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Dont worry, Apple will force the upgrade the same way they always have. Make the next version of iOS so freaking slow on older devices that its unbearable to us
by jdhawk 10y ago
Dont worry, Apple will force the upgrade the same way they always have. Make the next version of iOS so freaking slow on older devices that its unbearable to use. People that stay on iOS[789] will eventually be forced to upgrade in order to get their necessary app updates.
My poor iPad 2 is so slow on iOS9 that its unbearable to use for any length of time. A5's are unbearable, A6's are not far behind.
- ericzawo 10y agoI hate hate HATE how standard practice this is. My 5C doesn't have night shift, for seemingly NO reason other than being the "value" iphone.
- Nicholas_C 10y agoIs it possible to downgrade the OS on an iPhone? Is that a viable option if the newer OS is very slow on an older phone?
- jdhawk 10y agoNo, apple stops signing the iOS images a few weeks after a new release. There is a method to go back to iOS6 if you have a jailbroken device, but its complex.
- chippy 10y agoIt's not just Apple - it's the developers who release updates to their apps which, because they have the latest gear, are optimised for the latest hardware. I have an iPad2 and only recently upgraded it to iOS9 after 6? (I think, the one where they introduced the wobbly effect) - it got slow before I upgraded it because I updated all the software on it incrementally. It started lagging before I upgraded, indeed it was the reason why I upgraded the operating system. It didn't make any difference.
- jdhawk 10y agoInteresting, I'd love to have that datapoint, but I was an idiot and pushed to iOS7 on my iPad2