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Why does Control Center lag on my iPhone 4s?
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Except in the 36 month old version of Android it's running what was the latest 36 months ago, and not anything current really.
That's my point. I'm forever reading on this forum that having the latest version of iOS is great, yet having an old version of Android is bad. I'd take the old version of Android in a heartbeat. Yeah it would be missing a couple of new features and the UI graphics would be 'dated', but it would still do all the main things you got it for as well as the day you bought it.
The latest iOS would have a 'fresh new look' and a couple of new features, but it would slow your old phone down and make it a frustrating device to use. You would want to upgrade ASAP.
One big difference is in the apps--you would have a very hard time getting many of the apps you might need as they become developed only for newer OS versions.
Most apps would still work 24-36 months later. Am I the only one to think that a lot of apps actually get *worse* as they're updated?
Hell, so long as my browser still flew along and the UI was responsive, I could handle a few apps dropping by the wayside.
Well, yeah. Old version of android on old version of phone is a totally different situation than a new version of iOS running on a 3 year old phone. If you took a modern Android version and put it on your 3 year old phone, it'd dog too.
The difference is, most Android users don't even have that choice. The ability to upgrade the OS is left to the whims of the carrier and many times never, ever happens.
If you want an old phone to continue to be as responsive as it was when you first got it, best bet is to keep it with the older OS. The OP in this thread opted for a significantly newer OS which is going to tax that older hardware a bit. This is not unique to Apple phones, or even Apple hardware. It's pretty universal in the consumer computer/mobile space.
I totally understand that. However, most here rave about how older phones are still supported, when that 'support' renders them virtually unusable. I would rather have an older unsupported Android device than for example an iPhone 4 running iOS7. Most see the upgrade alert on their homepage and install it without thinking, which is a baaaad mistake with an older iPhone. At least Android owners don't run into that problem.
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The unfortunate part with all of that is in quite a few cases Apple and the overall iOS ecosystem makes it harder and harder to stay on an older version of an OS when a newer one is available.
Thanh you but I can't not see the lag with the lock screen and control center.
I can you test safari multi windows ? It lag on iOS 7 when scrolling several tab
I'm not into conspiracy theories, but it appears that with every iOS 7 update, the older devices like iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, etc... have become considerably slower.
My understanding is that iOS 7 and Higher, given their functionality, require a lot of computing power; and older devices like iPhone 4 just don't have enough capacity to handle all the processes.
Glad I'm Off-Contract now, so I'll be able to upgrade my device this year.
My understanding is that iOS 7 and Higher, given their functionality, require a lot of computing power; and older devices like iPhone 4 just don't have enough capacity to handle all the processes.
Glad I'm Off-Contract now, so I'll be able to upgrade my device this year.
It think it will, the only reason it wasn't was because there was nothing installed on your phone, unless they optimized it somehow. The new design makes it harder to tell also.
Safari doesn't lag for me on iOS 7 either, but I only have around 5 tabs.