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Why IPhone 5S is so slow and buggy on IOS 11?
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Because iOS 11 is the latest iOS that iPhone 5s will get...but also it is in beta stage so this may be also an explanation...
For example...my iPhone 4( non S) struggled with iOS 7 but had no problem with iOS 6...
For example...my iPhone 4( non S) struggled with iOS 7 but had no problem with iOS 6...
In fairness, iOS 11 is still in beta. But the 5s, for being almost 4 years old, it's still supported regardless, which even if it is laggy, it's not entirely unexpected, but at least it's guaranteed through iOS 11 for those who still choose to use it. I would still allow it to mature somewhat through the beta's before ultimately calling it laggy.
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All A7 devices are pretty slow on iOS 11. I wouldn't expect A7 to be faster on iOS 11, but, I didn't expect to be this slow !!!! Imagining how laggy ,buggy and slow it will be on the official release.
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4s on iOS 9 is way slower than iPhone 4 on iOS 7.
Its beta 2 just wait Beta 3 or 4 and the stutters gonna magically be fixed happens every year well aside from iPhone 4s and iphone 4 maybe
Maybe iPhone 5s will continue the pattern . 4,4s,5s. It wont get better with subsequent updates. It wont make any faster , maybe less laggy , but slow !
I would expect iOS 11 to be the last update for the 5s. Usually the last update makes that particular phone slower. However the iPhone 5 ran pretty smooth up until it's last update. I think it will be slower on iOS 11 but the lagginess etc should be cleared up in subsequent betas.
Well duh doy son, it's still in beta. There isn't even a public beta release yet, just developer. It's far too early to say how good performance will be.
complaints about bugs already when its not even near GM yet?
whats next? complaining how slow the iphone 7s/8 will be on it's last ios version half a decade or more in the future?
whats next? complaining how slow the iphone 7s/8 will be on it's last ios version half a decade or more in the future?
It is a developer beta software on a 4 year old model. It is supposed to be buggy and slow. Why would anyone expect anything more?
D E V E L O P E R B E T A. They don't focus on optimization first, so don't worry about it until later this fall.
They added a lot new api's and features sprinkles throughout the OS. Beta 3 you will see things will become smoother.
Even if iOS 11 gets optimized enough, the best bet for 5S owners is to maintain in iOS 10.
iOS 11 introduces a lot of local based processing runtimes, such as AI and localized metrics. It will for sure introduce added load to the OS even if very well optimized, which consequently will increase battery consumption. That for newer devices may not add significant load to have an impact, but for older devices it's a different story.
iOS 11 introduces a lot of local based processing runtimes, such as AI and localized metrics. It will for sure introduce added load to the OS even if very well optimized, which consequently will increase battery consumption. That for newer devices may not add significant load to have an impact, but for older devices it's a different story.
Let's see since a lot of that is offloaded to the GPU through Metal 2 and Core ML. I'm very curious to see the final performance, I mean if you compare a iPhone 5s to iPhone 7...well you see that it wasnt really until A8 when the phone gpu got serious horse power. The iPhone 5s gpu is ancient compared to the new ones found in A9+ devices. Funny considering at the time we all though iPhone 5s was huge and going to have long life, in reality even though 64bit the actual horsepower is a fraction of what the newer devices offer. TLDR A7 chip has not aged as we originally thought and most likely wont get iOS 12
It's funny ( is just like i laugh here in my profile picture) how these kids saying that the Final release of Beta/ Initial release of iOS 11 make the device faster.
I remember when i installed iOS 9 beta 1 on my iPad Air 1 and compared it to iOS 9 beta 10/ Official release i don't see any speed difference.
Sure the Final beta will be less buggy, but in performance or make it snappier? The answer is NO
The final beta make the device even slower than the beta 1 because they still add some new features from beta 1 to beta 10.
I remember when i installed iOS 9 beta 1 on my iPad Air 1 and compared it to iOS 9 beta 10/ Official release i don't see any speed difference.
Sure the Final beta will be less buggy, but in performance or make it snappier? The answer is NO
The final beta make the device even slower than the beta 1 because they still add some new features from beta 1 to beta 10.
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You always get a feel for just how much your device has slowed down on the latest version of iOS when running the beta. While improvements do get made over time (I'm talking UI side, not bugs which is another topic), if you own an older device you can usually get a very good idea of just how much slower your device will be.
If it's an older gen device and lags/stutters, loads slowly on a beta, chances are it'll be near the same come final.
It's an old device, it's natural.
If it's an older gen device and lags/stutters, loads slowly on a beta, chances are it'll be near the same come final.
It's an old device, it's natural.
comparing a fully mature final x.y.z version of an ios vs one thats not even out of beta yet for it's x.y version.?
excellent..