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I changed 2 settings and my 6 Plus is smooth as butter.
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It IS! Had to turn that switch right back off. I've always used "reduce motion" - because the parallax effect makes me sorta seasick.. Lol.. Always hated that. But I really don't think it saves much battery.
We should be demanding from Apple that we have a Battery capable of leaving on all of the iPhone's cool ***** all day. I don't spend $800 to have to turn off half of its features.
Right now people are adjusting these settings to help counter the stutter / lag they are experiencing, not because of a Battery issue.
I hate how things pop in and out with reduce motion on and reduce transparency makes the OS look like crap.
apple are some sneaky devils. In 9.1 Beta 2 they enabled reduce transparency in the app switcher only. Thats why its smoother now on the 6 Plus.
Cool so that kills the planned obsolescence conspiracy theory. Well unless they are already planning for the iPhone 7 since Fridays release of the "s" series.
Apple stated that the new OS would be more efficient and give you an extra hour of battery life. From the benchmarks I've seen, you don't get anywhere close to that number.
iOS 9 is a bunch of failed promises.
I read an article (don't have the source) where it showed various iOS 9 vs 8 battery tests. iOS 9 slightly came out on top, but no where near apple's claims. Obviously non-scientific battery tests on forums will show things going both ways for users. I won't deny users gaining battery, but I don't think the numbers Apple gave us have been accurate with real world usage.
Well the claim is up to an hour more normally, which can certainly vary for different people under different usage, and especially right after an update when some people run into some more battery instability at times. The Low Power Mode was said to provide even more extra time, and that certainly is easier to notice and appears to be the case for many.
And there's no iPhone ever released (after the 4 - which was a battery dream phone - I could go 3 days before a recharge) that's come close to living up to Apple specs. The 6S+, with a clean restore of 9.0.1 and with battery meter properly calibrated after 2 days.. has gotten closest to Apple specs for me of any phone since iPhone 4.
Cool so that kills the planned obsolescence conspiracy theory. Well unless they are already planning for the iPhone 7 since Fridays release of the "s" series.
Technically it can be both
I know on my Mini 3 the battery life is not as good.
Then again, this could be tied to the "bugs" and other issues I am seeing on that device.
Depending on the app, the app itself could affect the battery life differently on different OS versions.