Sounds to me its not worth it considering the problems with battery life. Are there any positives and is it worth upgrading or would it be better sticking with 4.2
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Should I even upgrade go 4.3 or stick with 4.2?
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To be honest. No there really isn't. The hotspot may or may not work and the gestures won't be that good on an iphone.
No battery problems here at all. The biggest reason to upgrade is for Airplay. If you have Apple TV (only $99) you can now wirelessly stream all of your pics and videos in camera roll straight to your hi def TV. No computer needed. Very, very neat!! 
It's not an "if" you should upgrade. You MUST upgrade to iOS 4.3 since it fixes many, many security bugs that can get you infected with a virus or get all the data on your device stolen just by surfing the web on your iPhone/iPad/iPod.
Like being dramatic much?
I dont use apple TV so I dont need air play.
I'm on a 500mb data plan (has wifi at work and at home) so hotspot is disabled for me.
I upgraded my 3gs the day this update was released and I dont notice a difference. My battery life still the same. Nothing cool about it. If I really wanted hotspot I can just jailbreak.
Did you not follow Pwn2Own? The iPhone with iOS 4.2 was the first to fall just by visiting a webpage.
Safari is much improved.
I have zero difference in battery life.
If I lived my life by what some Macrumors posters complained about I'd never do anything.
I have zero difference in battery life.
If I lived my life by what some Macrumors posters complained about I'd never do anything.
This times 3. (I have 3 iPhone 4's in the house) no battery issues on any of them, and Safari truly is faster.
I also have an apple tv, so the AirPlay update has been awesome !
It is fun sometimes.
o_0
I have 4.3 on both iPhone and iPad and do not regret it. Hotspot on iPhone will be very useful. iPad multi gestures and faster Web pages is good.
-via iPad
Don't listen to these sarcastic dramatic responses claiming it "kills" your battery.
Honestly, I don't understand how can somebody claim such a moronic statement. I, as well as millions, of iPhone users have been updating software every time and there hasn't been a problem with the battery.
That being said: Upgrade
Honestly, I don't understand how can somebody claim such a moronic statement. I, as well as millions, of iPhone users have been updating software every time and there hasn't been a problem with the battery.
That being said: Upgrade
For me, it really depends on whether you need the features of 4.3 or not. Coming from an iPhone 4 jailbroken on 4.2.1, I wanted the features of the update, and I got them. Battery life, in my experience, improved on 4.3. Now awaiting the hopefully revamped notifications system provided by iOS 5.0
I wasnt aware that gestures were for the iphone.
I was under the impression its for ipad only.
Only diffeence i noticed is the hotspot.
Home Sharing.
And the posts above mention internet speed.
Battery life is fine.
Even leaving hotspot on.
I was under the impression its for ipad only.
Only diffeence i noticed is the hotspot.
Home Sharing.
And the posts above mention internet speed.
Battery life is fine.
Even leaving hotspot on.
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I've been monitoring my battery extremely closely and I've really not noticed a huge difference in the battery. In fact my phone is consuming electricity about the same as my wife's iPhone 4 that has 4.2. If you were to push me into a corner on this subject, I'd say its using a tiny bit more juice.
I'm not saying others are imagining the issue, but rather its not completely consistent or wide spread. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because my phone is fairly new and the affected ones are older. I'm not sure
The only reason i want to update is because of the improements in safari, but i always wait a while for the kinks to be sorted and that's what im doing this time as well.
My upgrade was flawless and as far as battery life, it actually seems a little better if anything. So as with any complex computer system--results may vary.
No battery problems here at all. The biggest reason to upgrade is for Airplay. If you have Apple TV (only $99) you can now wirelessly stream all of your pics and videos in camera roll straight to your hi def TV. No computer needed. Very, very neat!!
4.2.1. has airplay, are you saying that airplay is working well in 4.3 without bugs, perhaps?
after reading that article I don't see how it supports the statement that 4.3 must be downloaded for security reasons.
what's the connection between the bug mentioned (exploited in a competition) and any fixes in 4.3?