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iOS 12 - speed and battery life

My old 5s was on 11.3.1 before I updated to 12. The phone feels slightly faster and smoother. I’m not sure if it’s placebo or not.
 
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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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If you have a triple click home button short cut enabled the delay is present. Check your accessibility settings.
 
My iphone 6 feels definitely smooth, a little more faster than 11.4 but definitely smooth. No delays. I think this ios its going to be a success because this is beta 1 and its super fluid , so, i think beta 4 or 5 will definitely be 2x faster
 
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I know the "feels snappier" thing is a meme but it's completely true this time, certain Apple services are way faster. Biggest noticeable improvement thus far has been Spotlight, it's almost instant compared to 11.4 which would lag for a second when opening spotlight. Now it opens instantly and shows results almost as fast as you can press the keys.
[doublepost=1528153471][/doublepost]I've only had this beta for a couple hours but this is definitely the most reliable dev beta 1 I've tried on iOS, none of the usual hiccups or glitches like from the last couple years. Running on an X btw.
 
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Once thing to remember about these builds is that they're probably doing a metric ton of debug logging and metric telemetry and analysis that'll affect both speed and battery life compared to the final release.
 
Mcmeowmers said:
If you have a triple click home button short cut enabled the delay is present. Check your accessibility settings.
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No such thing. It's just delayed. This is not apparent in comparison to most newer devices but I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 10 still and the iPhone 5 responds immediately as soon as the button is depressed whereas iPhone 6+ takes a bit more time.
 
Runs great on my old iPhone 6

Wow, it’s legitimately an upgrade in performance....and it’s only the first beta!

Never been this impressed with a first beta in all of iOS beta history....
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itsmilo said:
My old iPhone 6 feels a lot faster but maybe that’s just placebo effect. Also did they make the font darker? Something looks different with the font
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I think it is snappier. Especially the keyboard and typing, General UI gestures, launching app switcher, all superior than before.

Snappy on my 7 plus as well.
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zakarhino said:
I know the "feels snappier" thing is a meme but it's completely true this time, certain Apple services are way faster. Biggest noticeable improvement thus far has been Spotlight, it's almost instant compared to 11.4 which would lag for a second when opening spotlight. Now it opens instantly and shows results almost as fast as you can press the keys.
[doublepost=1528153471][/doublepost]I've only had this beta for a couple hours but this is definitely the most reliable dev beta 1 I've tried on iOS, none of the usual hiccups or glitches like from the last couple years. Running on an X btw.
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Agreed....I feel the same, it’s the most reliable beta 1 I have ever used
 
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MarioPhone96 said:
My old 5s was on 11.3.1 before I updated to 12. The phone feels slightly faster and smoother. I’m not sure if it’s placebo or not.
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nordique said:
Runs great on my old iPhone 6

Wow, it’s legitimately an upgrade in performance....and it’s only the first beta!

Never been this impressed with a first beta in all of iOS beta history....
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I think it is snappier. Especially the keyboard and typing, General UI gestures, launching app switcher, all superior than before.

Snappy on my 7 plus as well.
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Agreed....I feel the same, it’s the most reliable beta 1 I have ever used
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That’s awesome and for a first beta
 
Here iapplebytes has a comparison of the 5s and the 6



Looks like iOS 12 beta 1 is faster...and this is just beta, and the first release of the beta.
 
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how is it on the iphone 6s plus? I installed the beta on both iPads, but I dont want to install it on my phone yet.

On my ipad air 2 and ipad pro 12,9 (2015) it feels almost the same as ios 11.4 for me.
 
profets said:
Quick update:

The 12.9” iPad is running great so far, but the mini 4 is hanging like crazy, especially springboard.
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Another update, after a few hours the mini 4 has been running very smoothly. Actually can’t believe how quick it feels now!
 
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