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iPad 2 iOS 8 Performance

Morac said:
The 4S doesn't have the WiFi hardware that supports peer to peer WiFi (i.e. WiFi Direct), which is also why the 4S doesn't support AirDrop. This is why Apple requires both BlueTooth and WiFi be on for AirDrop.

The 4S will support Handoff since, as you wrote, it has Bluetooth 4.0. Handoff doesn't use peer to peer WiFi.

Handoff does however require Bluetooth 4.0, so it won't be on the iPad 2.
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Ahh ok. Thanks for explaining it, knew it needed something else.
 
SMS doesn't need Bluetooth. There are a lot of people on these forums that have no idea what they're talking about.
 
DavidBlack said:
Why? It doesn't drain much battery on newer devices at least.
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Kills the battery on my iPad 2, iPhone 5 and MacBook Pro. Why have it on if I don't need it?

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Morac said:
It helps to read all the earlier posts. The iPad 2 does not have Bluetooth 4.0 LE.
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But SMS and phone calls are over wifi. It's definite that the ipad 2 won't get handoff but I can't see why it wouldn't get continuity.
 
DcGamer05 said:
Awful I hate it safari reloads even with one tab open. Multitasking menu is like ten seconds after you press the home button. So far I'm not happy
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Wow, people won't be happy then. A5 devices make up something like 59 percent of iPad users. Bad performance = instant backlash.
 
oldmacs said:
Wow, people won't be happy then. A5 devices make up something like 59 percent of iPad users. Bad performance = instant backlash.
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I feel like this really shouldn't be the issue for iPad 2 users. They had updates since iOS 4.3, there isn't any mobile device with software support like the iPad 2. I'm incredibly surprised that the iPad 2 wasn't dropped earlier for sake of newer products.
 
RoboWarriorSr said:
I feel like this really shouldn't be the issue for iPad 2 users. They had updates since iOS 4.3, there isn't any mobile device with software support like the iPad 2. I'm incredibly surprised that the iPad 2 wasn't dropped earlier for sake of newer products.
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You do know the iPad 2 is the most used iPad right?
 
RoboWarriorSr said:
I feel like this really shouldn't be the issue for iPad 2 users. They had updates since iOS 4.3, there isn't any mobile device with software support like the iPad 2. I'm incredibly surprised that the iPad 2 wasn't dropped earlier for sake of newer products.
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The iPad 2 only has 512 MB of RAM compared with 1 MB for newer devices. That's already an issue under iOS 7 since it causes apps to get swapped out of memory and some more memory intensive apps to be problematic, causing memory errors in iOS itself.

I can't see iOS 8 using less memory than iOS 7, so I expect this to get worse.
 
Ipad mini still awful

1st generation iPad mini is still awful after a reset all settings. I thought it might speed things up even after I tweaked it. But I really might go back to iOS 7
 
Morac said:
The iPad 2 only has 512 MB of RAM compared with 1 MB for newer devices. That's already an issue under iOS 7 since it causes apps to get swapped out of memory and some more memory intensive apps to be problematic, causing memory errors in iOS itself.

I can't see iOS 8 using less memory than iOS 7, so I expect this to get worse.
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Since apple kept it around so long as it was probably good for their profits or whatever, that they have a responsibility of ensuring that software runs well on it.

29 percent of iPads in use today are iPad 2s...
 
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