It was the same with iOS 8 and will be the same with iOS 10 ... Every year the forum is stormed by whiners....
Every iOS iteration is worse than the previous, in their vision, especially regarding stuttering.
iOS 9 interface is very fluent...
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Downgraded to iOS 8.4.1 and god, its so smooth
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Every iOS iteration is worse than the previous, in their vision, especially regarding stuttering.
You sir are exactly the kind of people I'm referring to. Me and many others do notice lag and yes I have tried everything in my power to fix this (even installed clean iOS9). You and others who simply don't see this issue either don't notice lag and is not visible to your eyes, or you are used to it, or you don't experience it, BUT OTHERS DO and it seems to be a very common issue. What's so confusing about this? lol
I've actually downgraded on one device and have another one that is still on 8.4.1 so I have direct immediate comparisons. I'm not saying it's like that for everyone, but it is for me, and not because I don't recall exactly or anything like that, but because it actually really is.
Even Android users wouldn't stomach the lack of fluidity. People are just defending it for the sake of it now. It's pathetic.
It's not much to expect an OS to be as smooth as the previous release, on devices only a year old. I thought one of Apple's biggest selling points was long life devices.
Who knows. I'm on a 6 Plus and have no issues with lag at all. I not saying people are not getting it but I do not have it.
It's great being called a liar when you have no proof that my phone is not fluid. If it wasn't I would be right here complaining but I don't have it, neither does my Father's phone. No idea why some people get it and some are not.
Or, you know, not everyone has the same issues or to the same degree. But I guess that can be a bit too rational and realistic.
Lol I had it on standby mode while I went for a cycle ride. Took 2 photos, uploaded to Instagram.
I played 1 song which almost finished when my battery died.
That was over 4 hours.
When I got home I charged it again and used it to play some music while I had a bath for maybe half hour. I also ran some updates thru the App Store.
When bluetoothing to my speaker it played a few songs then died again.
After charging I have done a little browsing while watching match of the day on telly and watched the percentage drop as I used it.
It's now on 33% despite having screen locked since I posted.
Games are a pipe dream.
True story.
Two pics here.
I'm not a techie. Just someone experiencing iPhone 5 levels of battery power on he previously amazingly long lasting iPhone 6.
32% now btw.
No need to be self-righteous. I'm simply pointing out that your experience does reflect everyone else's.
iOS9 have some framerate issues here and there, but no way its as bad as some people says. 6+ and air 2 user here. On my air 2 it runs flawlesly, on my 6+, yes, there is some frame issues here and there but the overall experience is better than 8.4. Better web browsing (faster and more smooth) better battery life, and little features here and there who make the overall experienc better. I don't see the point to downgrade just to gain "some low frame rates at minor places" gone.
That's how I feel about it. 9 isn't as smooth as 8.4.1 was on my iPhone 6, but it's not terrible either. Control center, multitasking, and app opening lag are present but minor, and they could all be fixed in a future update.
But how do I know they'll be fixed? I don't, and I don't really care that much either. Life is way too short to get worked up over a few frames of animation.
Well said and exactly how I feel.
I'm thrilled Safari is doing so well in iOS 9. im actually enjoying Safari again.
And that's basically a good overview that more than likely applies to the majority. Sure there are people with bigger issues (as is usually the case with most updates, and especially the larger x.0 ones), but compared to some of the previous recent major releases it seems there are less of those.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-9-vs-ios-8-speed-and-smoothness.1910890/
Can't say we weren't warned. Over 50 % here voted it was less smooth.
Can't say we weren't warned. Over 50 % here voted it was less smooth.
I used to give people the benefit of the doubt when they said there are "no issues" for them. Not anymore.
My friend and I were debating about iOS 9. My side, iOS 9 is quite messy, considering what Apple promised us back in June. They said it would be smoother, and it isn't. At all. His side was, "it's butter smooth. Perfectly fine." I argued back, "No.. I've tried out iOS 9 on your phone and it was awful.", he shot back "Fine, then we can work this out tomorrow when I show you that my phone is butter smooth."
Sure enough, he showed me. Doing tons of different things right next to me, from going in and out of the app switcher, from using control center, to using spotlight... He claimed "See? It's perfect!" All I saw was lag/frame drops. It was bad. He's using a 6 plus by the way.
Some people just *do not* see frame drops as well as others. And that's the reality of things.
Yes, I've done a DFU mode, set up as new install on my iPhone 6 and iPad mini 2. I can guarantee there are no installation issues.
On the bright side, closing apps with the multitasking gesture on iPad is now smooth when a keyboard is open, using control center on the lock screen is smoother (iPad) because "Slide to Unlock" disappears, and the "first unlock" lag after starting up the device is not nearly as bad. So iOS 9 isn't all awful after all.
My friend and I were debating about iOS 9. My side, iOS 9 is quite messy, considering what Apple promised us back in June. They said it would be smoother, and it isn't. At all. His side was, "it's butter smooth. Perfectly fine." I argued back, "No.. I've tried out iOS 9 on your phone and it was awful.", he shot back "Fine, then we can work this out tomorrow when I show you that my phone is butter smooth."
Sure enough, he showed me. Doing tons of different things right next to me, from going in and out of the app switcher, from using control center, to using spotlight... He claimed "See? It's perfect!" All I saw was lag/frame drops. It was bad. He's using a 6 plus by the way.
Some people just *do not* see frame drops as well as others. And that's the reality of things.
Yes, I've done a DFU mode, set up as new install on my iPhone 6 and iPad mini 2. I can guarantee there are no installation issues.
On the bright side, closing apps with the multitasking gesture on iPad is now smooth when a keyboard is open, using control center on the lock screen is smoother (iPad) because "Slide to Unlock" disappears, and the "first unlock" lag after starting up the device is not nearly as bad. So iOS 9 isn't all awful after all.
iOS 9 working smoothly here. I complained at the launch of both iOS 7 & 8 because they were slow and downright buggy.
But iOS 9 is running surprisingly well on my 5S and iPad Air 2. It is actually smoother at few places like in weather app compared to all versions of iOS 8.
It was a bit stuttery after installing fresh from DFU. But now it has settled down and not lagging or stuttering.
But iOS 9 is running surprisingly well on my 5S and iPad Air 2. It is actually smoother at few places like in weather app compared to all versions of iOS 8.
It was a bit stuttery after installing fresh from DFU. But now it has settled down and not lagging or stuttering.
Well yes... people have different levels of tolerance for different things. You obviously have very little tolerance for frame rate drops and lag, whereas most people don't notice or don't care. As someone who notices, I understand where you're coming from. At the same time though, I just don't care too much. None of us can really do anything about it at this moment, so we'll just have to live with it. There's no way that people at Apple don't notice, and even if somehow nobody on the iOS team is capable of sensing the lag (not likely), I'm sure they're getting plenty of feedback about it.
Yeah, it's really weird to me how much iOS 9 has settled down over the past week or so. Usually iOS updates only take a few hours at most to reach a normal performance level, but 9 took a bit longer.
I think it's time for me to stop looking at these iOS 9 threads. I can't even count how many "there's so much lag" and "such a difference when downgrading from iOS 9". It's the same sh*t over and over and all it does is clog up my feed. We all know iOS 9 isn't the greatest and that some people have lag. If its such a problem, go ahead and downgrade to a previous OS and post in one of the other 50 threads stating the iOS 9 sucks. No need to start another one.
And I thought the Android forums were bad *smh*
And I thought the Android forums were bad *smh*