Hello, everyone!
Can anyone share their experience on having iOS 16+ installed on iPhone 8 Plus? And, maybe, with its old battery on board? How does your iPhone function? In theory, it should work fine, cause iPhone 8 Plus is intended to support this iOS version. But I’m concerned about possible very poor battery life, lagging and overheating. Did you experience anything of that?
My situation is that I own iPhone 8 Plus, 64gb with its initial battery for 5 and a half years now, and it still runs iOS 11.0 (well, it just so happened…). It’s in very good condition. I love the overall quality of the device, its big IPS screen! But Apple Services like App Store, Apple Music, etc. recently stopped working completely on it. Battery seems to be +/- fine, but I can’t really see its Maximum Capacity, because iOS 11.0 doesn’t support this function.
I’m considering getting a new phone in the nearest future, but also want to continue using iPhone 8 Plus.
What would be your advice? Should I risk and install iOS 16+? What are the chances that it will run ok and I’ll get fully functioning iPhone with it? Will I instantly need to change the battery? Or, chances are, it will still be laggy and bearly usable?
Or should I leave it as it is and use this phone only for some basic tasks? And also, will I still be able to install iOS 16+ on my iPhone 8 Plus even when iOS 17 will come out (iPhone 8 Plus won’t get iOS 17, if i'm not mistaken)?
Can anyone share their experience on having iOS 16+ installed on iPhone 8 Plus? And, maybe, with its old battery on board? How does your iPhone function? In theory, it should work fine, cause iPhone 8 Plus is intended to support this iOS version. But I’m concerned about possible very poor battery life, lagging and overheating. Did you experience anything of that?
My situation is that I own iPhone 8 Plus, 64gb with its initial battery for 5 and a half years now, and it still runs iOS 11.0 (well, it just so happened…). It’s in very good condition. I love the overall quality of the device, its big IPS screen! But Apple Services like App Store, Apple Music, etc. recently stopped working completely on it. Battery seems to be +/- fine, but I can’t really see its Maximum Capacity, because iOS 11.0 doesn’t support this function.
I’m considering getting a new phone in the nearest future, but also want to continue using iPhone 8 Plus.
What would be your advice? Should I risk and install iOS 16+? What are the chances that it will run ok and I’ll get fully functioning iPhone with it? Will I instantly need to change the battery? Or, chances are, it will still be laggy and bearly usable?
Or should I leave it as it is and use this phone only for some basic tasks? And also, will I still be able to install iOS 16+ on my iPhone 8 Plus even when iOS 17 will come out (iPhone 8 Plus won’t get iOS 17, if i'm not mistaken)?