iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs

Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by jdhawk on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:07AM (#11580533)

Dont worry, Apple will force the upgrade the same way they always have. Make the next version of iOS so freaking slow on older devices that its unbearable to use. People that stay on iOS[789] will eventually be forced to upgrade in order to get their necessary app updates.

My poor iPad 2 is so slow on iOS9 that its unbearable to use for any length of time. A5's are unbearable, A6's are not far behind.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by chippy on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:14AM (#11581113)

It's not just Apple - it's the developers who release updates to their apps which, because they have the latest gear, are optimised for the latest hardware. I have an iPad2 and only recently upgraded it to iOS9 after 6? (I think, the one where they introduced the wobbly effect) - it got slow before I upgraded it because I updated all the software on it incrementally. It started lagging before I upgraded, indeed it was the reason why I upgraded the operating system. It didn't make any difference.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by jdhawk on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:17AM (#11581137)

Interesting, I'd love to have that datapoint, but I was an idiot and pushed to iOS7 on my iPad2

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by Nicholas_C on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:04AM (#11581012)

Is it possible to downgrade the OS on an iPhone? Is that a viable option if the newer OS is very slow on an older phone?

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by jdhawk on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:09AM (#11581055)

No, apple stops signing the iOS images a few weeks after a new release.

There is a method to go back to iOS6 if you have a jailbroken device, but its complex.

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Re:iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs by ericzawo on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:33AM (#11580738)

I hate hate HATE how standard practice this is. My 5C doesn't have night shift, for seemingly NO reason other than being the "value" iphone.

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