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iPhone is it OK to update to iOS 8.1 on an iPhone 5?
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Question is; why do you want to update? Is there some new important feature in iOS8 that you want? For example, If custom keyboard is very important then go for it. (I personally don't need that useless Klingon keyboard)
However, general rule of iOS updates is that it will make you device worse ie. slower. Safari will be slower = about 100ms higher sunspider result on your iPhone 5 for example. Apps will open slower etc. So if you want smoother OS better stay on iOS 7. iOS8 also brings many weird bugs.
However, general rule of iOS updates is that it will make you device worse ie. slower. Safari will be slower = about 100ms higher sunspider result on your iPhone 5 for example. Apps will open slower etc. So if you want smoother OS better stay on iOS 7. iOS8 also brings many weird bugs.
If iOS8 would make your phone faster there would be threads about it everywhere. But, for now, 8.1 only makes it slower. Safari now takes extra second before anything happens when clicking on links. What gives?
I waited till 8.1 and did a clean install. After one week, I see no difference in performance vs. 7.1.2. If anything, Safari seems to load (complex) pages faster than before.
On top, message and call forwarding to my Mac, as well as being able to send messages and make calls from the Mac are a big plus for me.
On top, message and call forwarding to my Mac, as well as being able to send messages and make calls from the Mac are a big plus for me.
What score do you get on sunspider 1.0.2? It was 800ms on iOS7 Safari? Have you noticed one second delay between clicking a web link and loading it?
897ms, whatever that means
no page ever loaded instantaneously, so what does 1s delay mean?
Well, 897ms means that Safari is slower and saying that its faster is just placebo.
Ios7= click on web page link. Os registers that instantly and starts loading page
Ios8=click on web page link. Lift your finger up. Nothing happens for 1 sec. Os is lagging and thinking what do... Then it starts loading page.
I don't care how much thinking the os has to do. What I care about is the total time from the moment I tap a link to the moment the page is fully loaded. To me, that time seems to be shorter on ios 8.
You are right brother. Insanely annoying! It's the first thing I check after a major update and the first thing I noticed. I want my 7.1.2 back or just the safari from there. I missed the darn cutoff. So disappointed so far in iOS 8-8.1.
thanks guys for all the replies and advices, I think I'm going to wait until a good update comes out, until then I will stay at 7.1.2.
I did not want any new features, just wanted to stay updated, but seems iOS 8 is not that good now.
thanks again!
I did not want any new features, just wanted to stay updated, but seems iOS 8 is not that good now.
thanks again!
An extra second, OMG, the horrors
Come on smartass. OP asked if iOS 8 would make iPhone 5 slower? And yes, it's slower OS compared to iOS 7.1.2. on any device. Some may say: "I dont notice it any slower than iOS 7". Just look at some tests and you will see it. There are also people who say iOS 8 is fine on iPhone 4s. Not.
There's no denying that iOS 7.1.2 is more lightweight compared to iOS 8. Iphone 6 would scream if it had iOS 7.1.2. Hopefully iOS 8.2 or iOS 9 will change this.
Also, it's not that you had to wait second longer. You just don't know if your clicking was registered or not without any indication showing.
I upgraded my iPhone 5 w/ 16 GB to 8.1 on release date. I have had absolutely no problems with it, and it doesn't feel any slower than it ever did. I've been through the versions from 6.x to 8.1, and never had any trouble on the 5.
As for page load benchmarks, I'd also say 1 second is hardly anything to worry about. One must also consider that there are other factors in page loads in your web browser. For example, Internet connection speed, congestion, other activities on the connection at the same time, etc. All of those factor in.
I notice greater differences than 1 second even on a computer depending on how much traffic is on a given site at the moment, how congested the connection might be, other things going on at the moment on my network, etc.
As for page load benchmarks, I'd also say 1 second is hardly anything to worry about. One must also consider that there are other factors in page loads in your web browser. For example, Internet connection speed, congestion, other activities on the connection at the same time, etc. All of those factor in.
I notice greater differences than 1 second even on a computer depending on how much traffic is on a given site at the moment, how congested the connection might be, other things going on at the moment on my network, etc.
It's not about page loading speed. It's about clicking link in Safari and then waiting too see if iOS registers your click.
But if we are talking about page loading speeds, IOS 8.1 is still slower than iOS 7.1.2 in Sunspider 1.0.2