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Guacamole

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I fear updating to IOS16.. I'm still on IOS 15.7.1 .. mostly because of the battery.. don't know what to do.
How's the battery copying?
 
Is not. I suggest to stay on 15.
1. The battery sucks.
2. If you keep your finger on the lock screen for one second goes to wallpaper customisation. When before used to do nothing or play the live wallpaper.
3. Live wallpapers are gone
4. Weather and weather widget are broken and takes a long time for them to receive data and update.
5. The notification are down at the bottom of the screen
6. Point 5 wouldn't really be an issue if they weren't so glitchy when swiping up.
7. Many visual glitches when swiping right or left between apps.
8. I wish I had made a backup with ios 15.7.
Just my 2 cents. 🤳
 
I'm on io16 and eh, I could take it or leave it..

  • My battery is good and I make to the end of the day with about 40% remaining. Can't tell any difference between 15 and 16.
  • I hate the lock screen and the constant jumping into the setup. I have one lockscreen and I wish keep one lockscreen
  • Notifications suck. Some I want to keep front and center, indefinitely, until I decide to dismiss them.. Can't do that.
  • Advanced data protection is a nice addition and I have it on.
That's about it.
 
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stay on 15 you arent missing anything ios 16 lockscreen and notification system is so absolutely dumb and awful, that alone I wish never updated, its a terrible update. battery life has been fine though.
 
If you are not planning to buy AirPods Pro 2 and some features like Lock Screen customization, battery percentage and other small ones are not necessary, then stay on iOS 15, you won't lose anything.
Regarding battery life, it is really good with the latest update, however iOS 15 was even better.
 
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If you are not planning to buy AirPods Pro 2 and some features like Lock Screen customization, battery percentage and other small ones are not necessary, then stay on iOS 15, you won't lose anything.
Regarding battery life, it is really good with the latest update, however iOS 15 was even better.
but I can't stay on iOS 15 forever.. maybe iOS 17 will be worst😄

it's really sad having a year and half old phone a new IOS will make it worst , should be the opposite, should make things better.

I don't have AirPods Pro (just the non pro) but I have the watch and it doesn't let me update until I have updated my phone to Ios16
 
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but I can't stay on iOS 15 forever.. maybe iOS 17 will be worst😄

it's really sad having a year and half old phone a new IOS will make it worst , should be the opposite, should make things better.

I don't have AirPods Pro (just the non pro) but I have the watch and it doesn't let me update until I have updated my photo to Ios16
Let's hope, that iOS 17 will be better :)
 
I keep reading 16.4 is still causing battery drain.. I'll skip iOS 16 for the time being
 
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