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iOS 9 is Now Installed on 75% of Active iOS Devices
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From 7 to 8 we got widgets, and third party keyboards, and quick reply, and continuity and handoff, and a whole host of other expanded functionalities that have previously been locked down. 8 to 9 brought content blockers, and low power mode, and proactive features, and a fair bit of new stuff for iPads. Sure not everyone uses all of that, but quite a few people do, and whether or not they are used, the features are there and can certainly make a difference.
Just don't get why people are still on IOS8. That was a horrendously bad one for most. 
My old 5s updated to IOS9 on release day, was a noticeable improvement. Just saying'
My old 5s updated to IOS9 on release day, was a noticeable improvement. Just saying' 
Just don't get why people are still on IOS8. That was a horrendously bad one for most.
I suspect it's cause people have bee burned before, say going from 7 to 8 with poor performance and knowing they cannot go back are apprehensive to update. I believe 9 is the first major IOS update that performs better than the previous version from my experiece , well 8 was awful performance.
Though on a one year old device, iOS 8 performs just fine. I'm just thinking of people on much older devices on iOS 8, not a good experience
My friends share the same experience with swiping up mission control. It's clearly a software bug.
Seems like there might be something to it of course, but it also doesn't seem to be widespread either for some reason if that is the case.
To be fair you're lucky a 5 year old phone even supports the latest software. You won't get that with Android or Windows and to be honest a 5 year old phone barely supports anything, not even modern mobile protocols, its not a computer, it should be updated regularly.
That's what happens when I tried to express an opinion after a long day of work plus the school afterwards...What?
I was trying to say that we should stop buying into these kind of bogus info from Apple...
Our mobile phones are computers.
While I appreciate Apple's efforts in updating a 5 year old device, I do not appreciate they doing it without considering how it impacts the usability of the device. If they had done that, then they would probably release only the security patches and not the full blown OS that would cripple the device. Of course, releasing only the security patches for the older phones is not easy and that is why we get the crippling update on our older devices. But hey, Apple gets to publish all these fancy reports....75% on iOS 9!
My iPad 4 is already showing lagging around here and there since iOS 8. I am pretty sure iOS 10 will send it to the grave. But at least, it will goto the grave being a proud member of the '90% on iOS10 community' in a year from now ;-D
In this aspect, I like Android's sentiment. A promise has been made to release security patches monthly. Whether the industry stays true to their promise or not, is left to be seen.
I have an iPhone 6s Plus, a 5s, and a 4 and have zero problems with control center swiping. My niece also has an iPhone 6 with no problems. Your anecdotal evidence and mine cancel echo other.
iOS 9.2 is stable and quick across my devices - iPhone 6 and iPad Air, as well as family members' iPhone 5 and 5S. I don't have the desire to go back to iOS 8 or earlier.
But then again I was one of the people who never had a problem with iOS 8, ever.
But then again I was one of the people who never had a problem with iOS 8, ever.
I have always had problems with the 7.0-7.1, 8.0-8.1, and 9.0-9.1. By the time the updates hit 7.2, 8.2, 9.2 or higher the stutter and frame drops went away. By time the update was in the 0.4 version, it was almost perfect. That is why I tell everyone who has smoothness and not functionality as their number one concern to wait until at least the 0.3-0.4 version of every iOS since iOS 7.
