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Yup, 4.0 sucked for the 3G. Kind of appalling QA for a company like Apple to let that slip out. The 3G at that point was two generations behind, seemingly givin

by Poiesis 16y ago

Yup, 4.0 sucked for the 3G. Kind of appalling QA for a company like Apple to let that slip out. The 3G at that point was two generations behind, seemingly giving Apple no large incentive to fix the performance problems. But you know what? They did anyway.. The 4.1 release made these phones (including mine) usable again. I still think they screwed up badly, but I give them props for fixing the problem reasonably quickly when there were clear incentives for not doing so.

harryh 16y ago
4.1 made it better but definitely does not completely fix the problem. My 3G iPhone is still significantly slower than it was pre iOS4.
- Xuzz 16y ago
  Can someone sue Microsoft for slowing my computer with Windows 7? They don't provide any easy tools to downgrade and preserve my data... It's almost like they want me to but a new computer with Windows 7 -- another duplicated license to what I already own.
  - kingofspain 16y ago
    Plug your phone in and iTunes will prompt you to upgrade. Doesn't quite work that way with Windows :)
  - bryanh 16y ago
    I don't think that is a fair comparison. Going out of your way to buy a new version of Windows (which has clear hardware requirements) and slapping it on old hardware is much different than syncing your phone and following directions for a standard upgrade.
    - wtallis 16y ago
      Windows performance can suck on hardware well above the "minimum system requirements", and this has taught most computer users to know that new features come at a price. Mac OS X's trend of new releases being faster on the same hardware is a shockingly rare exception to the norm, and due to Apple's habit of releasing features before they're optimized. (The whole Quartz system took several releases to get up to acceptable performance, and Spotlight also made very significant gains after the initial release.)
      - Xuzz 16y ago
        Obviously they weren't taught well enough to know that iOS 4 would slow things down, too :/.
    - Xuzz 16y ago
      It's most certainly not a fair comparison and I'm most likely trolling here, but at the moment I considered it a (somewhat) interesting point. (Edit: And Microsoft supports downgrades. I can't defend my own argument. In fact, on anything newer than an iPhone 3G, it is literally impossible to downgrade, while a 3G is just "difficult".)
- saurik 16y ago
  I take it you never experienced the wondrous performance of a device running iOS 1.x? Seriously: software does more over time, and the hardware gets better to better be able to run it. If you install newer versions of Mac OS or Windows or Word or iPhoto or /whatever/ on an older machine you are not going to be happy with the experience.

by Poiesis 16y ago

harryh 16y ago

4.1 made it better but definitely does not completely fix the problem. My 3G iPhone is still significantly slower than it was pre iOS4.

Xuzz 16y ago
Can someone sue Microsoft for slowing my computer with Windows 7? They don't provide any easy tools to downgrade and preserve my data... It's almost like they want me to but a new computer with Windows 7 -- another duplicated license to what I already own.
- kingofspain 16y ago
  Plug your phone in and iTunes will prompt you to upgrade. Doesn't quite work that way with Windows :)
- bryanh 16y ago
  I don't think that is a fair comparison. Going out of your way to buy a new version of Windows (which has clear hardware requirements) and slapping it on old hardware is much different than syncing your phone and following directions for a standard upgrade.
  - wtallis 16y ago
    Windows performance can suck on hardware well above the "minimum system requirements", and this has taught most computer users to know that new features come at a price. Mac OS X's trend of new releases being faster on the same hardware is a shockingly rare exception to the norm, and due to Apple's habit of releasing features before they're optimized. (The whole Quartz system took several releases to get up to acceptable performance, and Spotlight also made very significant gains after the initial release.)
    - Xuzz 16y ago
      Obviously they weren't taught well enough to know that iOS 4 would slow things down, too :/.
  - Xuzz 16y ago
    It's most certainly not a fair comparison and I'm most likely trolling here, but at the moment I considered it a (somewhat) interesting point. (Edit: And Microsoft supports downgrades. I can't defend my own argument. In fact, on anything newer than an iPhone 3G, it is literally impossible to downgrade, while a 3G is just "difficult".)
saurik 16y ago
I take it you never experienced the wondrous performance of a device running iOS 1.x? Seriously: software does more over time, and the hardware gets better to better be able to run it. If you install newer versions of Mac OS or Windows or Word or iPhoto or /whatever/ on an older machine you are not going to be happy with the experience.