FatPuppy
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iPad Air 1 and iOS 8.3 stuttering
Just wait till you see ios 9, complete lag fest.
iPad Air 1 and iOS 8.3 stuttering
I hope 8.4 improves the performance in Ipad Air 1, because after a year, it´s inexcusable the low Ipad 1 performance with IOS 8.3...
Just wait till you see ios 9, complete lag fest.
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Just wait till you see ios 9, complete lag fest.
Ah, so basically guesses and assumptions.
You can certainly do that, but whether or not that turns out to be the case still won't change that right now, at the moment when the statement was made, it's still nothing more than a guess/assumption since there's no actual information about iOS 9 that is really available.Ok, just screenshot this conversation and let's wait till it is released.
OP, I gave you the answer in the first reply to your thread, and while glib, that post was your answer.
You spent much extra time and resources running around because Apple will never tell you "we purposely slowed down your iPad with our latest software update because our CEO is a bean-counter who only answers to the board of directors and shareholders, and secretly thinks end-users do not matter so go spend more money and buy an iPad Air 2"
In the Tim Cook era of Apple, one would be wise to not install a newer OS (iOS OR OS X) than the one that came with the device.
Small .point updates are fine, but major new releases seem to cripple even 1-2 year old hardware.
Seriously, Apple is taking advantage of the lack of "checks and balances" that exist in a company making both the hardware and the software. People are finally getting wise to this and this will bite Tim Cook in the @ss eventually.
P.s. My iPad Air (version 1) will live on 7.1.2 for the rest of its life, thanks Tim Cook.
But..but aren't you worried about security threats from an old OS?
/sarc
I get stuttering and some wifi drop outs and constant safari web page reloads on my iPad Air since iOS 8.2
I guess this is the new Apple vision of Tim Cook to make everyone move on.
I guess this is the new Apple vision of Tim Cook to make everyone move on.
Nah, that still stutters in portrait. control center and Notification Center stutter on lock screen, over open folder, over keyboard. Turning anything with a keyboard open is just bad. Turning spotlight or power off screen also stutter. Turning app store is bad too. There are many more areas but I don't want to describe ALL of them.
However, my iPad does not stutter just from flipping pages like that. Not sure what to say.
I'm surprised that several people thumbed up your post, the thing is, I've just tried all of what you've said and I don't have any of that on my iPad Air (1).
I'm starting to think that the size of the iPad storage could make a difference. Some users on here told me it isn't the case, but we all know that flash storage becomes faster the bigger it is. I have the 128 GB version, it would be interesting to know what storage size other people have, and if they have any performance or lag issues?
I was thinking of buying a 5S to use with iOS 8. If I knew that smaller storage would make it lag, I wouldn't want to get a 16 GB one.
I'm going to add to your observed list of people who say that isn't the case, because it isn't. It's shoddy software combined with underpowered iPad. Yes, the regular A7 is allegedly more powerful than the A6X, so the iPad Air and Mini 2/3 are improvements over the iPad 4. Even so, the GPU in the A7 just isn't enough to handle the constant Gaussian Blur filters at such a high resolution. Also, the 64 bit architecture has increased the size of instructions, causing less RAM to be available. And did I mention bad software?? That's the biggie here.
My friend has a 32GB Cellular iPad Air and it's the same in performance, if not worse. The large screen makes it easier to see frame drops, and it probably doesn't help that he has loads and loads of apps. My 16GB mini is pretty free on space.
To be honest, you are probably gifted with eyes that aren't that sensitive to frame drops, and that's why you "Dont have these problems". You're lucky, because you can live on without being bothered by these issues. Plus, if you take my snobbiness and pickiness into account when dealing with graphical things, you get vocal people like me.
Yeah, I agree. Keep in mind, even iOS 7.1.2 was still by no means perfect, though. There was still stutter in turning a keyboard, there was that huge jump when sliding down spotlight quickly, control/Notification Center on lock screen stuttered, going into Siri was never 60FPS like on iPhone 5 or later. There's more, but you get the point. Pretty much the same jist as iOS 8, just everything was intensified and there are quite a few new ones. Basic app opening and especially closing has the occasional stutter, sliding down for spotlight is stuttery and has a jumpy keyboard, and now taping the Safari URL bar has a jumpy/stuttery keyboard. Split keyboard is horrendous in all ways in safari, fine everywhere else. Again, there's more but you get the point.The iPad Air 1 ran iOS 7 silky smooth on all animations. iOS 7 was even silky smooth on iPad 4.
iOS 8 is just poorly coded and optimized. Its that simple. There are no other explanations. Especially when iPhone 6 and 6+ also have animation issues and stutters.
Actually my eyes are very sensitive to all kinds of frame drops - I do get very slight ones on my iPad sometimes, but this is really very rare!
I could eventually make a video if I find some time. Make a list of what I should do and I'll film it.
I have a lot of stuff (effects etc.) turned off also, perhaps it makes a difference.
I'm surprised that several people thumbed up your post, the thing is, I've just tried all of what you've said and I don't have any of that on my iPad Air (1).
I'm starting to think that the size of the iPad storage could make a difference. Some users on here told me it isn't the case, but we all know that flash storage becomes faster the bigger it is. I have the 128 GB version, it would be interesting to know what storage size other people have, and if they have any performance or lag issues?
I was thinking of buying a 5S to use with iOS 8. If I knew that smaller storage would make it lag, I wouldn't want to get a 16 GB one.