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iOS 8 GM vs iOS 7.1.2 performance?
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I have a new iPad (non retina) that I just bought on the $199 deal at Best Buy. It was running great on 7.1.2 but 8 is being fairly laggy and I've had apps crash randomly. Mostly it seems like apps that need refreshed like USA Today and Safari are the worst. Rotation has a second or two pause before it moves as well. I'm thinking even though it technically runs on the A5, it's pushing it a bit beyond what it can handle comfortably.
Sounds like it could be a low memory issue.
This is precisely why I ditched the 4s for the 5 recently ... Low RAM was becoming a huge issue for me in iOS 7.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Sounds promising! Thanks.
Do you notice a difference in terms of speed, crashes etc? Would say that your phone is just as fast as it was on iOS 7?
Runs flawlessly on my iPhone 5. I'd say it's even a bit faster than 7. Like for example when you swipe down to Spotlight there's absolutely no lag anymore, which used to annoy me sometimes. I guess Apple has done a lot of optimizing.
Videos go silent if you switch the silent button on and you have to refresh the page and reload the video. Some video's UI stretches beyond the video that is playing, notifications stay visible and can't be dismissed by swiping up on them you have to press the home button to dismiss it.
It definitely doesn't feel like the final version to me. And all this happens on my 5S as well.
I have it on both my 5s and iPad 4 and I've had the 5s on it for more than 24 hours and have gone through a full battery cycle and here are my thoughts...
-Battery has been pretty bad, 5:30 usage on first full cycle. However this will change once I run a few cycles
-A few apps crash immediately like sportscenter because theyre not ready for iOS 8
-Not as smooth as iOS 7
-Keyboard and text entry field don't show up in a group chat sometimes
-Notifications are working really well
-The new keyboard works really well
-Double tapping the home button takes slightly longer when the recent contacts are enabled vs. not enabled
-Battery has been pretty bad, 5:30 usage on first full cycle. However this will change once I run a few cycles
-A few apps crash immediately like sportscenter because theyre not ready for iOS 8
-Not as smooth as iOS 7
-Keyboard and text entry field don't show up in a group chat sometimes
-Notifications are working really well
-The new keyboard works really well
-Double tapping the home button takes slightly longer when the recent contacts are enabled vs. not enabled
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Strangely enough I've been having those same video issues in iOS 7.1 in the last few months.
Oh this was an issue? I've been killing myself over this, I thought iOS purposely made the video silent if the silent switch was on (it makes sense to some degree but can get annoying)
I only started running into it in the last month or two (when I still had iOS 7.1.2). It's rather odd I would have to say.