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So do iPhones REALLY get faster or is it that our previous ones get slow with software updates?
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My 6s has definitely been noticeably slower after upgrading the OS. I don't get it, either, because they've changed the entire UI to be vector-based with just a bunch of scaleable fonts and simple scaleable UI elements. Not sure why the UI is so laggy now. It actually feels a lot like an Android phone now. The iPhone used to offer silky-smooth scrolling compared to the Android phones, and now it's just like them.
It also shipped with iOS 6, the newer iOS's are years ahead of that in functionality.
more function I guess needs faster processor and more ram? Thought that might be obvious. 2 gig seems to be the key here, my 6s seems almost as fast with 11.1.1 as it did out of the box 2 years ago
I swear I had read an article here where they did a comparison study to show how software changes affected phones. Each new ios release is supposed to result in more efficiency.
noteple
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I have a box full of Phones back to the 3G for Application development.
Every so often they will get charged and booted up.
Even and up to the iPhone 6, dear Lord are they SLOW. Like a dual core Android
Looking at an video application benchmark the old phone today keeps pace with the old video.
What were we thinking, today you don't know how good we have it.
Every so often they will get charged and booted up.
Even and up to the iPhone 6, dear Lord are they SLOW. Like a dual core Android
Looking at an video application benchmark the old phone today keeps pace with the old video.
What were we thinking, today you don't know how good we have it.
Maybe a bit of both? You also have to consider that newer OS versions also have more features, capabilities, and are simply more demanding on the hardware.
BugeyeSTI
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"New features that eat up more system resources can make a device feel slower, as can more system intensive design elements and other tweaks and changes designed for newer devices that are more powerful"
THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
iPhone 6s has the A9 processor: 1.85 GHz dual-core 64-bit and 2 GB of LPDDR4 RAM
iPhone 8 has the A11 bionic: 2.39 GHz hexa-core 64-bit and 2 GB of LPDDR4X RAM
Significant hardware changes at least in the CPU portion.
iPhone 8 has the A11 bionic: 2.39 GHz hexa-core 64-bit and 2 GB of LPDDR4X RAM
Significant hardware changes at least in the CPU portion.