Indeed. Do you experience any frames dropping in the weather app when zooming out to view the weather of several cities, then zooming back for one city? I have a 5S.
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Indeed. Do you experience any frames dropping in the weather app when zooming out to view the weather of several cities, then zooming back for one city? I have a 5S.
No worries Apple faithful.... expect Apple to announce a security hole in iOS 7.x that is fixed in 8.x. That'll goose the laggers into upgrading to 8.
I had the GM on my iPad Mini, and upgraded my iPhone 5S to 8.0 when it was released. Both now are 8.0.2.
I've not had any issues with the phones, other than the Camera does not start properly when I swipe up from Lock Screen on 5s.
It is a bug IMO, but not one to make me downgrade to iOS7
I've not had any issues with the phones, other than the Camera does not start properly when I swipe up from Lock Screen on 5s.
It is a bug IMO, but not one to make me downgrade to iOS7
Ok. Another explanation could be the fact that iOS7 was pushed out as a forced download...
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/09/apple-is-automatically-pushing-out-ios-7-to-holdout-devices
Is this really surprising?
At the lower end you have phones that just don't handle the update well, and there are so many bugs across all devices that a fair amount of individuals would just be put off.
Also how can you sell people 8GB phones when an update requires nearly 4.7GB? iTunes is a solution, but in a "post-PC" world telling casual consumers this while also pushing iCloud and all that entails is ridiculous.
At the lower end you have phones that just don't handle the update well, and there are so many bugs across all devices that a fair amount of individuals would just be put off.
Also how can you sell people 8GB phones when an update requires nearly 4.7GB? iTunes is a solution, but in a "post-PC" world telling casual consumers this while also pushing iCloud and all that entails is ridiculous.
Yea it feels stuttery, I'm surprised I didn't notice it before. Other than that though, I've been dealing more so with freezing and ios 8 becoming unresponsive.
Some people prob just buy music on the iTunes app on the phone or do Spotify / Beats / Subscription services.
Music is getting easier and easier to consume without the need to sync.
I still sync my devices but you might be surprised how many people don't need to.
Yet another performance hit
Going from iOS 6 to iOS 7 was a performance hit for my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4s. Based on reviews, going to iOS 8 is going to be even worse. And this is true despite the fact that much of the new bling is disabled on these devices. I'll consider upgrading if an update comes along that sheds some more of the glitz in favor of making the older devices suck less. Otherwise, I'll happily "upgrade" to iOS 8 when my finances make it appropriate for me to buy a new iPhone.
Speaking of the new iPhones, I went to the Apple store in Syracuse and checked out the 6+. It's awesome. I have fat finger problems typing on the older models and would find the new ones to be easier to use. The big problem there is that most of my pants have pockets that are too small for the 6+, and although they would hold the 6, I couldn't also fit other items in there at the same time like I do now.
Buy a new wardrobe? Not on a NY state employee salary. I'm not like you others out there who live in Manhattan and buy diamond-studded wallets.
Going from iOS 6 to iOS 7 was a performance hit for my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4s. Based on reviews, going to iOS 8 is going to be even worse. And this is true despite the fact that much of the new bling is disabled on these devices. I'll consider upgrading if an update comes along that sheds some more of the glitz in favor of making the older devices suck less. Otherwise, I'll happily "upgrade" to iOS 8 when my finances make it appropriate for me to buy a new iPhone.
Speaking of the new iPhones, I went to the Apple store in Syracuse and checked out the 6+. It's awesome. I have fat finger problems typing on the older models and would find the new ones to be easier to use. The big problem there is that most of my pants have pockets that are too small for the 6+, and although they would hold the 6, I couldn't also fit other items in there at the same time like I do now.
Buy a new wardrobe? Not on a NY state employee salary. I'm not like you others out there who live in Manhattan and buy diamond-studded wallets.
That's just twisting the facts.
- 40% of the users didn't upgrade after the same number of days last year since the release of the new OS. That was 200 million users back then.
- 53% of the users didn't upgrade this year. That is 396 million.
Apple is the Microsoft of the 2000s now and I refuse to buy their new hardware or use their new OSes or updates until all the beta testers (paying customers) have found the bugs.
Annoying
I have an IT company so I have to test this stuff before my customers do something crazy. Updated my 5s and Air to iOS 8 on day one. My iPad constantly locks rotation and I have to reboot. My keyboard will appear on the home screen.... all kinds of weird stuff. My iPhone is doing better since a hard reboot after iOS 8.0.2. Bluetooth was the big issue, but it seems better now, so no complaints there. Still not recommending upgrades to any customers. Very bad release for Apple. But as I've said in the past, they fix their issues 10x faster than android. At least Apple owns the whole thing and can issue fixes, rather than pointing fingers.
I have an IT company so I have to test this stuff before my customers do something crazy. Updated my 5s and Air to iOS 8 on day one. My iPad constantly locks rotation and I have to reboot. My keyboard will appear on the home screen.... all kinds of weird stuff. My iPhone is doing better since a hard reboot after iOS 8.0.2. Bluetooth was the big issue, but it seems better now, so no complaints there. Still not recommending upgrades to any customers. Very bad release for Apple. But as I've said in the past, they fix their issues 10x faster than android. At least Apple owns the whole thing and can issue fixes, rather than pointing fingers.
I think the consensus is that iOS 8 messes up more things than it improves, I get crashes on my 6 fairly frequently, no biggie as they're just exiting Apps rather than full reset but still - I'd rather not have them.
The main point is - what is the benefit of iOS 8? I really can't see anything yet, it literally offers nothing new to me of any use. Even Apple pay, when it arrives, won't arrive for me because I live in the UK. Photos is more of a mess than ever - "Moments", "Collections", "Activity", "Recently Added", "Recently Deleted", how convoluted and pretentious can they make it?? The whole cloud thing is a mess. For a company that makes things that "Just work" it doesn't - Apple are becoming very much like Microsoft of the Vista days lately, a mess.
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There are a lot of older devices still running, iPhone 4, 4s, and earlier iPads that will be hurt by the upgrade. That's why the hold off. The 5, 5s, and 5c, plus newer iPad users have already upgraded.
It was expected
This is by far the worst upgrade in apple's history.
They should have the ethics to let people go back to ios 7 until they can do this one right.
This is by far the worst upgrade in apple's history.
They should have the ethics to let people go back to ios 7 until they can do this one right.
