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I haven't even updated my 5S as I need 5GB on a 16GB device for an OTA update. Is it even worth the update at this point? I really don't care much for HealthKit

by dvcc 12y ago

I haven't even updated my 5S as I need 5GB on a 16GB device for an OTA update. Is it even worth the update at this point? I really don't care much for HealthKit or any new messaging features.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Can you not just plug into iTunes and install it through that? I believe that's how I did it and it didn't need 5GB free then. I think there's a lot more than just messaging and HealthKit. Keyboards are a huge update. Extensions, which are already available in lots of apps, are going to make your device a lot more useful. Most of the big things were for developers so you will see the biggest things in apps, not the OS IMO. Another reason I would update is that it won't take long before a lot of devs drop iOS 7 support. There are tons of new APIs in iOS 8, coupled with the fact that it'll probably hit over 80% install base in a couple of months that it's best for the small devs to just drop older OS support. It happened with iOS 7.
- dvcc 12y ago
  No, Entirely possible (Although last time I tried that download times were 48hours+)! I was just wondering if at this point the positives outweighed the reduced battery life, and the apparent bugs. Seemed like it might not have been worth it at this point.
smackfu 12y ago
You also get extensions, but they require developers to create them and I haven't been very impressed yet. The new iCloud Photos will be nice (especially on a 16GB device), but that hasn't shipped yet. Continuity will be nice, once Yosemite ships, if you have a Mac.
r00fus 12y ago
> I haven't even updated my 5S as I need 5GB on a 16GB device for an OTA update. If you hook up to iTunes, you can use it to do just the OS update... sync is optional.
- dvcc 12y ago
  Never said I couldn't, well except when it said it would take 48 hours to download the update the first weekend. It just became too much work to actually upgrade, for what seemed like very minor upgrades.

by dvcc 12y ago

I haven't even updated my 5S as I need 5GB on a 16GB device for an OTA update. Is it even worth the update at this point? I really don't care much for HealthKit or any new messaging features.

k-mcgrady 12y ago

Can you not just plug into iTunes and install it through that? I believe that's how I did it and it didn't need 5GB free then. I think there's a lot more than just messaging and HealthKit. Keyboards are a huge update. Extensions, which are already available in lots of apps, are going to make your device a lot more useful. Most of the big things were for developers so you will see the biggest things in apps, not the OS IMO. Another reason I would update is that it won't take long before a lot of devs drop iOS 7 support. There are tons of new APIs in iOS 8, coupled with the fact that it'll probably hit over 80% install base in a couple of months that it's best for the small devs to just drop older OS support. It happened with iOS 7.

dvcc 12y ago
No, Entirely possible (Although last time I tried that download times were 48hours+)! I was just wondering if at this point the positives outweighed the reduced battery life, and the apparent bugs. Seemed like it might not have been worth it at this point.

smackfu 12y ago

You also get extensions, but they require developers to create them and I haven't been very impressed yet. The new iCloud Photos will be nice (especially on a 16GB device), but that hasn't shipped yet. Continuity will be nice, once Yosemite ships, if you have a Mac.

r00fus 12y ago

> I haven't even updated my 5S as I need 5GB on a 16GB device for an OTA update. If you hook up to iTunes, you can use it to do just the OS update... sync is optional.

dvcc 12y ago
Never said I couldn't, well except when it said it would take 48 hours to download the update the first weekend. It just became too much work to actually upgrade, for what seemed like very minor upgrades.