My main concern is that it's a very big jump from 10 three to the current iOS. I'm recalling the problems that Mario had when doing a similar big jump.
Deidre > On Aug 7, 2019, at 12:56 PM, Cristobal Muñoz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yup. My iPhone SE can show its age depending on what I want to do, but over > all, it holds up favorably compared to my XR. Both on iOS 12.4. > I can't think of any compelling reason why anyone would want to stick with > iOS 10.X. Maybe there's a particular app or service they don't want to lose, > but even then, there's probably an alternative available at this point and > who's to say how much longer an app or service that only works with older > versions of iOS will continue to work? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: updating > > I completely agree, your friend who said the updates are designed more for > newer devices is not correct at all. As Anna said, especially iOS 12 was very > much a release where Apple concentrated on fixing bugs, improving performance > and efficiency instead of introducing a lot of new features. During the > keynote they actually specifically mentioned this and showed how much better > iOS 12 ran on an iPhone 6. > Keep in mind as well that while iOS 10 is still mostly supported, I just > received an email from Dropbox where they announced that they will drop > support for iOS 10 as well as hardware which does not support 64-bit > architecture. This means the iPhone 5/5C or earlier and the iPad fourth > generation and earlier. If you use Dropbox the app will soon no longer work > on any of those devices or on newer devices which haven't been upgraded at > least to iOS 11. > The current version of iOS is 12.4 and just as Anna, I highly recommend you > update. Just make sure you follow a few basic rules: > > 1. Go to the app store app and check for updates and make sure all your apps > are updated 2. Close all apps from the app switcher 3. Turn your phone off, > wait 30 seconds and turn it back on 4. Go to Settings > General > Software > Update and install iOS 12.4 5. After the installation finishes and the phone > has rebooted, leave it plugged in over night since there is a lot of stuff > going on behind the scenes after such a major update. Then in the morning I > would do another reboot of your phone and you should be fine and most likely > you will notice your old phone is snappier than before. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Anna > Dresner > Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:55 AM > To: VIPhone Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: updating > > Hello Deidre, > > Apple put a lot of work into improving the performance of older devices in > iOS 12. I would encourage you to update. You'll get a lot of security fixes > as well. Also, it's possible that apps will perform better, since developers > tend to gear their apps to newer versions of operating systems first. > > Best, > Anna > > > > >> On Aug 7, 2019, at 8:04 AM, 'deidre muccio' via VIPhone >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey all >> I'm one of those old dinasaur's who never updated beyond 10.3. I've >> got plenty of storage left on my iPhone 6. One friend with a 5S said >> the more recent updates were not any kind of improvement for his >> phone, and he proclaimed that the updates were geared to newer phones. >> I fear the jump from 10.3 to 12.3 might cause some problems at this point. >> Speaking of newer versions of Apps, I downloaded the Facebook App >> recently and have deleted it several times already. It's back on the >> phone again with the same issue that drove me to delete it twice >> already. I get bumped out of the post I am reading and don't know why. >> I assume it is because some notification is coming in or perhaps the >> newsfeed is being refreshed automatically. It's annoying. I wish I >> hadn't deleted my older version some time ago. It worked just fine >> without all the bumping me back to the top of the page. Unfortunately, >> or unfortunately, the Facebook App is so much easier to use with a >> screen reader than accessing it through their main site. >> Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so did you ever resolve >> it? >> >> Deidre >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected]. 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