Considering that iOS is already the most lightweight, least resource-intensive OS out there, and iOS 9 will be even better...this seems like a silly thing to be scared of.
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iPhone 6S to have major CPU bump (with links)
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Considering that iOS is already the most lightweight, least resource-intensive OS out there, and iOS 9 will be even better...this seems like a silly thing to be scared of.
Exponentially? LOL! So you are saying your 6/6S performs 10 times faster than your 5S? 20 times faster?
Incrementally! Maybe.
He's not saying that the 6 is 10 times faster than the 5S. That's not wat exponential means.
If every iPhone is 10% faster than its predecessor, that's exponential growth.
Sorry but to me that is incremental or a slight bump in performance.
No need to put your seat belt on and hold on
Then your definitions are wrong. No need to blame someone else for your own misunderstanding.Sorry but to me that is incremental or a slight bump in performance.
No need to put your seat belt on and hold on
Where do I blame anyone? It is a matter of perception and have heard this huge power gain argument every time Apple introduces another phone. My definitions are just fine.
I have a more stuttery, clunky user experience with my 6 on ios8 than I did with my 4s on ios5, or even my 3G on iPhone os2. And now the 4s is all but unusable on iOS 8/ 9 beta. And I mean for basic things like typing a text message or loading this website.
There will come a point when even the mighty, unreleased 6s will struggle with keyboard input and people will accept you require the 2018 model to be able to type smoothly on a mobile phone.
I'm just getting quite jaded with having to rebuy basic functionality every 3 years.
I know, the A9 can't be much more powerful than the A8X (tablet) and use the same power as an A8 (phone), even with the increased efficiency from the smaller manufacturing process. The A9X, on the other hand, has a good shot.
This is true. For example, while the A8's 25% improvement relative to the A7 might not seem that big, relative to the A6 or A5 it is (around 400 Geekbench points would mean twice the score of the A5). I'm thinking we're about to reach the point where increased performance will be 10% in each generation, much like Intel's chips.
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Nope. Exponential curve fits the progression of power over the years.
If you're trying to say you think a phone should last more than 3-4 years, that's a pipe dream. Phones are getting several times more powerful every year on average, there isn't a hope in hell that any phone could hope to stay current for more than a couple years. The fact that the 4S is still being supported is a miracle. I have a 6+ on order, just to use until the 6S comes out, has the bugs worked out, and supply fills out. But up till today, I was using a 5C, running the iOS 9 beta. Even that slow, old thing was still working very well. Sure, some people have bad experiences, always. But again...iOS is the most efficient OS there is, Windows is close behind I suppose because it works well on low spec phones. Apple, as a whole, does amazingly well with keeping old, slow phones up to date.
I share the same experience each and every year.
This year will be different. With my iPhone 6 Plus doing a decent job, I'll happily forego the annual upgrade and celebrate the time and trouble I'll save. Cost isn't an issue for me, instead it's the time and trouble especially if it comes with the same average number of bugs and annoyances. I'll enjoy taking a break, reading others trials and tribulations, then jump back into the fray one year later. Apple certainly won't miss my money.
I envy you for being able to resist. I have someone waiting on my 6+ and waiting till the the 7 for me to upgrade would mean way more problems than an OS bug or two.
Well then, fasten your seatbelt and be prepared to be amazed!
Please excuse me and my 6S+ while we just move on with life, less impressed.
These new iPhones promise to be the best smartphones ever made. The leap in performance is going to be truly earth shattering. I can't wait to upgrade my iPhone 6 to the latest and greatest in just a few weeks. Bring on the new iPads and Apple TVs too!
i guess we'll have to agree to disagree. the fact that phone hardware is getting multiple times faster every few years is to me even more damning evidence of OS inefficiency when newer hardware is still often struggling to do the same things the older OS did smoothly. i don't expect the old hardware to run new features well, or even be guaranteed them at all. thats perfectly acceptable in the name of progress. what frustrates me is when basic stuff like keyboard input, website loading and even touchscreen responsiveness degrade with each update.
and to me it is horribly irresponsible of us all to just "accept" that we are disposing of all this tech en-masse every few years, often just to retain the status quo in terms of performance. i roll my eyes every time someone posts here about how mind blowingly awesome the new phone performance is going to be. i went from the 4S to the 6, which on paper should have been at least quadruple the raw performance if not more. basically all i got was a phone that lets me communicate and load websites with roughly the smoothness of my 4S in 2011, before it got bogged down with 'updates'.
I'm still using my 5 with the latest software, and it still runs very well. I don't get much of an issue with it, except that it gets altitude hot after extended use. I was going to upgrade to the 6+, but I ended up having to get some work done around the house, which used my iPhone money. The 6s+ will be my last phone for a while. As long as it has what I'm expecting it to have, I not need much more for a while.
It's clear you're someone that doesn't really need the full capability of the newest phones. That's totally fine, but it certainly does not hurt you that better tech is coming out. This sounds exactly like what people were saying during the period of time computers were advancing the same way smartphones are now. Makes no sense to think like this.
Also, I'm not sure what iPhones you're using that struggle to complete basic tasks...but every iPhone I've used has been faster than the one before. As to be expected.
to be honest I'm not sure what I'm discussing with you at this point. somehow you think I'm advocating for tech to stop progress. I want the opposite, for a 10x more powerful phone to empower a 10x more productive experience. Instead we get redesigned keyboards and app switchers that somehow consume 10x more resources to provide fundamentally the same experience we've had for the last 4-5 years.