Have any of you tried iOS 12 on your iPhone 5S? How is it holding up? I did not upgrade to iOS 11 out of fear of significant lag. There are really big reasons for me to upgrade to iOS 12, but I would hate to make my phone unusable. How is the performance of the beta? Battery life? (Not just compared to iOS 11, but also earlier versions of iOS.) Thanks!
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iPhone iOS 12 on iPhone 5s? (Speed, battery)
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Well I can say for certain its better than iOS 11 but its not better than iOS 10. If you are on iOS 10, stay there for the time being.
Thanks for that feedback! That would mean that an iPhone 6 with iOS 11 will run better on iOS 12 then ?
Yes. It will run better than 11. I actually installed it on my iPhone 6 and there was a jump in performance from 11. Unfortunately some of my apps were crashing so I had to go back to 11.4.1. Even my iPhone X runs better on 12 than 11.
With prices of some iPhone models above $1K I think an iOS update that is past generations friendly may keep some of us from upgrading hardware.
In the keynote Lisa Jackson was talking about making products more durable. Hopefully that means we are moving to a longer upgrade cycle.
In the keynote Lisa Jackson was talking about making products more durable. Hopefully that means we are moving to a longer upgrade cycle.
