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iOS 12 - speed and battery life

testing on iphone8, too early to really tell but so far it's same as ios11. Siri is still an idiot though, need to fool around with it more. Really liking group notifications
 
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I’m installing it on my iPads (2017 12.9” Pro and mini 4). Really curious to see it on the mini 4 which feels sluggish on iOS 11.
 
Quick update:

The 12.9” iPad is running great so far, but the mini 4 is hanging like crazy, especially springboard.
 
iPhone 6+ seems about the same as iOS 11.4. Home button still seems like it's delaying a little before it kicks in. Still need to vet for some of the known bugs but Apple hasn't updated their bug reports so I'm kinda guessing they are still there. Will wait a day to see if battery life is better. May pop a sim card in again to test that now, actually...

iPhone X is a bit more responsive with gestures, a welcome addition. Face unlocking does work a bit more reliably/faster, though it may just be me (lighting in the room is also quite good right now). Apps don't seem to open up any faster, Facebook still takes ages to open and load new items. Some apps crash outright upon opening. Looks like I also gotta rebuild my own apps. App switcher seems to pause/delay a little before jumping in so I'm guessing I gotta restore the whole phone to see if that's just because of app config or something like that.

So far, 6+ is the same, X is a bit... better here and there, worse elsewhere.
 
bill-p said:
iPhone 6+ seems about the same as iOS 11.4. Home button still seems like it's delaying a little before it kicks in. Still need to vet for some of the known bugs but Apple hasn't updated their bug reports so I'm kinda guessing they are still there. Will wait a day to see if battery life is better. May pop a sim card in again to test that now, actually...

iPhone X is a bit more responsive with gestures, a welcome addition. Face unlocking does work a bit more reliably/faster, though it may just be me (lighting in the room is also quite good right now). Apps don't seem to open up any faster, Facebook still takes ages to open and load new items. Some apps crash outright upon opening. Looks like I also gotta rebuild my own apps. App switcher seems to pause/delay a little before jumping in so I'm guessing I gotta restore the whole phone to see if that's just because of app config or something like that.

So far, 6+ is the same, X is a bit... better here and there, worse elsewhere.
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That's not encouraging
 
Wait, you guys are all responding to the speed of the very first beta, after just installing it?

Don't you want to let things settle down and index for a bit? Specifically on the older hardware?
 
Here are my pre and initial post-upgrade Geekbench benchmark summaries on a TSMC 6S in case anyone is interested.

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I’ll run them again tomorrow after things have settled and edit this post with those results.

Today:
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bill-p said:
iPhone 6+ seems about the same as iOS 11.4. Home button still seems like it's delaying a little before it kicks in. Still need to vet for some of the known bugs but Apple hasn't updated their bug reports so I'm kinda guessing they are still there. Will wait a day to see if battery life is better. May pop a sim card in again to test that now, actually...

iPhone X is a bit more responsive with gestures, a welcome addition. Face unlocking does work a bit more reliably/faster, though it may just be me (lighting in the room is also quite good right now). Apps don't seem to open up any faster, Facebook still takes ages to open and load new items. Some apps crash outright upon opening. Looks like I also gotta rebuild my own apps. App switcher seems to pause/delay a little before jumping in so I'm guessing I gotta restore the whole phone to see if that's just because of app config or something like that.

So far, 6+ is the same, X is a bit... better here and there, worse elsewhere.
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That doesn’t sound good lol
 
everythingapplepro made a video and said on his X it doesnt seem any diff than 11.4 anyone with X can you confirm this
 
dan9700 said:
everythingapplepro made a video and said on his X it doesnt seem any diff than 11.4 anyone with X can you confirm this
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Well, I think the most performance improvement will be visible on older devices, the iPhone X is already fast
 
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NT1440 said:
Wait, you guys are all responding to the speed of the very first beta, after just installing it?

Don't you want to let things settle down and index for a bit? Specifically on the older hardware?
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Doesn’t hurt to get first impressions
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bodonnell202 said:
It's a beta 1. Reports of app crashes and some instability are to be expected. The fact that most are saying it's either about the same or faster in terms of performance is actually encouraging.
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Yeah I know, true
 
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