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On other side update iphone 4s (2011) to ios 8 (2014) makes it horribly slow, while technically still 'works'.
by betaby 9y ago
On other side update iphone 4s (2011) to ios 8 (2014) makes it horribly slow, while technically still 'works'.
- redial 9y agoOn the other hand, my iPhone 5 from 2012 is still plenty fast on iOS 10.
- ksk 9y agoIts even worse than that. Apple blocks you from going back to the older version of the OS. I had to literally throw away my 4s, (it was working fine otherwise) because it had become unusable for me after updating the OS.
- mrsteveman1 9y agoThe primary cause of that sort of thing appears to be the significant leaps forward[0] they've made with their ARM hardware every year. At some point it will plateau the way PC hardware has, and new major OS versions won't be as much an issue. [0] https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/06/review-10-5-inch-ipad-pro-is-pro-hardware-patiently-waiting-for-pro-software/3/ https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/06/review-10-5-inch-ipad-...