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iOS 9.1 Performance and Battery Thread!
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I don't know what the frame rate is, but I was at the Apple store today and I tired the iPhone 6s, 6s plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 4. Only the iPhone 6s was smooth. Every other device seemed notchy or lagged when going in to and out of the app switcher. 3d touch on the iPhone 6s Plus also seems to stutter ever so slightly over the iPhone 6s. I tried multiple devices and I could duplicate it every time.
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that right there kinda disproves any planned obsolescence theories. All those devices are tops in their respective classes and only one of them is "smooth". I used my air 2 alot more today with 9.1 on it, about to restore to 9.0.2, 9.1 seems less enjoyable user experience than the last two 9.1 betas.
I don't know if is coincidence, but I just upgraded my iPhone 6 16GB to a 64GB, also iPhone 6, and when I was doing the backup and restore, I realized iOS 9.1 was released, so I updated both the new and old IP6. Backed up the old, restored over the 64GB, and started downloading apps the whole day. It finished at late afternoon yesterday. Now the iPhone is stuttering and lagging like crazy. I've restarted it 3 times today, when I simply couldn't open an app. Sometimes it even though I was tap and holding, and icons began dancing like when you are moving or deleting apps. Once it restarts, it works normally for some time. Then it starts lagging again.
Is it a coincidence, or 64GB iPhones are more prone to lagging than 16GB ones?
I hope it finished indexing tomorrow, so I can have a stable iphone once again. So far is frustrating, but it never happened with my 16GB IP.
Is it a coincidence, or 64GB iPhones are more prone to lagging than 16GB ones?
I hope it finished indexing tomorrow, so I can have a stable iphone once again. So far is frustrating, but it never happened with my 16GB IP.
Even the iPhone 4 recording in 30 FPS saw the difference between the 6s and 6s Plus on 9.1.
If you think there's no difference between Reduce Transparency on or off, you just need to tell me which of those three things you are because you have to be one.
BTW watch the 60 FPS videos in 60 FPS. Watch them on a desktop.
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maybe I am missing something but those youtube videos are not giving me the option to view them in 60 FPS using google chrome on my desktop. nevermind i figured it out. the top video isn't 60 fps but one on bottom is.
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Yes, the top one was recorded in 30 FPS on an iPhone 4 but even with that there is still a visible difference.
reduced transparency on looks so smooth with the 60 fps video, if one can't see that, they need to go have eyes checked. And I've had a few beers watching the football game. Very obvious the difference with reduced transparency on, there is no lag at all. Hopefully someone at Apple has noticed that.
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I cannot see any difference on my mobile device and don't hear people complaining about the issue.
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You have to be watching it in 60 FPS on the YouTube site (dekstop). That's how it looks in real life. Why did you make that sarcastic comment about "59.99 FPS" and say there's no problem if you didn't even watch the accurate version of the video?
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Jesus man, just let it go. He doesn't see the difference, and/or it doesn't bother him. SO WHAT? Continuing to harass him about it isn't going to prove anything.
He replied to my original post with a worthless dismissal without even watching the video properly, so he deserves whatever response he gets. I'm not accepting brand new iPhones performing like this and I'm also not having any people tell me I'm lying because frame drops are objectively measurable. It is a fact that the 6s Plus has poor frame rates.
The newest iPhones have no excuse for lagging on the newest version of their initial software. There's also no excuse for the premium phone that costs $100 more being SLOWER THAN THE LESS EXPENSIVE ONE.
Because people post youtube videos and the quality is such that if there was a point to be gotten across its lost. If you are going to post something the point should come across in all formats. I looked at that video a few times and cannot discern anything. Not near my desktop when I am ill relook.
After 3 days of usage on 9.1. I can honestly say that battery life on my 6s is substantially worse than 9.0.2. I could easily get 9 hours of usage and 20 hours of stand by before the 20% notice. Now I'm barely getting 6 hours and 14 hours of stand by before I get hit with the 20% notice.
I really don't want to have to restore and set up from an iCloud backup because that means I need to recalibrate my watch again.
I really don't want to have to restore and set up from an iCloud backup because that means I need to recalibrate my watch again.
Apple.Thanks a lot for wrecking my Air 2 experience.I fear opening the app switcher because of the lag now.I most definitely am NOT buying your ipad pro because of this stunt you pulled.I will probably go for a company which cares like the Nexus or the Surface
Apple will surely read all of this and take it very close to heart.
I must say, I must be very lucky to not have this iPad Air 2 lag with the app switcher. I'm only suffering worse battery life on my 6s (noted above) and my Air 2 as well. But I would trade worse battery life for no lag any day of the week.
Yup, I've been saying this since my 6s Plus arrived on launch day. No matter where I posted, I had a slew of responses in the vein of "nope, no stutter here, you're wrong." There is absolutely a difference between the 6s and the Plus. Unfortunately, our best hope for any improvement is submitting feedback and bug reports to Apple. Hell, someone mentioned taking our complaints to Tim Cook on Twitter, or even email.
Already sent feedbacks earlier.Doesnt seem to make any difference.I know they don't give a ****.Its a shame I plonked $700 on this POS.Jokes on me