster, it is faster, perception is reality.

 

[kdarling]

I'm sure the early Apple Watch adopters really pushed iOS installs to their limits...

Too bad the Apple Watch app isn't downloaded separately.

That would allow a) feedback reviews, and b) the ability to guess the number of downloads (and thus, sales) from the number of reviews.

Including it with the OS ensures that such info won't be available.

(Once in a while I check the number of Android Wear phone app installs on the Google Play Store. It's still in the one to five million range. If/when it tips over to the next range, we'll know that roughly five million have been sold to users.)