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Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by saagarjha »

ivraatiems wrote: post #21
artimaeis wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Security updates and significant speed improvements are sufficient reason to upgrade, I'd think. Siri Shortcuts is also a pretty incredible feature if you're a power-user.

Security updates are probably the most compelling reason. I'm extremely skeptical of claimed speed improvements. Are there third party benchmarks? Are these improvements over iOS 11, or iOS 10? iOS 11 was an absolute horror show from that and many other aspects.

Over iOS 11. And I encourage you try try iOS 12; I've been using it for three months and it's been really fast in my experience.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by rashkov »

tcfunk wrote: post #24
ivraatiems wrote: post #13

I'm still on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE. Why should I upgrade? Even if there was a convincing reason to, I'm afraid performance will tank, as it often does on older iPhones getting their last update.

Yeah I'm hoping 12 delivers on the performance improvements it is promising. iOS 11 all but bricked my 6 plus.

Also had a bad experience on my 6 Plus, but then I did a factory reset of the phone and it has been performing pretty well as a result

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by joezydeco »

I'm really psyched to have the new Screen Time feature working across my family. It's got some quirks which I suppose will be smoothed out in time, but it's still lightyears better than previous third-party programs.

The only thing I wish Apple had done was create a separate app to control the restrictions, or at least provide an API so someone else could do it. Digging all the way into Settings to change time and lockout settings is already a pain.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by augustocallejas »

ivraatiems wrote: post #13

I'm still on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE. Why should I upgrade? Even if there was a convincing reason to, I'm afraid performance will tank, as it often does on older iPhones getting their last update.

I was also on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE until a couple weeks ago. The blocker for me was that I wasn't able to open my credit card app anymore to see my balance, because they stopped supporting iOS 10 (there were other app updates that were pending my iOS upgrade). I upgraded to 11.4.1. I'm hoping to stay on that until iOS 13 is announced. I prefer stability, so I prefer staying on the latest minor version of each iOS release.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by btian »

Rjevski wrote: post #32
kyrra wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Though I believe Apple bowed to China to give them access to Chinese citizen's iCloud data. But you can operate an iPhone without iCloud fairly easily, which is definitely nice. Doing more on-device helps them here. https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/18/17587304/apple-icloud-chi...

Can’t you just select US sad your country when setting up the iCloud account and use a VPN? Or are Chinese devices different at the hardware level and only allow connecting to the Chinese (compromised) iCloud?

VPNs in China get blocked all the time.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by joezydeco »

Tomte wrote: post #39

A friend of mine is still running her iPhone 6 on the original iOS version, so probably iOS 8. It would slow down with iOS 12, right? Those speed gains are compared to non-ancient versions?

I'm on a 5S and the speed gain from iOS 11 to 12 is noticable. Not vast, but noticable.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by rhexs »

kbos87 wrote: post #20

“Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right, which is why iOS has always been designed with built-in encryption, on-device intelligence, and other tools that let you share what you want on your terms.” It isn’t often that you see any company the size of Apple take that strong of a stance. Privacy is their best feature and it seems like they are doubling down.

My guess is that Apple is positioning themselves for an inevitable future where privacy is taken a bit more seriously or at least legislated against. While this seems far fetched right now in the United States with the Google ad monopoly, I think it will eventually come after some form of catastrophic leak (from some user data harvesting conglomerate) involving politicians or other powerful figures.

Build the trust now, reap the rewards later. Glad they're doing it.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by ivraatiems »

augustocallejas wrote: post #44
ivraatiems wrote: post #13

I'm still on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE. Why should I upgrade? Even if there was a convincing reason to, I'm afraid performance will tank, as it often does on older iPhones getting their last update.

I was also on iOS 10 on my iPhone SE until a couple weeks ago. The blocker for me was that I wasn't able to open my credit card app anymore to see my balance, because they stopped supporting iOS 10 (there were other app updates that were pending my iOS upgrade). I upgraded to 11.4.1. I'm hoping to stay on that until iOS 13 is announced. I prefer stability, so I prefer staying on the latest minor version of each iOS r…

Waiting until I'm forced, then going for the most stable minor version is my current plan.

Re: iOS 12 released

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Post by saagarjha »

joezydeco wrote: post #40
jedberg wrote: post #3

I've been using the beta for a few months now. Overall I'm pretty impressed. It really does make my phone work better than before. But I'm most excited about Waze support on CarPlay, which does not appear to have dropped today.

What's the typical sequence when a new iOS version hits and then all the apps that were developed in beta need to release fully?

They're given a couple days to submit apps built with the golden master version of Xcode. Usually, this is on the day the new iPhones are announced.
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