my 4S just died. gonna get a new one soon but not the 7.... 5s, SE, or 6s depending on price drops.
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Who is still using an older iPhone?
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That's what I was saying. On the other hand, the chip is still quite capable. It managed to survive the transition from iOS6 to iOS7 and now running iOS10 fairly well. It would be sad if the only reason it would be dropped off support is simply because it's not 64bit.
iPhone 5 (32GB) here.
Im on iOS10 since first public beta. Haven't notice any speed degradation or sluggishness compared to iOS 9.
Battery is still strong as the first day and since I'm using my iPhone for my calls/calendar/mail (not as my Mac or Laptop), i really don't have strong reason to upgrade. I will, though, as soon as i see that it can't deal with my everyday tasks.
Im on iOS10 since first public beta. Haven't notice any speed degradation or sluggishness compared to iOS 9.
Battery is still strong as the first day and since I'm using my iPhone for my calls/calendar/mail (not as my Mac or Laptop), i really don't have strong reason to upgrade. I will, though, as soon as i see that it can't deal with my everyday tasks.
So next year, probably will be IPhone 5s and newer. iPad Air 1 and newer. Do you think the 5s will slow down on IOS 11?
Nice to see "old iPhone" users on this forum 
Rocking 4s at the moment, for my daily usage it cover everything with no problems.
PS - In real life only hand full of people around me changing their phones every year (or second year), the rest holding their phones till the end (dead or broken).
Rocking 4s at the moment, for my daily usage it cover everything with no problems.
PS - In real life only hand full of people around me changing their phones every year (or second year), the rest holding their phones till the end (dead or broken).
Nice to see "old iPhone" users on this forum
Rocking 4s at the moment, for my daily usage it cover everything with no problems.
PS - In real life only hand full of people around me changing their phones every year (or second year), the rest holding their phones till the end (dead or broken).
Last time I had a phone longer than a year was the original iPhone. Skipped the 3G.
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I'm using an SE, does that count? I personally think the 6 and above are ugly and feel like they are poorly designed. I wish the SE was a 4.3 but hey, I can use it one handed. I'm very happy Apple chose to make this little guy. Plus it's dirt cheap Imo. I'm not bent out of shape over the fact that the 7 won't have a headphone jack but it's nice to have. I'll get the 7 if I feel it's worth the upgrade. But I'll most likely hold off until the 7s/8
I have the IPhone 6 and the iPhone 5c. I use the 5c currently as my 6 has a dying battery that needs to be replaced.
I've got a 5c on iOS 9 (for international trips) and it runs surprisingly decent.
Dad uses my old iPhone 5. His phone is just as snappy as the day I bought it (tbh, it feels snappier than my iPhone 6). Granted, the iPhone 5 is still running iOS 6.
He was supposed to get my iPhone 6 while I upgrade to the iPhone 7 but with the recent AT&T trade in promo, I'll be getting him an iPhone 7, too. Still can't decide between 32GB and 128GB. He only uses a little over 7GB storage but for less than $5 a month for 128GB, it feels stupid not to get the storage bump.
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iPhone 5 on iOS 6 has got to be the fastest and most optimised iPhone + iOS till this day. This synergy has got to be one of the best Apple has ever rolled out.
My 5s is 3 years old and working great. I will probably go to an SE for the HD voice feature. But, My 5s is so worthless in trade, I'll milk it a while longer.
Completely agree. Coming from iPhone 5 with iOS 6, it was quite jarring to suddenly start getting stutters on a release date iPhone 5s with iOS 7. Reduce Motion helps but none of the iOS versions after Ive took over has felt quite as smooth. Just too much eye candy. Perhaps enabling Reduce Transparency might help with the microstutters but then everything looks like crap. The UI just wasn't designed with opaque windows in mind.
iOS 6 certainly has its fair share of glitches but paired with A6/A6X, it's still the smoothest iOS version I've used to date UI-wise.
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On Verizon, it's worth $400 trade-in (over 24 months) if you get an iPhone 7 on DPP. Alas, not much help if you want the SE.
How's iOS 10 working for people on older devices?
It's doing fairly well on my iPhone 5. I installed it this afternoon and while it's not quite as polished as 9.3.5, it's mostly smooth and usable. There is some stuttering occasionally when transitioning back to the home screen.
Probably the only major complaint I have is the "press home to unlock" feature of the home screen, since the phone doesn't have TouchID.
It's doing fairly well on my iPhone 5. I installed it this afternoon and while it's not quite as polished as 9.3.5, it's mostly smooth and usable. There is some stuttering occasionally when transitioning back to the home screen.
Probably the only major complaint I have is the "press home to unlock" feature of the home screen, since the phone doesn't have TouchID.
I'm still happy with my 5S, which I bought in August of 2015 (no, I'm not an idiot - I knew new iPhones would be released a month later but I needed a phone immediately). Very happy with it even on iOS 10. I would like a bigger screen, but I'm holding out until iPhone 8 next year. I'd like a new design from the 6 and 7 series.
Still plugging along with my 4S. Frankly, I wish it would stop working so I would have a good excuse to get a new one.
My mum's 2010 iPhone 4 finally kicked the bucket last week. She upgraded to the iPhone SE.
