iOS: Annually slowing down our devices

[philipyoungg]

Don't know what to tell you. Just that the reality is that most people don't have their devices anywhere close to being crippled. For example, you can see it from many threads and post here--many people not complaining about anything and many of those that are are not complaining of anything close to crippling.

I believe your definition of "crippled" and his definition of the same word are different.

 

[C DM]

I believe your definition of "crippled" and his definition of the same word are different.

That's certainly quite possible. I'm using the actual definition as it is applied by most in the real world.

 

[newellj]

I cannot believe there is no class action lawsuit against Apple for how they are clearly, without question, intentionally crippling our devices with software updates while giving no option to downgrade to the iOS which the device shipped with. Apple crippled my iPhon 5, iPad mini and now my iPhone 6! They need to replace my devices or give a downgrade option! I AM FURIOUS! Tim Cook, ARE! YOU! LISTENING! ???

Given the millions (many millions) of phones involved, if there were even a nano-whiff of of facts to support your rant, you can be very sure that entrepreneurial lawyers would be all over Apple with class action law suits. The conclusion is obvious...

 

[Tamagotchi]

Or switch to a Nexus device that uses Stock Android (no one of those custom craps from Samsung, HTC, etc that never get updated).

I started using again my Nexus 5 with the recently released one week ago Android 6.0 Marshmallow and it simply flies.

 

[AlexNice]

Solution is ... update your device once a year

 

[Smeaton1724]

BS.
I broke out an old iPhone 3 (OMG!!!) and powered that baby up. Still works and the battery only lasts about 90 minutes - wifi only.
Scrolling around the screen, pulling up basic functions it is mostly smooth and just works.
Then I pull up my 6S+. Scroll around the screen, pulling up basic functions it is mostly smooth however it feels like I'm navigating in syrup. It's not snappy smooth, it's syrupy smooth.

As for the "Force Touch, Touch ID, more pixels, payments, more notifications, larger more intensive apps, louder speakers, better camera, better video, thinner, lighter" - not lighter (it weighs a lot more) most are add on features and should not negatively impact the basic function/operation of the device unless you have:

1. overloaded the cpu/gpu
2. integrated / intertwined everything into an iTunes like mess

So, which has Apple done? 1 or 2?

As for the original PC type generational speedup stuff, it generally made things much quicker or broke them. Slow them down? Nope.

Neither.

No way do you have that experience on a 6s, if you do, take it back. As for quoting older iPhones, well older iPhones running older versions of iOS won't have all of the features I mentioned, upgrade an old iPhone to a new OS and you should expect slowdown.

 

[dejo]

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