Or, do both. Trimming and optimizing is better than just putting in more storage/bigger battery/faster processor. Yes, those are great too but anyone (e.g., Samsung) can increase specs.
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iOS 9 to Focus Heavily on Stability and Optimization
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Or, do both. Trimming and optimizing is better than just putting in more storage/bigger battery/faster processor. Yes, those are great too but anyone (e.g., Samsung) can increase specs.
Whilst this is obviously great news - Apple's marketing dept will have to work pretty hard to sell this as a 'feature' to the mainstream user.
I doubt this will be the only feature however given there aren't THAT many issues with iOS like there were with OS X Leopard.
I doubt this will be the only feature however given there aren't THAT many issues with iOS like there were with OS X Leopard.
Funny how Apple ended up boning itself keeping the 16GB phone on the market this long. The problem wouldn't have been nearly as bad if they just dropped the 16GB with the 5. Perhaps it will be dropped for the 6s as its not really practical anymore even for a casual user because the OS is so bloated. I'm glad they are going to thin the OS out but it's just going to get bloated again.
For those who like me wondered what the antecedent for this was:
I learned generations ago to not buy a 16GB device, but Joe Consumer probably doesn't have that foresight, and arguably shouldn't have to. The base model should be useable.
I remember Mavericks & iOS 7 when I thought iTunes Wi-fi syncing couldn't get any less reliable but Yosemite & iOS 8 proved me wrong. Hopefully, they're stabilizing & improving that.
Remember this happy response when they actually make announcements.
While I'm 100% in favor of this it seems MacRumors members have exclaimed they're in favor of it until the actually announcement is made and then they cry and scream that there aren't a million new features. They go on and on about lack of this or that and how it didn't live up to expectations.
While I'm 100% in favor of this it seems MacRumors members have exclaimed they're in favor of it until the actually announcement is made and then they cry and scream that there aren't a million new features. They go on and on about lack of this or that and how it didn't live up to expectations.
It works on my six, but is no faster than typing a PIN. I guess it's supposed to be more secure or something, because nobody's ever seen the TV shows / movies where someone's finger / eye is removed to use for biometric access.
If they do this to OS11and get rid of the bugs, i might upgrade from Mavericks. I am totally disgusted with half-assed OS releases, Followed by .! .2.3and the bugs still there.
I think both the Mac and iOS platforms are due for a Snow Leopard kind of release. It hasn't been feature creep so much as attack of the features. Certain new things in iOS 8.x already border on a Samsung-style "check the checkbox on the list" approach. Ridiculous wifi issues that eventually (apparently) got fixed but plagued users for months, Siri telling me that I have no new messages or no calendar events, it's just getting old. Stuff that actually worked in iOS 6 and iOS 7 is being totally botched right now. The same is true in Yosemite - stuff that just worked in Mavericks and Mountain Lion being broken in the latest release is stupid.
I think a 64-bit-only iOS 9 is a great idea, too. Maybe that's what iOS 8.3 is meant to be a way to support the iPhone 5c, since it'd be a year early to cut support for it - previously, the "free on contract" devices that got discontinued would still get the latest update. iPhone 4 got iOS 7, iPhone 4s got iOS 8. 8.3 for iPhone 5c might be better than 9 if it's just 8.2.x with the iOS 9 fixes rolled back.
I think a 64-bit-only iOS 9 is a great idea, too. Maybe that's what iOS 8.3 is meant to be a way to support the iPhone 5c, since it'd be a year early to cut support for it - previously, the "free on contract" devices that got discontinued would still get the latest update. iPhone 4 got iOS 7, iPhone 4s got iOS 8. 8.3 for iPhone 5c might be better than 9 if it's just 8.2.x with the iOS 9 fixes rolled back.
This makes me really happy! For the first time since Cook took charge, Apple shows that they do still understand the need for these occasional releases. I thought that era was gone.
I wish the successor to OS X Yosemite will also work on internals a bit, although I don't think the need is as pressing as on iOS, with Mavericks still pretty recent (which was big on these things with multiple display support, memory compression, app nap, timer coalescing, defaulting to SMB2). It's just that I think the opportunity is there right now. OS X Yosemite brought some great feature parity with iOS and Continuity so I think there's room for "rest and contemplation" there, polishing what it has.
I wish the successor to OS X Yosemite will also work on internals a bit, although I don't think the need is as pressing as on iOS, with Mavericks still pretty recent (which was big on these things with multiple display support, memory compression, app nap, timer coalescing, defaulting to SMB2). It's just that I think the opportunity is there right now. OS X Yosemite brought some great feature parity with iOS and Continuity so I think there's room for "rest and contemplation" there, polishing what it has.
When those people realize that this is a fix for all the issues they have been moaning about, the upgrade numbers will be high. You can only over look annoying glitches for so long before the average Joe realizes they need to upgrade.
I just can't imagine them leaving in a bug that is as frustrating and as frequent as the keyboard not popping up when you are on a text field. Not sure how that ever made it through the beta testing. Also third party keyboard makers seem very slow with updates. I really wish Apple would have just made a gesture keyboard identical to the one google has on android because it is so much better than swype and swiftkey on iOS. I am also highly irritated and surprised that the GMT bug made it through this far!
Both iOS8 and Yosemite have been peachy for me. But sucks for everyone thats having problems. I did love snow leopard so I'm open to iOS 9.
My phone has not had a slow down in performance. I can't imagine what an optimization would do for me, but I'm all for better battery life more memory space and maybe this will help my phone last longer between upgrades since i won't get performance issues like the iPhone 4 that fought hard until the end!
But then Phil "upsell" Schiller will have nothing to upsell you to. And Cook won't be able to report record iPhone ASPs. I think it's ridiculous. There was rumor that 32GB was coming this year but I'm doubtful. It's easier for Apple to tinker at the high end because margins are bigger.
Same here. The iPhone 5C would be great with 32gig but with 8 it is a joke.it is setup for failure. I assume on purpose.
Yay for a snow leopard release. please for both Mac and iOS.
While I agree the lowest end unit should be 32gb now, having those developers trim the os down is important and a step that always needs to be done.
Its like many developers today arent really optimizing anything after it works because most computers have enough system memory and cpu cycles which lets programmers be sloppy. I'm always for trimming and optimizing software.
There is still no native split-screen multitasking on Android. If Apple introduces split-screen multitasking in iOS 9, nearly all iPhone/iPad users would get their hands on it.
It's great you think Android in 2012 was good, because Jellybean is what nearly half of Android users are stuck with now.