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iPhone 4s Users May Want to Avoid iOS 8 Due to Performance and Screen Size Issues
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Yes it is bigger due to the predictive text banner that now runs across the top of the keyboard.
iOS 8 is going to kill the 4?
Hello, iOS 7 already took care of that. RIP 4 and 4s if you weren't dead already!
Hello, iOS 7 already took care of that. RIP 4 and 4s if you weren't dead already!
Just upgraded my 4S 32GB. Works like a charm! Loving the new features.
I have those visual thingies turned off as I'm not fussed about the transitions, just getting the job done. Anyway, hope no-one falls for this article headline. All you have to do is spend a few minutes in Settings and turn off what you don't need / never use.
I have those visual thingies turned off as I'm not fussed about the transitions, just getting the job done. Anyway, hope no-one falls for this article headline. All you have to do is spend a few minutes in Settings and turn off what you don't need / never use.
Good point. I forgot about issues and needing to wipe it and start over. I was referring to when a new iOS is released.
I've never tried turning those options off in iOS 7, but it does feel snappier. Makes me eager to test iOS 8 now.
I'm afraid to tell you that this post is correct. The iPhone 4s is experiencing a lot of white screen with Safari even when loading MacRumors. And when you switch away to another app and return the Safari reloads the entire page again from scratch using been with and battery.
I'm also experiencing the dreaded delayed keyboard typing where you typing two words ahead of the keyboard and then it finally catches up.
I'm also experiencing a lot of crashing apps including this website he just gave me a crash and had to reload this page.
On the good side the new Siri speech recognition live dictation seems to work really well even on the 4s and the accuracy seems good as well. Also the hey Siri feature seems to work well on the 4s.
We'll see how battery life is over the next few days. I'm hoping there's an inprovment over iOS 7.
I'm also experiencing the dreaded delayed keyboard typing where you typing two words ahead of the keyboard and then it finally catches up.
I'm also experiencing a lot of crashing apps including this website he just gave me a crash and had to reload this page.
On the good side the new Siri speech recognition live dictation seems to work really well even on the 4s and the accuracy seems good as well. Also the hey Siri feature seems to work well on the 4s.
We'll see how battery life is over the next few days. I'm hoping there's an inprovment over iOS 7.
Lol. When I read this I got really depressed. I hope in three years we are colonizing space, not using iPhone 6's with iOS 11.
Oh well.
It's no slower than iOS 7 was for me, I'll be pretty happy if an improved performance update comes along.
working great on my 4s so far. The animated backgrounds now look like they're struggling for CPU, but it's not very noticeable. Loving Siri Hands-Free.
That sucks
I have an iPhone 5 but even running OS6 as I used to until less than a month ago... the applications asked me to upgrade.
Is happening that if you do not have the latest OS some applications stop working.
I had a version of Tinder that stopped working and asked me to upgrade, the same with Facebook. They always say "for security reasons". So even you have a fully functional hardware and make no upgrades, your applications will render useless overnight.
I have my iPhone 5 in pristine condition and I bet many iPhone 4 users too but Apple wants them to become useless one way or another.
I have an iPhone 5 but even running OS6 as I used to until less than a month ago... the applications asked me to upgrade.
Is happening that if you do not have the latest OS some applications stop working.
I had a version of Tinder that stopped working and asked me to upgrade, the same with Facebook. They always say "for security reasons". So even you have a fully functional hardware and make no upgrades, your applications will render useless overnight.
I have my iPhone 5 in pristine condition and I bet many iPhone 4 users too but Apple wants them to become useless one way or another.
You think anyone could make money selling 6/6+ cases with
"I paid $1000 for my phone, but all I got was 1GB of RAM"
on them?
Bumper stickers!
I was worried about this so I didn't update my 4S.
Instead I'll wait for my 6 to arrive and enjoy IOS8 then.
Instead I'll wait for my 6 to arrive and enjoy IOS8 then.
This article made me question installing iOS 8 on my 4S, but I went ahead anyway after reading some positive comments.
I am a daily 4S user and don't plan to update anytime soon, here is my recap to those debating going from 7 to 8:
Reduce Motion: ON
Increase Contrast/Reduce Transparency: ON
Predictive Text: OFF
Text size: 1 setting lower than default (smaller text)
With the above settings, the phone feels and responds as iOS 7 did. With Predictive Text set to ON, you get a slow down / reduction of smoothness when typing. Also screen size is reduced slightly due to predictive text adding a line, but it's not game breaking. I disabled it anyway as I don't care for it, so it looks just as iOS 7 did.
Good luck to those upgrading. Yes, this article is a bit misleading. You have a 3 year old device, don't expect to have all the UI settings set to high because that's wishful thinking. Running it with the settings I mentioned above has little to no impact on performance for me, and I am glued to my device.
I am a daily 4S user and don't plan to update anytime soon, here is my recap to those debating going from 7 to 8:
Reduce Motion: ON
Increase Contrast/Reduce Transparency: ON
Predictive Text: OFF
Text size: 1 setting lower than default (smaller text)
With the above settings, the phone feels and responds as iOS 7 did. With Predictive Text set to ON, you get a slow down / reduction of smoothness when typing. Also screen size is reduced slightly due to predictive text adding a line, but it's not game breaking. I disabled it anyway as I don't care for it, so it looks just as iOS 7 did.
Good luck to those upgrading. Yes, this article is a bit misleading. You have a 3 year old device, don't expect to have all the UI settings set to high because that's wishful thinking. Running it with the settings I mentioned above has little to no impact on performance for me, and I am glued to my device.
iOS 8 is working pretty well for me on my 4S. The first few hours it felt rather slow, perhaps as has been mentioned, it was indexing the file system?
I definitely was noticing dropped frames when launching or switching between apps and the homescreen. But I've turned on the "Reduce motion" option and it feels a lot more responsive. Actually I now prefer the "Reduce motion" option and feel it makes iOS a generally more pleasant, fluid experience.
I would say it seems like apps are more often being swapped out of RAM than with iOS 7, but I can live with that. One exception is the Facebook app which really takes ages to start up. But I mostly use Flipboard to access Facebook anyway.
I definitely was noticing dropped frames when launching or switching between apps and the homescreen. But I've turned on the "Reduce motion" option and it feels a lot more responsive. Actually I now prefer the "Reduce motion" option and feel it makes iOS a generally more pleasant, fluid experience.
I would say it seems like apps are more often being swapped out of RAM than with iOS 7, but I can live with that. One exception is the Facebook app which really takes ages to start up. But I mostly use Flipboard to access Facebook anyway.
I am on the same boat too...this is going to be interesting.
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I'm an iOS developer and have also been using a 4S on iOS8 beta as my daily phone since beta 1.
The first 2 or 3 betas were (typically) very low performance. However by around beta 3 or 4, everything was pretty snappy.
iOS8 is far better on the 4S than iOS7 performance-wise, although of course the phone still struggles particularly in low-memory situations.
One surprising performance improvement I found was when I changed the battery. My 4S was not holding a full charge, and was constantly freezing up (even while still on iOS7). After replacing the battery with a brand new one, performance improved dramatically.
To anyone with a 4S, I'd recommend upgrading to iOS8 asap. And if your battery is unreliable or fading, look into replacing it. It practically rejuvenates the performance (I wish I knew more about electronics to understand why that is!)
I don't want to sound scrutinizing, but when an app developer tells me to upgrade an OS...I can't help to think that there is conflict of interest.
I reported the OP but MR has failed to take down this piece of crap which is causing some people to decide not to update.
I've been running with all the betas and now the GM on my 3rd gen iPad and not noticed any appreciable difference in speed with the iOS 8 GM vs 7.1.2 - in fact some things even feel a little bit quicker so based on my experience I'd say go for it...
I was going to look at the Air 2 (or whatever fancy name they come up with for it) later this year to finally replace it but having just forked out for an iPhone 6 I may be putting that off for another year and thankfully iOS 8 seems more than capable of getting me there... iOS 9 may be interesting though as I'm guessing that will finally drop iPad 2 support making the 3rd gen the base model.
As others have mentioned give it a few hours after the update before making any judgement calls on speed as it seems to spend that time rebuilding the spotlight indexes and generally buggering about with stuff in the background which can slow things down initially...