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I do not recommend it. Apple destroyed my 7 Plus when I upgraded to iOS 11. It went from 2 day battery life to lasting a day. Then they also snatched away the fast solid state home button of ios 10. I hate iOS 11 so much I kept my 2nd generation iPad Pro 12.9 on iOS 10.3.3. Trust me, the visual change’s feel fresh but after a few days the glaring flaws outweigh them.

How did they destroy your 7 Plus? Didn't they replace it with a new battery? Did you check the wear level after?
 
I don't see any benefits of updating to 11.3 if the speed remains more or less the same compared to 10.3.3 (although I am sure it's less..) and battery life drops twice...
This sounds to me rather downgrade...
 
What do you advice me - is it time to update my 6S to 11.3?
I have throttling problems now on 10.3.3, but I am not sure if it will be better in general on 11.3.. I need your experience/advice.
If you have throttling problem just change your battery, but Don't update iOS 11, because iOS 11 damage your battery and everyone say "you have an older device with battery problem, just update your device"
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Yes, battery life is worse on iOS 11 and user need to charge the battery 2 times in a day, that mean user has half battery cycle...
Don't quite think that applies to most, let alone all users. And using the battery isn't the same as damaging it.
 
Yes, battery life is worse on iOS 11 and user need to charge the battery 2 times in a day, that mean user has half battery cycle...
Don't quite think that applies to most, let alone all users. And using the battery isn't the same as damaging it.

I am talking about battery cycles, do you think battery cycles are not important in battery life? :confused:
 
Have fun with all the security flaws.
What's the point of fixing security flaws when you ruin the device in the process? I would take battery life and performance over security any day. I can avoid security flaws by using common sense. I can't avoid stuttering and battery life issues.
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How did they destroy your 7 Plus? Didn't they replace it with a new battery? Did you check the wear level after?
Wear level when I was using my 7 Plus was 98%. Now the family uses it as a general device and the Wear level is at 90%. But the device doesn't last long nearly as it used to. On iOS 10, I would take it off the charger at 7/8am and it would last till 9pm and still have 35% left for the next day. On iOS 11 it's out of juice by 7pm. I am planning to get a new battery for it sometime this year. Not in a hurry as I bought an iPhone X which is my current device.
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Don't quite think that applies to most, let alone all users. And using the battery isn't the same as damaging it.
Yes frequently charging the battery increases the Wear acceleration rate. You will need a new battery earlier than usual. So iOS 11 does damage batteries.
 
What's the point of fixing security flaws when you ruin the device in the process? I would take battery life and performance over security any day. I can avoid security flaws by using common sense. I can't avoid stuttering and battery life issues.
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Wear level when I was using my 7 Plus was 98%. Now the family uses it as a general device and the Wear level is at 90%. But the device doesn't last long nearly as it used to. On iOS 10, I would take it off the charger at 7/8am and it would last till 9pm and still have 35% left for the next day. On iOS 11 it's out of juice by 7pm. I am planning to get a new battery for it sometime this year. Not in a hurry as I bought an iPhone X which is my current device.
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Yes frequently charging the battery increases the Wear acceleration rate. You will need a new battery earlier than usual. So iOS 11 does damage batteries.
Again, that is not the kind of thing that typically comes to mind when someone would say that iOS 11 damages the battery. But it's certainly a generalized hyperbolic spin on it to try to get an impulsive emotional reaction.
 
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Again, that is not the kind of thing that typically comes to mind when someone would say that iOS 11 damages the battery. But it's certainly a generalized hyperbolic spin on it to try to get an impulsive emotional reaction.
You can argue the word choice (i.e: Damage, that I still think is correct: Damage (v.): have a detrimental effect on (something))
Updating is having a detrimental effect on the battery life.
Anyway, I digress. What I assume he means is that updating may negatively affect battery life, which, in turn, has the potential effect of decreasing its effective life. And that this trade-off isn't worth it, conclusion with which I agree.
Let's use "potentially decreasing" instead of damaging, and the point still remains.
 
You can argue the word choice (i.e: Damage, that I still think is correct: Damage (v.): have a detrimental effect on (something))
Updating is having a detrimental effect on the battery life.
Anyway, I digress. What I assume he means is that updating may negatively affect battery life, which, in turn, has the potential effect of decreasing its effective life. And that this trade-off isn't worth it, conclusion with which I agree.
Let's use "potentially decreasing" instead of damaging, and the point still remains.
Some aspects of the point might be there, just not as it was all actually being implied and not to the degree that was being implied. Phrasing matters, especially when it comes to a written medium of communication like online forums.
 
Some aspects of the point might be there, just not as it was all actually being implied and not to the degree that was being implied. Phrasing matters, especially when it comes to a written medium of communication like online forums.
You might see it differently, but I understood what he meant by damage. The post did not seem to be intentional hyperbole. It might have been poorly worded but its general intent was clear.
 
I am on the edge to update...
So, last time: 6S/64Gb from 10.3.3 to 11.3 - yes or no?
 
I am on the edge to update...
So, last time: 6S/64Gb from 10.3.3 to 11.3 - yes or no?
People can't really decide for you, they can just tell you about their experiences and/or what they've heard in relation to what you have asked, which they have basically done in this thread (and various other similar ones).
 
I am on the edge to update...
So, last time: 6S/64Gb from 10.3.3 to 11.3 - yes or no?
I have gone through this upgrade itch so I empathise with you. First couple of days you will love the new look and the extra features. It's a given though that there is most definitely going to be a decrease in performance and battery life. It may or may not be substantial for you but it's going to be there. I suffered through iOS 11 on my 7 Plus and kept my iPad on iOS 10. And this is coming from a guy who runs iOS 11 betas on an iPhone X. If you are on 10, there is nothing compelling in 11 which is worth suffering through all its issues.

It's been confirmed Apple is releasing iOS 12 to fix all of iOS 11's issues. I would advise to wait till iOS 12 is out as it's going to a polished version of iOS 11.
 
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iOS 11.4 is running fine for me, as was 11.3. Battery life might be a bit lower, hard to tell, but definitely not enough to bother me.

I can avoid security flaws by using common sense.

Yeah, good luck with that. Just wait for a safari exploit to come up as it did with iOS 9.3.3. You'll visit an unsuspecting website and suddenly, your device resprings. Must have been a glitch right?

Or... Your phone has been silently jailbroken and malware has been side-loaded.

I personally wouldn't run the risk of staying on an unsupported OS.
 
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I am on the edge to update...
So, last time: 6S/64Gb from 10.3.3 to 11.3 - yes or no?
Good grief! Just make a decision! Stay on 10.3.3 upgrade to 11.3 or wait till iOS 12! No one can decide for you. I have a iPad mini 4 on 11.3 with no issues, battery or otherwise, and a 6S on 11.3 also with no issues battery or otherwise.

There thopse who will doing nothing but tell you how bad their phones run on 11.3. Others of us have no issues.

I you really want to see great battery life get an 8+. Mine is running 11.4 beta 2 and I get 8 hrs of usage and 50 hr+ of standby and still 40% battery left.

Just make a decision and best of luck!
 
I updated to 11 (before the whole throttling debacle) because I wanted my AW to be put on wOS4.

I understood that iOS11 would be harder on my 6 than iOS10.3.3, but the advantages of wOS4 pushed me over the edge.

Now that 11.3 removes the throttling issue, I can say that 11 is a lot slower than 10 on an iPhone6. Things take a lot longer, most likely due to the lack of RAM on a 6. The 6S has 2x the RAM, so maybe the laggyness isn't as big a deal breaker.

I would hold off updating, unless you had a specific need to go to 11. Also, 10 is no longer getting security updates, so there's that angle too.
 
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