If we're talking about IOS 7 then the comparison has to be with an
iPhone 4 running IOS 7 versus the same iPhone 4 running IOS 6. Of course
the new iPhone 5s will perform better with IOS 7 than an iPhone 4. the
same was true with IOS 6. I myself am running IOS 7 on an iPhone 4S, and
I don't notice any appreciable performance difference.
I also don't think we should let Apple off the hook. The iPhone 5s may
have a 64-bit processor, 2 cores and a gig of memory, but that doesn't
mean that IOS 7 was designed just for that platform. I'm sure IOS 7 will
take advantage of that hardware, but remember IOS 7 is intended to run
on the iPhone 4 and beyond. Apple is still manufacturing the iPhone 4S
and the iPhone 5C, and they have a commitment to making IOS 7 a good
user experience on those platforms. There's no reason IOS 7 couldn't be
tuned to run well on both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5S.
On 10/05/2013 06:29 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Hi,
Maybe it depends on your level of expectations, and perception. I thought IOS
6 on an iPhone 4 was slow. I’ve used an iPhone 4 with IOS 7, and found it
really, really, slow. haha. I mean, the hardware is three and a half years
old, has 512MB of RAM, 1 core, etc. And we are now talking about an OS which
was designed with a 64 bit Processor, 1GB of RAM, and 2 cores in mind. How
could the iPhone 4 not be slow? Especially with Voiceover. I guess this will
be partly determined by what you do with your phone. If you just place calls
and text, you probably won’t be too inconvenienced. But keep in mind, My
primary device is an iPhone 5 so, I have something for comparison. I honestly
think what Pablo complained about before, has little relevance here. Maybe its
a bit of the boy who cried wolf? I think the downloading of the OS should be
controlled by the auto update feature myself. If you have this turned off, the
OS doesn’t get downloaded with out you manually doing so.
And again, This issue doesn’t really bother me. I’m just point out, I’m not
the segment of user who is needlessly inconvenienced either.
Ricardo Walker
[email protected]
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Oct 4, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Ricardo,
I understand Pablo's frustration to some degree. However, Pablo has an
iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4 and he chose, and "chose" is the important word
here, to upgrade both devices to iOS 7. He complained just as much a year
ago when he upgraded from iOS 5 to iOS 6 which is why Raul posted what he
posted.
So, why don't we just agree that a number of people are not happy with the
fact that iOS 7 automatically downloads to their device. That one I do
understand and I would support them in asking Apple to make this optional.
What I don't get and don't support is the complaint about his iPhone 4
running slow on iOS 7. Maybe Voiceover does make a big difference, but I
know at least 4 or 5 people who have an iPhone 4 and who say iOS 7 runs just
fine and for the most part it's just as responsive. I also do recall some
people on the list saying that they feel some things may have slowed down a
bit but that overall it's a totally acceptable experience. There are quite a
few factors which make a difference as to how well a device runs and we all
know that even the same model can exhibit different behaviors. What's
important is that Pablo was fully aware of how Apple does things, he knew
the risks and he knew that he could not downgrade. If I had an iPhone 4 I
would have considered all of that before, I would have made sure I had a
manual restore file of iOS 6 downloaded to my computer and then I would have
upgraded right away on day 1, I would have spend a day or 2 assessing the
performance and, had I not been happy, I would have downgraded while it was
possible. I am fully aware that not everybody is that tech savvy and plans
ahead like this, but Pablo should have known better. He has definitely a
valid concern regarding the space that the update takes, but he does not
have a valid point when it comes to actually installing iOS 7 on his iPhone
4 since to my best knowledge he does also own an iPhone 5 which will and
does run iOS 7 very well.
Regards,
Sieghard
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