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Really disappointed in my iPhone 7 Plus

I have a 7+ 128GB. Previously I had a 6+ which ran great and had no issues. In comparing the 6+ to the 7+ I have found the 7+ to be faster. I have had no problems with the hesitation or jerkiness. If anything it will move too fast and I open stuff I didn't intend to open. :eek: I have tried opening lots of apps including mail and safari - it is totally smooth. I really love my 7+. The improvement in the camera alone was the selling point for me. I have shot some awesome video with it.

So I wonder if it could be the batch of iPhones your carrier is getting? I don't know but if you are that unhappy take it back. The thing is too expensive to be unhappy with it. :(
 
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Applejuiced said:
Yes we're all going to upload videos each one of us to disprove you...
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Please. I'd like to know how I can DFU restore my iPhone with the official 10.2 release and still have the same problems, but other people have flawless iPhones.
 
Jayson A said:
Please. I'd like to know how I can DFU restore my iPhone with the official 10.2 release and still have the same problems, but other people have flawless iPhones.
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I experienced the same thing--both of my 7+ exhibited the same issues. Search for some of the other lag/frame drop threads.
 
It is very smooth for me. No issue for me. Dunno others but I am perfectly fine with iPhone 7 Plus smoothness and performance.

My iPhone 7 Plus is 128GB with iOS 10.2

 
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janeauburn said:
But barely. It also makes you realize that these phones are not, in fact, all that fast.
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No. The animations make it feel slow, at least in my opinion. I've had Android phones with similar app animations and I immediately turn them off in Developer Options.
 
Gathomblipoob said:
No. The animations make it feel slow, at least in my opinion. I've had Android phones with similar app animations and I immediately turn them off in Developer Options.
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When you turn the animations off, the phone or iOS shows how slow/laggy it is. On my old blackberry, stuff happened instantly. That's the way it should be. iOS is a dog or the phones are a dog. Doesn't matter which one it is. iOS animations mask the sluggishness of the phone. Turn them off, and the sluggishness is on full display.
 
janeauburn said:
When you turn the animations off, the phone or iOS shows how slow/laggy it is. On my old blackberry, stuff happened instantly. That's the way it should be. iOS is a dog or the phones are a dog. Doesn't matter which one it is. iOS animations mask the sluggishness of the phone. Turn them off, and the sluggishness is on full display.
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You can't turn the animations completely off on a stock iPhone. You'd have to be jailbroken to do that. When you have no animations at all, the phone will definitely seem zippier to the user.
 
Listen, I know the phone is fast, but the animations should be smooth and that's not the case here.
 
kristiguin said:
With repeated attempts, I certainly can't replicate that behavior in either app, and yes, I've upgraded to 10.2.
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I'm sure you don't see anything wrong, but if I was using your iPhone, I would probably see it.
 
r3m1 said:
I still cringe when I have to take my dongle out to connect my headset to my iPhone 7 plus when the announcement in the plane says "please put all your device in flight mode" and pray that my battery will last me 8+ hrs; as I cannot charge and listen without spending some extra money on another dongle solution.

... why, why Apple?
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Your answer is hidden in your question :apple:
 
Jayson A said:
I'm sure you don't see anything wrong, but if I was using your iPhone, I would probably see it.
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Excuse me? Are your eyes so amazingly superior to the rest of ours' that we can't see what you are talking about on our own phones? :) Seriously, when comparing to the videos you shared, mine is zip zip zip zippy. The apps you mention open in a flash. If the lags you are experiencing are so subtle that mere mortals like myself are not going to notice them, then I would say that the problem is in your imagination.
 
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jav6454 said:
Name the apps you have installed. Also, how many background apps do you have running?
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Apps are sandboxed, they shouldn't be affecting the OS or other apps. "Restore from new" is a stupid myth from min. wage apple workers who are not trained to diagnose problems.
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Applejuiced said:
You should give Android a shot...
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Interesting that people now don't even try to deny the lag and tell people to just try android.
 
macfacts said:
Apps are sandboxed, they shouldn't be affecting the OS or other apps. "Restore from new" is a stupid myth from min. wage apple workers who are not trained to diagnose problems.
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Interesting that people now don't even try to deny the lag and tell people to just try android.
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I think that's their way of saying that lag is worse in Android, and thus they are denying that's it's a problem on iOS. Of course, one's mileage on either platform will vary. One person's unacceptable lag is another person's non-issue.
 
macfacts said:
Apps are sandboxed, they shouldn't be affecting the OS or other apps. "Restore from new" is a stupid myth from min. wage apple workers who are not trained to diagnose problems.
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Interesting that people now don't even try to deny the lag and tell people to just try android.
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Restoring and setting up as new is the first thing Apple will have you do when having any issues with your device. In most cases it resolves many non hardware related problems. Software bugs and conflicts do happen so its far from a stupid myth as you falsely claim.

I didn't confirm or deny anything ;)
Just instructed him to try something else since he's not satisfied with his current device.
 
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I'm done. Apparently I have the only laggy iPhone. Apple must've turned on the lag switch for a select few iPhone 7 Pluses in iOS 10.2 and that's why all of your iPhones are fine.

I guess my Mail and Safari hardware chip must be bad.
 
Jayson A said:
I'm done. Apparently I have the only laggy iPhone. Apple must've turned on the lag switch for a select few iPhone 7 Pluses in iOS 10.2 and that's why all of your iPhones are fine.

I guess my Mail and Safari hardware chip must be bad.
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Either that Or maybe other users have no problems with their mail or Safari app?
Unless you assume that what you're experiencing happens on every iPhone 7 device and that millions of others live in a different reality than yourself...
 
Applejuiced said:
Either that Or maybe other users have no problems with their mail or Safari app?
Unless you assume that what you're experiencing happens on every iPhone 7 device and that millions of others live in a different reality than yourself...
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Well, it stutters even if I have no email accounts set up, so that's as plain as you can get. Safari stutters while opening even if I don't have any web pages loaded yet. Just the favorites screen comes up.
 
Okay, that's weird. I just switched to a different wallpaper and the issue was gone. Interestingly enough, the wallpaper I switched to was one of the animated ones.

Then I tried another wallpaper (one that I downloaded) and it was still stutter-free.

Then I set it back to the wallpaper that I had, and the stuttering is back.

Here's the wallpaper that makes it stutter

I wonder what's so special about this particular wallpaper? I've been using it since I got my iPhone 7 Plus and it wasn't an issue until 10.2 came out. Anyone care to try it out?
 

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Ive had the iPhone 7 128GB for the past week now and I have yet to see anything the OP has described. I made an update straight away to 10.2.1 beta so maybe thats why but I doubt it. I come from a line of Nexus devices last one being a 5X with Nougat 7.1.1 and the smoothness is incomparable.
 
borgsauce said:
Ive had the iPhone 7 128GB for the past week now and I have yet to see anything the OP has described. I made an update straight away to 10.2.1 beta so maybe thats why but I doubt it. I come from a line of Nexus devices last one being a 5X with Nougat 7.1.1 and the smoothness is incomparable.
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Read my last post. The wallpaper I was using was messing up my iPhone. No idea why the wallpaper matters but my iPhone doesn't like that particular one for some reason.
 
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