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I have an iPhone 6S - I'd say OS updates do slow the phone down, but they also tend to be really buggy and generally rubbish for a while. I think it's probably
by mcintyre1994 9y ago
I have an iPhone 6S - I'd say OS updates do slow the phone down, but they also tend to be really buggy and generally rubbish for a while. I think it's probably more bad engineering and software quality than anything nefarious.
- qplex 9y agoMy experience with Android is the opposite, it's gradually better and faster with every release.
- user5454 9y agoApple is intentionally slowing down phones with every OS upgrade to "preserve the battery" [1]. [1] http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/21/technology/apple-slows-down-old-iphones/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/21/technology/apple-slows-down-...
- macintux 9y agoThat's not at all what they said. The said that as the battery degrades, they limit CPU spikiness that can abruptly kill the device even with a non-trivial amount of juice left. That's not nearly the same as "slowing down the phone with every upgrade". Often people have reported better performance after an OS upgrade, although obviously results may vary, and subjective impressions are always, well, subjective.