I have the 6 and I do not see any issues in speed. I always update about a week into a release. Update all my apps. I have a iPad Air which is working great as well. Has mostly streaming and ebook software.
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Just don’t use a 7 Plus or new iPad, comparing iOS 11 on them vs yours. If you do, then you’ll realize what you’re missing.
Mind you, streaming and eBook software aren’t particularly taxing.
i wasnt talking about ability to get new iOS updates. im talking about the performance of new updates. two different things...
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Is 3GB "enough"? Maybe. My 6 Plus runs like a dog, but then again it's time for new iPhones to be announced so it's doing its obligatory slowdown.
Keep in mind, Apple is not building these things to last. Putting in 6GB if it only "needs" 3 to make sure it runs well for the next 3 years does not mesh with their marketing strategy. Aka Phil "I like a new iPhone every year" Schiller.
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Is 3GB "enough"? Maybe. My 6 Plus runs like a dog, but then again it's time for new iPhones to be announced so it's doing its obligatory slowdown.
Keep in mind, Apple is not building these things to last. Putting in 6GB if it only "needs" 3 to make sure it runs well for the next 3 years does not mesh with their marketing strategy. Aka Phil "I like a new iPhone every year" Schiller.
He actually wrote something along the lines of "nearly certain"
But would someone explain why anyone at Apple would risk heir job, even their career, leaking this information only a day or two before the event?! They are anonymous, so they get no 15 minutes of fame. None of the "rags" involved are in the business of paying for leaks (as far as I know) and, even if they were, they don't have enough money to make it worthwhile to someone to risk their livelihood.
I'm also appalled by the ethics of the developer and the tech sites for publishing the information. Does it really get them that much more advertising revenue? At what cost to their integrity?! It's not as if these were State secrets or evidence of hidden collusion with a foreign government. Plus, it was all coming out in a couple of days, anyway.
At one level, they've done a disservice to the Mac community. Is their role to scoop Apple and pass along leaks? Or, is it to be there with deep analysis and insight?! They could have taken the information and used it to prep in- depth stories, in advance, and not spoil the surprise!
I still wonder who pointed me in the right direction of the G5 970MP, when nobody else knew about it. I was able to get my 15 minutes of fame, but partially because some anonymous person with inside info hinted heavily where to look. I've often wondered if it was somebody inside Apple. (Also, why me? Well, I had an Apple blog at the time, and wrote a lot about my predictions about upcoming releases, so maybe s/he figured I was as good a person to leak too as anyone.) I have never heard from that person again.
You can ask the same question why some people conduct espionage against their own country. Some do it for free, others do it for small sums of money. Disaffection and grudges comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_spying
True, but don't you think that it is kind of weird that even when they follow the highest standards around security and confidentiality they didn't password protected such an integral part of their most important product in years? These files were not even behind a VPN, that's incredibly strange, we're talking about first level basic protection here.
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The 6S was the last great iPhone, to this day.
There would certainly be a lower yield (half as many per wafer) but for a phone starting at $1K, that may be acceptable.
Never? Remember square format film cameras?
If the leak was malicious as reported, these security features would probably be turned off.
As we get close to launch, the security and confidentiality has to be relaxed for testing to occur.
We're down to T minus 7 days for launch. These GM builds may be for testing on production hardware. Apple employees need to test production iPhone 8 and X hardware using GM software. The update software process can't be password protected or behind a firewall. The experience has to be same as what a customer would experience.
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Consider that the iPhone 7 was released a few months later. The later released phone always has the advantages. My S7 edge outperforms our iPhone 6s.
YOU ARE ON AN APPLE RUMOURS SITE. It's like going to a movie spoilers site then complaining about spoilers.
It's hard to say exactly how these leaks were exactly exposed or surfacing. But I still think Apple Values security and I believe it was never their intentions for this copious amount detailed information arising within days of the Keynote.
I would expect them to be work within a Virtual Private Network, basic industry protocol. If you don't have access to this network, you don't need access to this files; only if you need access to this files, you get access to the network. No password protection or encryption of the files is necessary.
Simple security measures were never in place for this files, these were stored outside of the network and accessible to the public. That's really weird after all the security talk.
What no one has answered is how such a hypothetical "planned leak" would benefit Apple.
This leak deflated a lot of the hype and surprise and gives news coverage to MacRumors 9to5Mac instead of Apple. It gives the perception that Apple doesn't run a tight ship.
Was the iPhone X launch expected to be a forgettable event? Were tech columns providing more coverage in the last few weeks to LG than Apple? Is Apple planning on cutting advertising to iPhone? I bet hardly anyone could recognize a photo of Samsung's CEO compared to Tim Cook. This leak cost Apple the shock and awe factor that comes with each iPhone launch.
Actually, I think it creates a lot more hype, especially for people that do not follow rumour sites. This story is dominating the mainstream tech news cycles and obscuring the new phone releases happening these days. I'm sure they still have plenty of big surprises for tomorrow. If that's not the case, then you might be on to something.
As I mentioned in my previous post, we are so close to launch, Apple needs to test production iPhone 8 and X hardware with GM software.
The entire update mechanism needs to be tested in the event iOS 11.01 is pushed on launch day. This means testing the entire OTA update process.
In theory, Apple could force this GM software to be behind VPN and password. They could even take it further by forcing updates offline. Testers would need to go to the Cupertino office and update via a Lightning cable only.
It's a compromise between security and fixing bugs.
There's not much left to spoil, lol. I kind of wish I could unsee everything until back before the HomePod firmware. It's one thing to read about rumors and conjecture. It's quite another to have Apple spill the beans about everything before the event because then there's nothing left to chance. Sucks the excitement right out of it.
Nope. You can't do split screen realtime multitasking on the iphone like this (Google Chrome and YouTube for example)
And? That wasn't what was asked and what I responded to
Instead of pointlessly wasting half your page you can put your video in PIP on the iPhone and you can indeed go split screen on iPad.
Care to try again?
6GB and still slower than a 2016 iPhone 7......smh
Your phone will be 3 years old. Android phones slow down within 6 months.
It's been proven by Android Authority that iOS has a trick up its sleeve that Android doesn't have when it comes to memory management. iOS can compress background apps to 3% of it's original size, but on Android no compression is happening even though you're running 1 app at a time.
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-ios-ram-memory-usage-744848/
This is why iPads require more RAM for split screen.
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I can put any app in PIP, resize the window and have a YouTube video playing over the top of a 3rd app on a phone with QHD resolution and not crappy HD it works. Care to try again ;-)
