So far so good, seems similar performance to 14.8, battery is still similar so far, hoping it might improve a little in the next week. I mean it lasts me from 6:30 to like 9:00 with moderate use so I guess I can't be too picky.
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iOS 15 on iPhone 7 plus
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thanks for saying so!!!!
Exactly, too many shoddy batteries out there. Having said that the cheap one from Amazon I put in my 6 still works fine 2 years later. But it is a short in the dark and with the work involved on a 7+ I cannot be bothered doing it over and over until I have a good battery.
In any case the 7+ in still behaving well under IOS 15, no real change to IOS 14.
Nevertheless I am sitting on the fence:
1. Invest 55 Euros and have a new battery installed in the 7+ at the Apple Store
2. Get a SE 2020 which would cost me around 350 Euros - downside the smaller screen, upside inductive charging and touchID and a much faster processor
3. Splash out a 1000 Euros and get a 13Pro which I am sure is a great phone but I hate that it doesn't have touchID (and I hate the cash outlay)
Opinions are more than welcome
Right. I mean, our phones are maybe just about getting "dated" in the next year or so but if batteries function well and the phone performs very well- playing the waiting game is easier for sure. I have never brought an iPhone in to have a battery replaced- yall bring up good pointes about doing that as way to prolong keeping the phone for a more tolerable cost rather than jumping straight to an upgrade.
My battery health says 81 percent.
would you mind pointing pointing out a few things you have noticed, in particular?
After about a week sadly I've started having a few issues, mainly related to touch, and music acting wonky. Lastly I've started to see jankiness in the app switcher, although it's not totally unbearable I hope it gets fixed soon.
I'm still on 14.8 and I'm starting to get the onscreen alerts to plug in to a power source and update. My music app (tidal) has been acting odd for the past couple months or so.
What specifically about touch has been showing up?
It could be because around the same time I got my screen replaced, fell out of pocket...though it was an Apple approved retailer, but I started having issues with ghost touches. Not just that been having a few other visual and or audio glitches, but other than that it's not unbearable. Most annoying thing is the missed touches.
Well there is also the 14.8.1 update, which it might be notifying you about. I just updated my 7+ from 14.8 to 14.8.1 since it was available. (of course ios15 is also an option to install)
The 7+ is my backup phone now, but it still works reasonably well. Battery life isn't as great now of course (battery health at 84%).
FaceID is so much better than touchID in almost all circumstances. Using touchID on my iPad Pro is a much worse experience than FaceID on my phone
I just had the battery replaced in my 7+ yesterday! I had it done at the Apple Store and it only took about an hour. I've never had anything like that done before and was terrified it might not survive. It did though and I now have 100% battery health again.
I'm hoping it will keep going until next year when I'm hoping I will like the design of the next generation of iPhones enough to persuade myself to pay out the much higher price to buy one.
I love my 7+. It was a 'unicorn' phone - Jet Black. The Genius who booked it in was reminiscing when he saw it and impressed it was in such good condition.
wow good for you! You can absolutely ride our 7+ out until other phones come out! They have been really great, beyond great even! I'm hoping to leave mine as is until I can throw money at an upgrade.
I think, because of the deep matte black - as it seems apple had strayed away from black for whatever backwards and wretched reason!
Sorry, I called it a Unicorn myself - I don't think it was an official name.
Firstly because it was such a beautiful, glossy, rich, black that no other phone could compare to, and secondly, because they were so hard to find when they came out. I had to keep searching for availability in my country and when I went to pick it up, the people in the Apple Shop couldn't believe I'd managed to get one!
For me it felt like a beautiful, mythical creature, that only a few people were lucky enough to find...
That's quite sad, isn't it...
Thank you to everyone on this thread who suggested getting a new battery. I came here to see if it would be safe to download IOS 15 and then saw the information about it.
My phone does have a new lease of life and hopefully should make it to next year.
Was just curious if anyone else is having weird visual glitches and lag in the app switcher, it has been incredibly jarring since updating to iOS15.
I have had some lag- mainly in text messages and the camera. Although I’ve got to be honest, I’m not entirely sure that it’s been since I updated two days ago.
I say that because my phone seems to have some degradation going on and that has made me lose focus on when the lagging really started.
I could deal with the lagging but if you see another thread I have about the 7, I think I’ve got bigger issues taking my phone down month by month ???♂️
I say that because my phone seems to have some degradation going on and that has made me lose focus on when the lagging really started.
I could deal with the lagging but if you see another thread I have about the 7, I think I’ve got bigger issues taking my phone down month by month ???♂️
would recommend to stay on ios 14.
since my 7 is on 15.2 it feels much slower. lags opening the camera from the lockscreen, lags in taskswitcher, lags in messages, overall system performance is slower.
I like the new features but should have stayed on 14 for now.
since my 7 is on 15.2 it feels much slower. lags opening the camera from the lockscreen, lags in taskswitcher, lags in messages, overall system performance is slower.
I like the new features but should have stayed on 14 for now.
The 7 has a lot less RAM than 7 Plus. The 7 Plus has a whopping 50% more RAM.
I much preferred Touch ID on my 7 Plus than Face ID on my 12 Pro Max. Ideal would be to have both though.
I ended up having so many issues with my phone, and the home button started making noises I went ahead and tried to update to the 13 Pro Max and honestly I still have a lot of the same visual glitches on it as I did my 7+ so I might just go back a refurb 7+ and wait till next year. I mean it's nice but I was surprised how outside of the screen it's almost the same but heavier.
How is it perfoming on your iphone? Any lag or is it snappy?
My ipad is on 14.8. Might stick to it for now.
Havn't noticed any lag.
Like I said though, very little use.
Don't do much with phone, no social media etc.
(my battery health is still 100% - that's how little).
iPad gets 'much' more use.
Safari on my iPad seems faster, but I don't have loads of tabs open (maybe 2-4 max).
So far all apps I have used seem snappy.....
The benefit of having an iPadPro (2015)....it's almost as good spec now as the current standard iPad.
Like I said though, very little use.
Don't do much with phone, no social media etc.
(my battery health is still 100% - that's how little).
iPad gets 'much' more use.
Safari on my iPad seems faster, but I don't have loads of tabs open (maybe 2-4 max).
So far all apps I have used seem snappy.....
The benefit of having an iPadPro (2015)....it's almost as good spec now as the current standard iPad.
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I thought you could if you had the shsh files or something for the ios version on the phone?? Maybe I understood it wrong then. Oh well.
You should be able to restore a backup from an older iOS version, but it won't change the OS. It will just put the apps and data from the backup to the version already on the device.
I am currently on 15.2.1
My phone still cannot play video on safari or twitter (app or safari) but instagram works fine. Youtube does not work o n safari either- seems that video will play. I cannot pinpoint whether it has anything to do with the update but it is definitely unfortunate.
My phone still cannot play video on safari or twitter (app or safari) but instagram works fine. Youtube does not work o n safari either- seems that video will play. I cannot pinpoint whether it has anything to do with the update but it is definitely unfortunate.