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iOS 9 to Focus Heavily on Stability and Optimization
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I seen some noticeable bugs in Mavericks but those were fixed pretty fast in software updates.
Pleasecan we have a customisable home screen with live tiles?
Like Windows 8?
There's also a big difference between bug free and optimized.
How does knowing other OSes have bugs help someone using iOS? Is that a misery loves company thing?I'll say it again as you didn't take in what I said: There is still no native split-screen multitasking on Android.
Yes, Samsung has introduced it, but it's not on every pure Android device.
& yes, Apple are, but then they're first with some features, not with everything. It's not like Android will introduce x, y, z feature then, a year later Apple copies them.
It won't be the age of the phone that will make it slow, it will be Apple doing it...
This sounds great, hopefully OS X gets the same treatment, cause it sure needs it as well. As a user I would be very happy for this.
Something to keep in mind, Snow Leopard dropped support for PowerPC processors/machines....the major dead wood to be dropped in the next several releases of iOS would be support for 32 bit processors (iPhone 5 and earlier)...I don't think Apple will do that this release (iOS 9), but probably the next year (iOS 10).
Something to keep in mind, Snow Leopard dropped support for PowerPC processors/machines....the major dead wood to be dropped in the next several releases of iOS would be support for 32 bit processors (iPhone 5 and earlier)...I don't think Apple will do that this release (iOS 9), but probably the next year (iOS 10).
I hope Safari gets a major overhaul and iOS 9 will be optimized to run on the iPad 2/3 for a smooth experience. Not asking for much.
Not overly likely. At some point you have to cut the cord on old hardware. 4 year old devices are ancient. Not really worth spending the time trying to make them work well with new software which requires processing they just can't handle.
i see your point. i did ask this question in another thread not so long ago. considering people update their iphones more often than ipads (perhaps unexpected to apple) will apple have to change their thinking behind updates and the cutoff limit.
It has nothing to do with Apple intentionally making the device slow. In fact they have reason to make sure it doesn't get slowed down as much as possible. Having a poor experience greatly increases the chances someone will switch away from iOS and to Android according to research. They want to make sure they support devices as long as they can and that the experience is as good as possible.
The reason these old devices slow down is because the hardware is now old and not optimized for the new OS. Try putting Windows 8 on a 5 year old PC and tell me what the experience is like. Apple supports their devices far longer than others (there are new Android devices being released which won't even run their latest OS). They could cut the cord and drop offering updates for them years earlier but people would likely cry even more than they do now when they can't figure out why a graphic intensive app that was made and optimized for the latest hardware won't run well on their 4 year old device.
Snow Leopard had 8 different major updates. Show me one piece of software that was perfect on day 1?
This is the best news I've heard out of Apple in a looooooong time.
Maybe these new "optimized" OS's will get me to upgrade from iOS 7 and Mavericks. As it stands right now, I'm quite happy staying on them.
Maybe they'll take some time to work on iTunes as well. Not a fan of iTunes 12.
Maybe these new "optimized" OS's will get me to upgrade from iOS 7 and Mavericks. As it stands right now, I'm quite happy staying on them.
Maybe they'll take some time to work on iTunes as well. Not a fan of iTunes 12.
This. I remember how good iOS 6 used to run, the ability to downgrade would breath new life into many iPad 2's, iPad Mini's, etc....which is exactly why they won't do it.
It's in Apple's best interest to support devices as long as possible. Where we see Android cut off updates for devices fairly quickly, Apple supports them for years longer.
There are those of us that upgrade every time there is a new device released and those that only upgrade as infrequently as possible. For those that rarely upgrade, they want to have the experience of the new OS be as good as possible. If they experience a crappy upgrade experience, they may switch to another OS.
They may be running an old device but as long as they can keep them using an Apple device it means money for Apple.
Don't care about the update size. Just make the damn thing work—and fix the wifi issues with iPhone 6 already!!!
Would you be willing to pay the support costs associated with supporting iOS 6 today?
Yeah, the third-gen iPad was just an all-around bad device. Apple should've never released it, in my opinion. As someone who spent over $600 on one, it still leaves a sour taste in my mouth to the point that I won't be buying another iPad anytime soon.
Ours basically just gets used for Netflix streaming now because that's about all I can do on it without getting frustrated by the overall lack of responsiveness of the device. It's like a cheap Android tablet now in terms of responsiveness.
Wonder if this will buck the trend and they'll make it so that all phones that can run 8 will be able to run 9...