When it actually launches that is..... On my 6s+ it works sporadically... and it’s annoying as hell the few times that I do try and use it. Worked like a charm under iOS 10. Apple L1 said they’ve been getting reports of it.
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ios 11...your personal reflection..Do you enjoy ios 11?
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When it actually launches that is..... On my 6s+ it works sporadically... and it’s annoying as hell the few times that I do try and use it. Worked like a charm under iOS 10. Apple L1 said they’ve been getting reports of it.
It's so funny how iOS upgrades will make older iPhones slower, but MacOS upgrades make older Macs faster.
I'm having no problems on my iphone 7+, but i'm not updating my ipad yet as i want maximum battery as its used all the time.
I don't think that's how software updates work. I think that's how hardware updates work.
My wife’s 6s is still on 10.3.3, my 6s is on 11.0.2
I compared the two today hand and hand. I have to say that 11 is faster. 11 does have more bugs and stutter now and then but it loads and closes stuff faster. A lot less input blocking. Also safari loads pages faster and scrolls much better. More responsive all around. It should only get better once bugs ironed out.
I compared the two today hand and hand. I have to say that 11 is faster. 11 does have more bugs and stutter now and then but it loads and closes stuff faster. A lot less input blocking. Also safari loads pages faster and scrolls much better. More responsive all around. It should only get better once bugs ironed out.
11.0 clusterf.. can’t believe it was GM launched.
11.0.1 not much better.
11.0.2 stable. Better. Battery good for me. More smooth. Still bugs but minor.
11.1 PB best so far.
With all of this I still prefer 11 over 10
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11.0.1 not much better.
11.0.2 stable. Better. Battery good for me. More smooth. Still bugs but minor.
11.1 PB best so far.
With all of this I still prefer 11 over 10
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No, I don't enjoy it at all. iPhone 6s: I used Maps to find directions to a restaurant and the battery dropped 20% in just 20 minutes. Actually, just opening the Maps app eats 5% of the battery.
Do I enjoy it? No.
It's the software equivalent of dung for people who believe "good enough" is good enough.
iOS needs stripped and rebuilt, it's bloated, it's buggy, and it severely lacks any hint of quality assurance done on it before release.
Woeful release. But don't worry, "Apple will fix it". *rolleyes*
It's the software equivalent of dung for people who believe "good enough" is good enough.
iOS needs stripped and rebuilt, it's bloated, it's buggy, and it severely lacks any hint of quality assurance done on it before release.
Woeful release. But don't worry, "Apple will fix it". *rolleyes*
Evolution of IOS 10...its ok 
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No issues here.
1h usage and 2h standby 98% on 8+ running 11.0.2.
.No issues here.
1h usage and 2h standby 98% on 8+ running 11.0.2.
I wouldn’t expect it unless people start voting with their feet. It drives hardware purchases. Also, for a lot of people, “good enough” is, well, acceptable. It’s not for me but for a lot of my family it is.
Truthfully, I’m liking some of the features of it. What I think happened is that they didn’t do enough testing on older hardware. Just for example, I had some legacy wallpaper that I was having trouble with Control Center on. After I reset a second time and loaded 11.x from my Mac instead of OTA - that wallpaper was gone, and so was that problem with control center.
Has anyone of you guys tried the nexus 6p running android Oreo 8.0 that was recently released?
It is very smooth for a 2-year old hardware, it is even smoother than iOS 11 on the latest iPhone 8, which is very odd!
If you don't believe it, try it for yourself.
So how can we explain this? I think one advantage of iOS compared to android used to be the level of "optimization". But sadly, that was the case years ago.
Now it's the other way around.
I also compared iOS 11 to iOS 10.3.3 side by side on the same hardware, the iPhone 6s, and the difference in smoothness is very noticeable.
And no, adding features doesn't necessarily translate to a noticeably worse performance, and there are many examples for this.
I think apple doesn't optimize iOS as much as they used to anymore just because it costs money to do so and because the newest iPhones can handle it more or less fine.
Also, I think iOS 11 is currently half-backed. Don't tell me it's the initial release. Even android Oreo 8.0 is an initial release and it isn't nearly as buggy. Apple needs to make sure the new iOS version is really ready performance wise and bug free wise before releasing it.
It is very smooth for a 2-year old hardware, it is even smoother than iOS 11 on the latest iPhone 8, which is very odd!
If you don't believe it, try it for yourself.
So how can we explain this? I think one advantage of iOS compared to android used to be the level of "optimization". But sadly, that was the case years ago.
Now it's the other way around.
I also compared iOS 11 to iOS 10.3.3 side by side on the same hardware, the iPhone 6s, and the difference in smoothness is very noticeable.
And no, adding features doesn't necessarily translate to a noticeably worse performance, and there are many examples for this.
I think apple doesn't optimize iOS as much as they used to anymore just because it costs money to do so and because the newest iPhones can handle it more or less fine.
Also, I think iOS 11 is currently half-backed. Don't tell me it's the initial release. Even android Oreo 8.0 is an initial release and it isn't nearly as buggy. Apple needs to make sure the new iOS version is really ready performance wise and bug free wise before releasing it.
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I fully agree... and I have been considering going back to droid. Problem is that the Apple infrastructure is so damn appealing and Droid seems to have enough security holes to drive a semi through. I gave up on droid a long time ago because Apple usually just works. I was stupid and went to 11 where in my job i always stay at least one patch release back. Apple should have done a better job but I’m stupid for jumping so soon.
If I have to break them down individually...
1. Interface bugs are distracting. Even Android is smoother flowing now between screens. My iPhone still does this weird "flicker" whenever both the lockscreen and home screen are set to be the same. Heck, it flickers even when I'm trying to view notifications in the notifications center. And sometimes, the animation doesn't quite "finish" per se so I'm seeing half of my background blurred and the other half isn't. That's just crazy.
2. If I don't perfectly swipe down when I'm trying to access the notification center, I may accidentally go into the widget screen to the left. This is already a big problem with the Facebook app and its obnoxious swipe-left-to-reveal-camera, but now it is there at the OS level on my phone. Every time I swipe down now (or "up" if I want to get out of the notification screen), I have to make absolutely sure it's "up" or "down" and not "a bit slanted to the left/right" because that will trigger the widget screen instead of unlocking. It's annoying as hell.
3. Same problem as above, but in the opposite direction: it triggers the camera. Pressing home to get back from that camera screen will only bring me back to the notification center, and not all the way to the home screen. Suddenly, "home" is now very "far" away. This is very bad UI design choice.
4. As above, I have to manually clear every single notification now by long swiping each and every single one because the "X" button simply does not want to work, and even when it does, it only clears a single day. I may go 2-3 days (since Saturday 'til now, for instance) without checking all of the notifications I've received unless it's something super urgent. Clearing notifications now is a huge monumental task for me. On Android, there's a single button I have to tap. One. Done. I was hoping iOS 11 would address this problem from iOS 10 but no, it broke the "X" button so it's even worse.
5. No option to roll back to iOS 10.3.3, which was rock stable with all of those features for me, means... my iPhone 6+ is now essentially a big buggy brick. I write software as a profession so I very clearly separate devices that I'm testing things on, and devices that I'm actually using on a daily basis. My iPhone 6+ is now worse than whatever I'm working on because I have absolutely no way to "fix" any of its issue, which adds to the frustration. I did not particularly like the fact that I had to "fix" every little thing on my Android devices by myself (and I very often complained about it in the other communities) for all of the past major iterations, but at least I had the option of doing so. I could live with the "walled garden" because past major updates from Apple were stable, even though the UI continually bugged me. But now the UI is disconnected and the stability is gone. It's just bad.
Apple forcing this update on us (it notified me every hour on iOS 10.3.3 to update so I ultimately had to press "Yes") is making me rethink my device choices.
iOS 11 is super smooth on my iPhone SE, on the other hand my iPad Pro 10.5 seems to be suffering with screen flickering and wake/sleep issues which never happened on iOS 10.3.3. iOS 11 was by far the most buggy firmware update Apple has ever released. Even the user interface seems to be broken here, it kinda reminds me Android before project butter :/ I am sure Apple will fix those but next time I will think twice before updating my firmware outright
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Problem is not only on old hardware, trust me. My iPad Pro 10.5 performance has been hampered significantly by iOS 11.
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Problem is not only on old hardware, trust me. My iPad Pro 10.5 performance has been hampered significantly by iOS 11.
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I have noticed random app refreshes on my 7+, as if the phone isn't holding apps in memory like it used to?
[doublepost=1509247581][/doublepost]Maybe there is something screwed up on your phone. Or you don’t know how to properly use the new OS? Working perfectly on my 7. Maybe set up a class at your local Apple store?