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iOS 9.2 performance on iPad Air 2
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No complaints here. Performance has been very good on my iPad and for that matter my iPhone 6S+. Sure, some would complain but I'm not one of them at the moment.Hey, how is 9.2 beta 4 running on Air 2 performance wise, compared to 9.1 ?
Btw Marry Christmas to all
works GREAT for me on my iPad Air 2 - very smooth with no lag, not even any stutters.
I haven't had iPad for a while as I was sick and tired of stuttering animation on my iPad mini 2 every since iOS 8 came out, where iOS 7, just one previous software was night and day smoother. I'm going to purchase iPad air 2 since it's on sale, but I'm wondering if iOS 9.2 and iPad air 2 has animation stutters fixed, like rotation animation in Featured tab of app store, rotation animation lag when in spotlight with keyboard on, in Safari, when viewing certain website, you tap on address bar, and it brings up list of favourites and keyboard and scrolling is stuttery, etc. Could anyone please let me know? Thanks a bunch!
Dont do it.There are heavy stutters compared to 8.4.1
OT-iPad Air 2 performs badly compared to 8.4.1
Hey, how is 9.2 beta 4 running on Air 2 performance wise, compared to 9.1 ?
Btw Marry Christmas to all
Not noticing any lags or stutters under most typical usage cases like control center, multitasking, etc. Overall great upgrade for me, no more crashes & restarts compared to before.
Are you kidding me ? O_O 9.2 is alot better than 8.4.1. i did noticed that on Mini 2 after iOS 8 on Mini 2 it became bad :/ 7.1.2 and 9.2 is the best on older devices imo
Then its iOS 7 design 
My iPad Air 2 still has several issues with this iOS9 firmware - the use of my data plan has skyrocketed (most noticeable when downloading app updates as this new firmware still has Wifi dropout issues and Apple added Wifi assist to remedy it). 9.2 still has frequent situations where Safari has to reload the pages as they are loading. Yes lag and stuttering are still very present.
Note: wife's iPad Air also has all these issues.
Note: wife's iPad Air also has all these issues.
Try disabling Wifi Assist. Thats a little known feature that can skyrocket an user's data plan
I thought iOS 9.2 would be completely lag free, reading what people said online, but I'm now worried that some of you guys say there are still stutters. I hate stutters so much, and that's why I went for Air 2 and not mini 4, as I know app switcher animation stutters on mini 4 (not >60fps). I wonder if iOS 9.3 will further improve performance, or it will slow down more, or it will just fix bugs.
I'm either extremely tolerant or the luckiest guy on earth because I haven't had one hiccup with iOS 9 from day one. Same for El Capitan, Yosemite, or iOS 8. I just don't see them. Again, I'm not denying it happens, but it doesn't to me. On topic, the iPad Air 2 I have flies under 9.2, but it's no different than any other iOS 9 version I've had.
I don't think I'm that tolerant (because I'm the first to complain with slow internet and inconviencies or annoyances and I haven't seen any in the past two major releases on iOS and OS X). I guess my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 are really good, and my 2014 13" rMBP is flawless.
Again, I'm not saying there isn't problems but maybe they aren't as widespread as some would believe due to reviews and people's comments. It's just that people complain louder and more noticeably than they praise when things do work. For most people, when things work they just stay quiet and no need to say anything. But when something doesn't work they have no problem speaking up.
I don't think I'm that tolerant (because I'm the first to complain with slow internet and inconviencies or annoyances and I haven't seen any in the past two major releases on iOS and OS X). I guess my iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 are really good, and my 2014 13" rMBP is flawless.
Again, I'm not saying there isn't problems but maybe they aren't as widespread as some would believe due to reviews and people's comments. It's just that people complain louder and more noticeably than they praise when things do work. For most people, when things work they just stay quiet and no need to say anything. But when something doesn't work they have no problem speaking up.
Yes, I'm aware of that, but doing so cripples the iPad Air 2 when updating the apps because of the Wifi dropouts