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iOS 9.3 'Most Stable New Release in Years', Says Analytics Firm
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It sounds like it might very well be, but without a similar comparison of similar data it would be hard to say for sure.
Of course, everyone would believe this report and jump for joy if it said that iOS 9.3 was the buggiest release of iOS ever. But since it doesn't say what people want to it to say, it's flawed, false, a joke, etc.
The battery on my 6S+ is nothing short of amazing after updating to 9.3... I start using my phone around 6am and when I put it on the charger every night at 11pm I still have about 20-30% battery left... And that's with running Bluetooth all day for my apple watch and jaybird X2 headphones. I also use Instacast for podcasts and infuse for videos on my commute.
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Yeah it's not like tens of thousands of us were beta testing and submitting bug reports for months. Makes me confident as a student you still have some learning ahead of you.
Apple does no even react to warnings from users about all the bugs ever since IOS 9 has been launched...
I wonder if there is anyone out there who would buy something dangerous like a CAR from apple?
I surely will NEVER EVER do this…
the day that apple will start selling cars will be the first day of constantly overcrowded emergency rooms and tired medical staffs and paramedics…. not to talk about blocked roads by accidents everywhere….everywhere….
the only chance for mankind to survive an apple car is that the bug is that big that you can´t even start driving…. regarding IOS 9.3 with its unusable IOS devices I restart to get a little bit less pessimistic: No apple car traffic ---> better life expectance… until apple once gets the cars rolling… one day ...*panic*
I wonder if there is anyone out there who would buy something dangerous like a CAR from apple?
I surely will NEVER EVER do this…
the day that apple will start selling cars will be the first day of constantly overcrowded emergency rooms and tired medical staffs and paramedics…. not to talk about blocked roads by accidents everywhere….everywhere….
the only chance for mankind to survive an apple car is that the bug is that big that you can´t even start driving…. regarding IOS 9.3 with its unusable IOS devices I restart to get a little bit less pessimistic: No apple car traffic ---> better life expectance…
until apple once gets the cars rolling… one day ...*panic*
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For thousands or maybe millions it is. It may have existed in some form previously, but for myself and apparently many others it started immediately after installing 9.3 and never occurred prior.
*ROTFL*
It is as "not related to IOS 9.3" as well as apples don´t fall to ground related to gravitation….
I actually used to never use spotlight because it was so slow and showed irrelevant things to what I typed in, but now it's perfect.
Nope. Not the only one. I haven't had one single issue with this release.
I think some of the problems may be related to a particular app....booking dot com or some such thing.
Oh really? Stable means being unable to click on search engine links? Stable means Safari crashing when opening a new tab? Stable means freezing when opening a link from Mail?
Arguably 2 of the the 4 most important Apps (the other two being Messages and Phone) are broken. They are unusable. This is the most broken iOS version in history, surely it has to be. I cannot recall two crucial apps being broken ever before.
Also, no this is not isolated. We have five iPhone users in my house, (1 iP5, 2 iP5S, 1 iP6, 1 iP6S) and all five exhibit all of these issues. Major fail here. Epic fail. This is one instance where "Epic fail" is not only applicable, but an actual understatement!
Simply astonishing.
Arguably 2 of the the 4 most important Apps (the other two being Messages and Phone) are broken. They are unusable. This is the most broken iOS version in history, surely it has to be. I cannot recall two crucial apps being broken ever before.
Also, no this is not isolated. We have five iPhone users in my house, (1 iP5, 2 iP5S, 1 iP6, 1 iP6S) and all five exhibit all of these issues. Major fail here. Epic fail. This is one instance where "Epic fail" is not only applicable, but an actual understatement!
Simply astonishing.
The problem is related to totally inadequate Q/A by Apple, and it precedes 9.3 which makes it more egregious.
This longtime bug was brought up by users here during the 9.3 Betas. Apple ignored it and shipped it anyway.
Even more so, Apple owns the App store and is completely responsible for assuring the quality of the Apps it offers for download. This bug was completely avoidable. Did no one at Apple ask, "What happens if the Universal Links file gets too big?"
No, they were too busy on Night Shift, which makes my screen look like the bottom of an ashtray.
Going on Day 6 here for this links bug. This is disgraceful.
I'll say it again... Apple needs to freeze the iOS feature set for a year until it gets its house in order. Only do bug fixes and security updates. Focus on Quality/Reliability. That's all.
This policy needs to come from Tim/Craig at the top and it needs to be directed to the iOS Team. Short of that, nothing will change.
This rush for annual updates and MORE FEATURES is absolutely destroying Apple's software quality and reputation. It needs to stop now.
Did I mention my device has been unusable for 6 days for mission critical purposes?
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I couldn't agree more. This is one of the largest, if not the most embarrassing bugs Apple has ever had. I dub it "Link Gate"....
At least with Antenna-Gate you could use the phone.... and Antenna-Gate was totally overblown IMHO.
What can I say here? "I'm tapping it wrong?"
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You could always get rid of the offending app and fix the issue yourself if it's so bad.
I absolutely hate when anything fails to work. PERIOD. Hate it I tell you.
Still, with an installed base of over 100 million and seeing a 97.8% up time (inverse of the 2.2% reported crash rate) is a very good number. I would like to see a comparison of to the rates with Windows or Android, but my guess is that Apple would do well in that comparison. I have worked on military and commercial systems and the cost of going from 9x.xxx% to 99.xxx% to 99.999% is exponential. The amount of regression testing and beta testing would probably mean that we would not see releases on a yearly basis.