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Poll: What do you miss about iOS 8 that's not on iOS 9?

Which of these do you miss the most?

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It’s hard to believe that there are so many ‘iOS 8 was way smoother’ comments when I remember that people were craving for a ‘Snow Leopard’ release of iOS.
 
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I missed/miss apps not lagging when opening (you tap the app, and it goes black then opens, instead of going straight to open. I just miss performance in general, which is hilarious, because when iOS 8 came out, I missed iOS 7.1.2 performance.
 
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KALLT said:
It’s hard to believe that there are so many ‘iOS 8 was way smoother’ comments when I remember that people were craving for a ‘Snow Leopard’ release of iOS.
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Maybe because iOS 9 (For at least some) is worse than iOS 8 (laughable considering how bad iOS 8 was). Perhaps also those who were craving a snow leopard release of iOS expected it to actually be a snow leopard release (for them) rather than a whole lot of false advertising.
 
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vertsix said:
The overwhelming positive feedback about iOS 9 performance is shocking.

I can't believe it.

But the poll shows otherwise.
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Well, you did skew the poll to the negative. I mean, it's just slightly better then this:

Poll Question: How bad is iOS 9?

(A) It's bad
(B) So bad
(C) Very very bad
(D) Horrific
(E) The worst thing ever
(F) Even worse then that
(G) Other

Hey everyone polled had something bad to say about iOS 9, it must be terrible! Ignorance and apologists everywhere!
 
31 Flavas said:
I'm curious. If you could have made the call: Would you have artificially cut off those devices from iOS 7? Or would you have released it anyway?

i.e. Should iOS 7, 8, 9 never have been released for these devices, even though they could run it?
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Yes, but I just think that some UI effects (such as the blur effect in Control Center, banners, Notification Center, etc.) isn't handled well by the A5. In fact, blur was left out in some areas on the iPad 2.

Someone thought it was fine to keep these things even though the A5 simply can't push them well. However, you can significantly improve performance if you Increase Contrast on Settings.
 
The only thing I miss, and laugh at me all you want, but it's the stock apple wallpapers. I have them back in a folder in my gallery, but still lol.
 
31 Flavas said:
I'm curious. If you could have made the call: Would you have artificially cut off those devices from iOS 7? Or would you have released it anyway?

i.e. Should iOS 7, 8, 9 never have been released for these devices, even though they could run it?
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I don't know. Either way, Apple wouldn't have won. Right now, we have people complaining about how laggy their devices are and if the update was blocked on purpose, they would complain shout not ever getting it.
 
TechGod said:
I don't know. Either way, Apple wouldn't have won. Right now, we have people complaining about how laggy their devices are and if the update was blocked on purpose, they would complain shout not ever getting it.
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Exactly. Accusations can be and often are entirely convenient and change on a whim to suit the individuals needs. Or as you elude to: They'd complain either way. Now mind you, I'm not saying iPhone users can't complain. Squeaky wheel usually gets the grease, after all. But, there is a component here where complainers are just being typically unreasonable or unrealistic and forum posters calling them out on it shouldn't result in accusations of defensive apologetic fanboyism or whatever.

But, I guess it's all what makes the world go around. The day when no one cares enough to flame Apple over how terrible and how much the new patch or new version of iOS sucks, is the day we all should be concerned.
 
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iOS9.0 and 9.0.1 were horrible on both my iPad mini2 and iPhone 5s but since 9.0.2 both devices are a lot better but still in comparison to iOS8.4 these are the good and the bad.

the bad
- 3rd party keyboards lag is very annoying there is some with Swype (still after yesterdays update) on both iPhone and iPad and major lag with Path Input for iPad
- in some cases i couldn't select the 3rd party keyboard in Spotlight search
- slight delay in opening apps and actually showing the content of the app

the good
- no more resprings on iPad mini2 with various apps (Apple or 3rd party) which was the case with iOS8.3 and iOS8.4
 
I would have to say the old app switcher. I used to use the app thumbnails to reference info without having having to actually go into the app. Now a chunk of each app preview is cut off.
 
oldmacs said:
Maybe because iOS 9 (For at least some) is worse than iOS 8 (laughable considering how bad iOS 8 was). Perhaps also those who were craving a snow leopard release of iOS expected it to actually be a snow leopard release (for them) rather than a whole lot of false advertising.
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And you are forgetting the troubles people had with 10.6.0 when it was first released. It took 8 point releases until it was polished as everyone remembers.
 
hawwkk55 said:
And you are forgetting the troubles people had with 10.6.0 when it was first released. It took 8 point releases until it was polished as everyone remembers.
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I'm using 'Snow Leopard release' in the loosest sense - e.g. a release that improves performance and stability.
 
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