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iPhone 6+ Lag
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My Facebook app crashes all the time on the 6+. The content looks great until it crashes
Have they updated it yet? Mine seems to go dark when I launch for a second or two, then its fine.
Facebook for iOS has always been laggy for me. In fact, Facebook on Android handles multitasking better and seem to just resume from the state I left it in so I can jump right in. The iOS version always restarts itself (lag of RAM? )
)After further playing around with the software, I have found:
- Generally, the iPhone 6+ performs very well & is extremely smooth.
- There is no lag whilst rotating the device in an app with the keyboard open.
- The only lag I noticed was within Spotlight when rotating the keyboard.
This is almost certainly a software bug and can almost certainly be fixed. Just, in order for that to happen, the bug must be heard by Apple.
I am unaware on how to report the bug to Apple... any suggestions?
- Generally, the iPhone 6+ performs very well & is extremely smooth.
- There is no lag whilst rotating the device in an app with the keyboard open.
- The only lag I noticed was within Spotlight when rotating the keyboard.
This is almost certainly a software bug and can almost certainly be fixed. Just, in order for that to happen, the bug must be heard by Apple.
I am unaware on how to report the bug to Apple... any suggestions?
Lol this is funny. Folks, it's the SAME hardware in every plus and they ALL have the same problem: DOWNSCALING.
You may not notice it, as the "desktop class" scaler does do a pretty good job, but let's be honest: pretty good doesn't cut it for most fanboys (myself included lol).
It jitters and stutters similar to an iPad 3. That's a great comparison.
The plus is a gimped 6 with a bigger screen. If you have to have the bigger screen, go for it, otherwise the 6 is the superior hardware for now. OIS is needed because of the unwieldy size too, and the battery is required to push that giant screen (why battery life isnt as crazy as some thought it'd be). They aren't "features" they're necessary so the plus doesn't fall further behind.
Love my 6, and everyone I know that's switched (10+ people) do too.
No more jitterbug lol
You may not notice it, as the "desktop class" scaler does do a pretty good job, but let's be honest: pretty good doesn't cut it for most fanboys (myself included lol).
It jitters and stutters similar to an iPad 3. That's a great comparison.
The plus is a gimped 6 with a bigger screen. If you have to have the bigger screen, go for it, otherwise the 6 is the superior hardware for now. OIS is needed because of the unwieldy size too, and the battery is required to push that giant screen (why battery life isnt as crazy as some thought it'd be). They aren't "features" they're necessary so the plus doesn't fall further behind.
Love my 6, and everyone I know that's switched (10+ people) do too.
No more jitterbug lol
Yup, those are folks I know. That's a lot of returs for one person to know of, most for any product I can remember.
Maybe they should recall and upgrade the plus?
I really believe most of the lag and stuttering experienced is due to software. iOS 8 has A LOT of room for improvement. The 6+ should have WAY MORE then adequate power to GUI in iOS.
This isn't like the iPad 3 which game devs had to dumb down graphics to get to run smoothly. Game devs are actually adding graphics for the new iPhones (at least with the 6).
Not only are we dealing with new hardware we are dealing with new software. Namely the swift programming language. PS3 was a good example of this, having its own programming language caused issues (changed with the PS4) and you can notice games that came out years after the console where smoother with better graphics. Devs had to adapt and perfect their programming for it.
I think people that don't have it just don't notice it. I was discussing this with a buddy of mine who was very persistent his 4S didn't lag and was just as fast as ever. Out of curiosity to see if it was just my 4S I used his. I noticed the same thing on his that I noticed on mine. But for some reason he was unable to recognize it.
I believe we will see improvements with subsequent updates. I just hope Apple makes it a bigger priority then they have with updates of this nature in the past.
This isn't like the iPad 3 which game devs had to dumb down graphics to get to run smoothly. Game devs are actually adding graphics for the new iPhones (at least with the 6).
Not only are we dealing with new hardware we are dealing with new software. Namely the swift programming language. PS3 was a good example of this, having its own programming language caused issues (changed with the PS4) and you can notice games that came out years after the console where smoother with better graphics. Devs had to adapt and perfect their programming for it.
I think people that don't have it just don't notice it. I was discussing this with a buddy of mine who was very persistent his 4S didn't lag and was just as fast as ever. Out of curiosity to see if it was just my 4S I used his. I noticed the same thing on his that I noticed on mine. But for some reason he was unable to recognize it.
I believe we will see improvements with subsequent updates. I just hope Apple makes it a bigger priority then they have with updates of this nature in the past.
revisionist history, man. The 4 was a far better phone than the 3Gs, and the 5 was much better than the 4s. Same for the 6 over the 5s. The phones get better every year.
I'm getting lag that reminds me of the iPad 3. You're not alone. The lag is intermittent and all over the place. Particularly when you open Apps, you get that slightly extended pause and then slow flash as the UI is drawn up and presented. Stutter... stutter.... stutter... It makes my 5S look like a speed demon.
And you think this is because of a hardware performance issue?
Could it be, I don't know, maybe a compatibility issue with the new phone or iOS 8? I mean, could it possibly be app software related? Just throwing a wild guess out there....
Just to add an observation as I haven't had much time to putz around with my 6+ yet... but I installed Zen Garden since it was mentioned in the thread and when I ran it, the initial zooms to each scene did involve some stutter. But once it had gone through all of them, subsequent zooms and pans to each were very smooth.... It felt like when it started up the app, it had to kick other stuff out of RAM and then once the app scenes were cached, it was smooth sailing after that (I wasn't consciously running anything in the background and I had only listened to a podcast that concluded before I tried it). I am still on 8.0 and was waiting until the updates were stable before going higher.
I don't think I recall ever seeing stuttering on my iPad 3rd gen or even the 4S with video or animation.
I don't think I recall ever seeing stuttering on my iPad 3rd gen or even the 4S with video or animation.
Oh ya, that iPad 3 stuttered. We had twelve of them in our office for 2 years and used them a lot. And you'll notice many others on here referencing it. It was a problem particularly when iOS 7 came out I believe. But the reality on it was the jump in ppi and driving all those screen pixels.
Anyway, if this turns out to be in anyway related to a lack of RAM I'm going to get blue in the face. How long Apple until you put more than 1 GB of RAM in this. What are we missing...
mine lags from time to time and i would say there is no IP6+ that dont lag, just the owners dont realize it. When i scroll a web page down fast i can see clearly a bit of stuttering going on and something like that, its not that smooth the old iphone4 was with original OS back then. IOS7 on the Iphone4 is horrible slow. Apple should invest in more RAM and maybe faster CPU, those ppl earn enough with every iphone.
I'm having lag issues as well. I really like the screen size of the plus. Also there just isn't enough ram. I'm disappointed with Apple lately. If my 5 doesn't sell on eBay, I think I will return the plus and go back to it. Some oh the coming android phones have my interest. Android L looks interesting, and this is coming from direction who's bed with the iPhone since the 3g. I can't even use handoff/continuity on my early 2011 MacBook pro without physically changing the Bluetooth card. Might as well get on the S cycleof upgrades.
And because YOU don't have the issues on a 6, then it possibly cannot be a app compatibility issue with a 6 PLUS.
Ok, got it.