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iPhone SE (2016) Safe to update my iPhone SE to iOS 11?
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I personally don’t have my SE anymore, but the reports I read have been very good from with the performance with iOS 11.
Here is a similar thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-is-the-iphone-se-with-ios-11.2087054/
Don’t update. I have an iPhone SE, and it ruined the battery life. there’s plenty of threads in this forum that supports this. Don’t update to iOS 11.
Update it, works fine for me. Great battery life and great perf. No lag or issues what soever. Its not like our phones are slouches by any means.
I've had my iPhone SE since launch, and I suffer no degradation from 10 to 11 ios. you people worry too much, just get a new battery from apple for 29 dollars if you are that concerned. brb dont enjoy the experiences they work so hard to create.
iOS 11 doesn’t change things much on iPhone SE and mine got never reached the speed it was on iOS 10 before. If I were you, I would never ever update it.
I think it’s also important to remember that not every iPhone will have the exact same performance regardless if they update to iOS 11 or not. It depends on how somebody is using their iPhone to determine the speed and what they are experiencing for issues.
Always ask yourself- is there anything compelling enough in the newest OS that's worth slowing down your phone.
Personally I haven't seen any reason to go past iOS 9
Personally I haven't seen any reason to go past iOS 9
If I still had my SE I would upgrade the software - do you know, for the life of me I can't remember why I got rid of it. Perhaps it was when I used the iPhone 7 for a full year and still had an android phone, too. I've always maintained that for me 2 phones is perfect - one with my main sim and in use as a daily driver, the other as a backup. I was pretty impressed by a chap in hospital who'd dropped his SE a gazillion times; it was a bit scuffed up but was working perfectly.
Worth? Is it worth leaving yourself the vulnerabilities with Spectre and meltdown without updating? Apple patches multiple security enhancements to keep your identity safe. If my iPhone was a little slower versus my identity or iPhone compromised, I would gladly take a slower iPhone versus having to deal with all the inconveniences of being hacked. Security is vital when it comes to updating your iPhone to protect the user. And I appreciate that Apple values that.
I think this thread makes it quite clear that you will never get a definitive answer to a question like this. Everyone has their own experiences and mentalities and there’s no way to know which will match your own.
My personal philosophy has always been to keep my devices up to date with the latest software they can support. I have so far never regretted this. But again, that’s just me.
My personal philosophy has always been to keep my devices up to date with the latest software they can support. I have so far never regretted this. But again, that’s just me.
Do you work for Apple PR?
I never upgrade my iOS since buying my new Apple devices - iPads, iPhones. My device are same speed as I first got them!