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iOS 9 is making me hate Apple
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I start to get pissed about Apple since November 2014, when I got my iPhone 6 as company phone. I'm on my 8th iPhone 6 now and still have hardware problems. First one had the moving front camera, and every other iPhone had loose display.
I know they are refurbished, but using apple products since 2007 I never had issues with refurbished devices.
And before iOS 7 I never had to change settings or restore without backup. Everything "just worked" how Steve would have said it.
I think the difference is that Tim is under pressure due to shareholders to deliver good sale numbers and other things get stuck on the road.
I'm on 9.2 PB3 now and still have some stutter, but not as much as with 9.1. The real performance boost that they claimed, I can't see it. And metal didn't brought the huge gpu performance gain they've advertised.
Next time when I buy myself a phone, I'll think twice to buy an iPhone.
I know they are refurbished, but using apple products since 2007 I never had issues with refurbished devices.
And before iOS 7 I never had to change settings or restore without backup. Everything "just worked" how Steve would have said it.
I think the difference is that Tim is under pressure due to shareholders to deliver good sale numbers and other things get stuck on the road.
I'm on 9.2 PB3 now and still have some stutter, but not as much as with 9.1. The real performance boost that they claimed, I can't see it. And metal didn't brought the huge gpu performance gain they've advertised.
Next time when I buy myself a phone, I'll think twice to buy an iPhone.
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You have not been a lucky one. Our family has had iphones for years and 3 iphone 4, two 5s and now a 6s plus two ipads. We have not had to return any phone for hardware issue. Everything has "just worked" over the years even the devices on IOS 9.
My wife's 5s has reduce motion and transparency off on iOS 9.2 b3 and it has never run better.
I've had the following iPhones:
iPhone 3G: no issues
iPhone 3GS: no issues
iPhone 4: no issues
iPhone 5: replaced due to home button -> refurbished is still used by my mum. Perfect condition
iPhone 6: on the 8th phone right now
Yeah -_-
I started with original iPhone, iPhone 2G.
Then iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4.
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPhone 5S
iPhone 6
And now iPhone 6S.
While using the iPhone though, I have tried several android devices. Most recently Samsung S4, S6, Note 4, Z3, M8 and M9. For some reason, there is something about android phones that never gets to me. I always keep coming back to iPhone.
Then iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4.
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPhone 5S
iPhone 6
And now iPhone 6S.
While using the iPhone though, I have tried several android devices. Most recently Samsung S4, S6, Note 4, Z3, M8 and M9. For some reason, there is something about android phones that never gets to me. I always keep coming back to iPhone.
It makes the phone look like absolute crap.No wonder you dont have issues
I compared 9.2b3 with 8.1.4 side by side and the difference is quite big. 8.1.4 stil WAY smoother.
Just my experience.
1. Note 5 was faster/smoother than 6+ on 8.4.1 was faster/smoother than 6S+ on 9.0
Today ...
2. Note 5 is faster/smoother than 6S+ on 9.1 is faster/smoother than 6+ on 9.1
Over all, I did not expect the Note 5 to be faster/smoother than the 6S+.
For the iPhone, the 2 I expected, the 1 I did not.
No matter how you look at it, there is something inherently wrong with the development/test/release process Apple uses these days for iOS. Unless we can get a detailed insiders view, and even if we could, we are recipients. Good, bad, and ugly.
1. Note 5 was faster/smoother than 6+ on 8.4.1 was faster/smoother than 6S+ on 9.0
Today ...
2. Note 5 is faster/smoother than 6S+ on 9.1 is faster/smoother than 6+ on 9.1
Over all, I did not expect the Note 5 to be faster/smoother than the 6S+.
For the iPhone, the 2 I expected, the 1 I did not.
No matter how you look at it, there is something inherently wrong with the development/test/release process Apple uses these days for iOS. Unless we can get a detailed insiders view, and even if we could, we are recipients. Good, bad, and ugly.
I think it looks better; dislike all of that eye candy. There's no accounting for taste. Eh?
I find it hilarious that you lecture people on smooth performance when you literally turn off the thing causing the lags.You should use the iPhone for a couple of days with it off and than talk
Might be a little smoother, but not near as stable.
8.4.1 was a mess. Apple Music slowed down the system, Safari crashes and reloads were a feature and springboard crashes were the in thing. I don't care how smooth 8.4.1 is, it was a mess. 9 will eventually be as smooth as 8, but more importantly it's much more stable than 8.
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Same thing happened during iOS 8. It wasn't perfect upon release. Especially, on my iPad 4 it was a jerky mess and not smooth. It finally smoothed out over several updates. This is what's happening now.
There's nothing inherently wrong, other than the short term memory of some of our fine posters here.
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It's also "hilarious" that if the iPad is not working the way you think and there is a configuration tweak that could help...
I was talking about iPad 4.
But I will say this, Safari was terrible for me on iOS 8 and it didn't matter the device. I don't miss iOS 8 at all. Not one bit.
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My 6+ was faster/smoother than my 5S (6 on 8, 5S on 7) and the 6+ was faster/smoother when the 5S was on 8.
It was what I expected. Aside from 8 having other issues and 7 being a mess.
The 6S+ being so slow on iOS9 is the major surprise.
For many things I do like 8 over 9. For others not so much. Having Safari not crash so much has been nice.
I switch back and forth between the note 5 and my 6s plus and the note 5 is definitely up there. What's amazing to me is that the note 5 rarely has an orientation issue like my iPhone. It'll switch to the correct orientation no matter how I hold it instantly. My iPhone seems to be lacking in this department. Sometimes I have to turn my phone back and then forth to get it to register. If the note 5 had iMessage and better battery life, it would be a no brainier for constant daily use.
The software is truly declining. I don't know if their standards are slipping but these annoyances are what separated apple from other platforms.
The software is truly declining. I don't know if their standards are slipping but these annoyances are what separated apple from other platforms.