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Will iOS 11 slow down the IPad Air 2?

Tsepz said:
Don't underestimate that 3rd core in its SoC :) plus it has the same amount of RAM as the iPad Pro 9.7.

I believe the iPad Air 2 will have a similar life as the iPad 2, where it will be one of the most supported iDevices, and will continue to work well.
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It doesn't matter at all, Look at the iPad 3Rd generation it has tripple core graphics compared to iPad 2 oops it used to handle retina all together with 1gb ram.

Even iPad 3rd generation is slightly powerful than iPhone 5 though.
StayPuft said:
No, but iOS 15 certainly will.
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iOS 15 will NEVER EVER support iPad Air 2, not even iPad Pro 12.9", and iPhone 7 Plus.
Even if it did, it would be it's 8th iOS Update
Do you want your Device to run slow like a snail?? and takes FOREVER to boot up?
 
Newtons Apple said:
I might slow it slightly but not enough to not make me update. The Air 2 is still a great device.
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Back in the Past on 2014, iPad 2nd generation is still a great device. 512MB ram would be enough it's dual core
Same as iPad Air 2 still great, but after 2018, and 2019 People will realize iPad Air 2 is just like an iPad 2 just newer.
This year the incoming iPad Pro will be equipped with A11, or A10X on the Air/Mini of course iPad Air 2 isn't as fast before.
 
I mean, except for the rare releases where Apple overhauls the performance of iOS top to bottom, newer iOS releases are generally going to run a little slower as things get more complex. It's just the extent of the slowness that matters, and that's not possible to tell. But the iPad Air 2 hardware isn't that old. My wife's iPhone 5 didn't have trouble until iOS 10, and even then it was mainly slowing down certain apps like Messages.
 
Vivian125 said:
I think iOS 11 will slow down the iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 4, iPhone 6, and iPod Touch 6th generation by 25%
Because iOS 11 is the 4th major update for the 2014/2015 Devices. Just like the iPhone 4S in iOS 8 the performance dramatically depleted. Like a turtle.
You do know that extra RAM on the iPad Air 2 doesn't make a device FASTER, maybe for multitasking. In real word RAM has nothing to do with it.

And also RUMORS said that APPLE will make iPhone 8 more powerful this september to be released. and because of that older device will have a big impact unlike the iOS 9, is used to fix the remaining bugs of iOS 8.
Just like This:
1. iPhone 7 almost par with iPhone 7S/8
2. iPhone 6S, iPad Pro will become slightly slower at respectable level. (iPhone 6S will be next iPhone 4s in iOS 6)
3. iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 4, iPhone 6 and iPod Touch 6th Generation is starting to go downhill. But reasonable.
4. iPad Mini 3, iPad Air and iPhone 5S will be the SLOWEST like a turtle, as this Device also lacks sooooooo maaaaany features such an NFC, Apple Pay, Barometer, VOLTE, and etc.
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My iPad Air feels slower then my iPod 4th Gen, now that I have the iOS 11 beta installed.
Why? Why does apple do this? all the time! it's just sad...
I did a settings reset, which usually fixes the lags after an update, but not this time. Waiting for an update to see if it gets better, if not, I'll just try a hard reset, otherwise I'll try eBay... =P
 
mr.barkan said:
My iPad Air feels slower then my iPod 4th Gen, now that I have the iOS 11 beta installed.
Why? Why does apple do this? all the time! it's just sad...
I did a settings reset, which usually fixes the lags after an update, but not this time. Waiting for an update to see if it gets better, if not, I'll just try a hard reset, otherwise I'll try eBay... =P
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Just wait for beta 3 then do a clean install of that setting the iPad up as new.
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Vivian125 said:
It doesn't matter at all, Look at the iPad 3Rd generation it has tripple core graphics compared to iPad 2 oops it used to handle retina all together with 1gb ram.

Even iPad 3rd generation is slightly powerful than iPhone 5 though.

iOS 15 will NEVER EVER support iPad Air 2, not even iPad Pro 12.9", and iPhone 7 Plus.
Even if it did, it would be it's 8th iOS Update
Do you want your Device to run slow like a snail?? and takes FOREVER to boot up?
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I think the iPad Air 2 will be the first of its kind to receive a 6th update so iOS 14 expect performance to start dropping in iOS 12.
 
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Math889 said:
So, next year , will be the third major software update that IPad Air 2 will receive. Knowing that past iOS releases slowed down older devices , do you think iOS 11 will slow down the IPad Air 2?
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Using it since the public beta, and after 2 days, it was just as snappy and responsive as the iOS 10.3.3 - it's fine. It's okay, it's great. There are some beta bugs, but ignoring those, the iOS11 runs fine and i will certainly run the stable as daily driver over iOS 10 on it.
 
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The iPad Air 2 was as fast as some laptop at it's time so it would be funny if it has troubles running an OS like iOS 11.
 
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UBS28 said:
The iPad Air 2 was as fast as some laptop at it's time so it would be funny if it has troubles running an OS like iOS 11.
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Interesting read from an almost 3 year old article.

https://www.extremetech.com/computi...tri-core-cpu-is-almost-as-fast-as-a-modern-pc

"It’s a fairly naive comparison, but it’s worth pointing out that the A8X now has a Geekbench score that is very close to a dual-core Core i5-4250U — the Haswell chip that’s inside the mid-2013 13-inch MacBook Air. The A8X CPU manages single- and multi-threaded scores of 1812 and 4477 — while the Core i5-4250U is at 2281 and 4519. Geekbench isn’t representative of the full laptop or PC usage experience — but at the very least, it means that web browsing on the iPad Air 2 is now as fast as a modern laptop.

Yes, we’re still some way away from tablets having desktop-class performance — the Core i7-4770K scores about 4,500 and 18,000 in Geekbench’s single- and multi-threaded tests — but really, unless you need a PC for high-end gaming or multimedia editing, the iPad Air 2 and A8X SoC proves that we’re now getting scarily close to a point where tablets can replace laptops. If I was a chip maker, or a laptop OEM, I’d be a little scared of Apple right now — clearly, its chip design team is a force to be reckoned with."
 
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Act3 said:
Interesting read from an almost 3 year old article.

https://www.extremetech.com/computi...tri-core-cpu-is-almost-as-fast-as-a-modern-pc

"It’s a fairly naive comparison, but it’s worth pointing out that the A8X now has a Geekbench score that is very close to a dual-core Core i5-4250U — the Haswell chip that’s inside the mid-2013 13-inch MacBook Air. The A8X CPU manages single- and multi-threaded scores of 1812 and 4477 — while the Core i5-4250U is at 2281 and 4519. Geekbench isn’t representative of the full laptop or PC usage experience — but at the very least, it means that web browsing on the iPad Air 2 is now as fast as a modern laptop.

Yes, we’re still some way away from tablets having desktop-class performance — the Core i7-4770K scores about 4,500 and 18,000 in Geekbench’s single- and multi-threaded tests — but really, unless you need a PC for high-end gaming or multimedia editing, the iPad Air 2 and A8X SoC proves that we’re now getting scarily close to a point where tablets can replace laptops. If I was a chip maker, or a laptop OEM, I’d be a little scared of Apple right now — clearly, its chip design team is a force to be reckoned with."
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Yup. Mind, Haswell still showed an edge when it comes to single-core performance against the A8X. The A9 managed to match up on both fronts. Reckon A8X/A9 marked the start of "good enough".

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/appl...w-not-the-ipad-air-3-but-still-a-great-tablet
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gobikerider said:
The A10X just took it to a whole new level as well.
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Yep. And the interesting thing there is you've got 3 high performance cores for the heavy lifting and 3 low power cores for lighter tasks.

Would certainly be interesting to see what the performance is on the low power cores and how they compare to, say, the A5 to A9. Alas, benchmarking apps typically kick things into high gear so we usually only see the performance of the faster cores.
 
The Air 2 will most likely run well on iOS 11,but of course some CPU or graphics intensive apps might be a bit laggy compared to iPad Pro. After all,the iPad Air 2 is not meant as a replacement for a dedicated gaming machine or a proffessional media computer. I seen speed differences when running equal software,doing the same tasks on my rMBP compared to my Air 2. (Was testing same photo edits on the same picture file with pixelmator running on both devices,I know it's not a very exact method,but it at least show a speed difference).
 
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rui no onna said:
Yep. And the interesting thing there is you've got 3 high performance cores for the heavy lifting and 3 low power cores for lighter tasks.

Would certainly be interesting to see what the performance is on the low power cores and how they compare to, say, the A5 to A9. Alas, benchmarking apps typically kick things into high gear so we usually only see the performance of the faster cores.
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I honestly think my Safari browsing is not even using the high power cores.
 
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I’m typing this message from a new 9.7 iPad having ditched my Air 2. Why?

I’m not a Pro user but that bump in the single core is where iOS will benefit. iOS 11 may be in beta but it runs smoother (thus far) on the 9.7 than my Air 2 did, far less stutters in the UI.

End of the day it’s (Air 2) almost 4 years old, and it’s incredibly powerful and was overpowered for the time it was launched, and remains a very capable tablet but I wanted that little bit more fluidly to my iOS experience on iOS 11 and 12 and the 9.7 guarantees me that more than the Air 2 (in my opinion) due to that single core bump which is only some 500 points behind the iPad Pro 9.7 and 700 more than the Air 2.

Multi-core though, it’s a dead heat between the Air 2 and 9.7 iPad.
 
BritishApple said:
I’m typing this message from a new 9.7 iPad having ditched my Air 2. Why?

I’m not a Pro user but that bump in the single core is where iOS will benefit. iOS 11 may be in beta but it runs smoother (thus far) on the 9.7 than my Air 2 did, far less stutters in the UI.

End of the day it’s (Air 2) almost 4 years old, and it’s incredibly powerful and was overpowered for the time it was launched, and remains a very capable tablet but I wanted that little bit more fluidly to my iOS experience on iOS 11 and 12 and the 9.7 guarantees me that more than the Air 2 (in my opinion) due to that single core bump which is only some 500 points behind the iPad Pro 9.7 and 700 more than the Air 2.

Multi-core though, it’s a dead heat between the Air 2 and 9.7 iPad.
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AnandTech still doesn't have a review up for the 2017 iPad. Do wonder what flash setup they're using. Possible that iOS is starting to hit storage bottlenecks for random performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10685/the-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-review/4

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BritishApple said:
iOS 11 may be in beta but it runs smoother (thus far) on the 9.7 than my Air 2 did, far less stutters in the UI.
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At this point with the processors, that shouldn't be noticeable. Both devices have 2 gig of RAM, so memory not an issue with multitasking. Not sure why it would stutter on Air 2 with as much power as that processor has.
 
rui no onna said:
AnandTech still doesn't have a review up for the 2017 iPad. Do wonder what flash setup they're using. Possible that iOS is starting to hit storage bottlenecks for random performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10685/the-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-review/4

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Yeah, I mean both are fantastic tablets but given the Air 2’s age the price of the new 9.7 I decided that for that single core (and therefore iOS) performance improvement, I would take the plunge. For what it’s worth, I used the 10.5 Pro today and that increased Hz display is stunning. Utterly incredible fluidity.
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Act3 said:
At this point with the processors, that shouldn't be noticeable. Both devices have 2 gig of RAM, so memory not an issue with multitasking. Not sure why it would stutter on Air 2 with as much power as that processor has.
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The 9.7 has a noticeable increase in single core score/performance which is where iOS takes most of its resources from; hence the increase in performance. Don’t get me wrong it’s not a massive difference and the public build and subsequent .1 to .3 will iron a lot out, but for me (and I stress for ME) that single core bump was worth it.
 
Math889 said:
So, next year , will be the third major software update that IPad Air 2 will receive. Knowing that past iOS releases slowed down older devices , do you think iOS 11 will slow down the IPad Air 2?
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[doublepost=1506741299][/doublepost]Slowed my iPad down to a crawl, iOS 11 made my iPad so slow I hate it.
Very limited benefits, now everyone’s going to have to buy new iPad Apple is not a company that I like I just wish android and come out with a decent tablets
 
I would like an answer to this as well. One thread said it was very slow and one thread said air 1 was running well. Where is the truth?
 
Italianblend said:
I would like an answer to this as well. One thread said it was very slow and one thread said air 1 was running well. Where is the truth?
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Regarding the Air 2, iOS 11 has not slowed mine down. I see an occasional stutter on opening an app but overall I don't see any performance degradation. I have a 128GB LTE with about 19GB free.
 
I seen No particular speed differences on my iPad Air 2 after update. However,you should check for app updates,and clean up storage by removing older apps that cannot run iOS 11.
 
For me itIs extremely SLOW
The problem is Apple forces you to install. I guess when you can no longer innovate you just make your products obsolete so people are forced to buy another one
 
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