iOS 9 arrived a few days ago with the promise of improving performance on older Apple devices. The iPhone 4S and iPad 2 were the big losers with the iOS 8 update, and this was stated by its users who soon complained in forums, social networks and any other relevant means of how Apple had damaged their devices, which worked perfectly with iOS 7 and that they had become almost "useless" with iOS 8. Does Apple keep its promise to improve with iOS 9 and give these old iPhones and iPads a new lease of life? We see it in a video that compares different devices with iOS 8.4.1 and with iOS 9.
It is a fairly long video, but its almost eight and a half minutes are worth it because its creator has taken into account even the smallest detail to be able to give us a good idea of whether there really are improvements or not with iOS 9. Restarts, application execution , WiFi connectivity and even the Geekbench test that provides one of the most objective ways to assess the performance of a device are the tests that we can see in this video, and everyone can draw their own conclusions. It seems that there is no objective improvement, at least significant, with iOS 9 compared to iOS 8.4.1, except for the WiFi connectivity that does seem to have improved speed.
As in so many aspects of life, it is about seeing the glass half full or half empty. The most negative can value it as that iOS 9 fails in its attempt to improve performance. The most positive can say that the comparison is with iOS 8.4.1, the latest version released by Apple in iOS 8 almost a year after its debut, so that iOS 9.0 starts from a much better position than iOS 8.0. With iOS 9.1 around the corner, it seems that Apple's new operating system may improve again soon, although in my personal experience with this first Beta of iOS 9.1 the truth is that Apple still has to work a lot because it seemed much more unstable and with worse performance than the current 9.0.
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For my taste yes, I have been since iOS 9 came out. and part of the battery consumption has been reduced notably mind, at least in my case.
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Performance is not significant. How do you feel?
Well, slightly faster and the battery lasts a little longer without saving and with saving if it lasts a while longer
It makes me lag in multitasking on iPhone 6 Plus and iPad 3. Lags is keyboard and multitasking lag. Both updated like new. Improve speed on iPhone by setting original wallpaper. Apple used to update devices much better. So far both have lost in performance.
Do you recommend that I update my iPad 3? Is iOS 9 faster on an iPad 3?
Personally I have not noticed too much difference
In the iphone 6, 5s and 5s I have not noticed an exaggerated difference, but it is true that there is one thing in the 4S that I have seen in the video. The 4s may start earlier with iOS 8.4.1, but when it starts it takes a few seconds to be usable, it becomes inert; However, in iOS 9 as it starts up (although according to the timer it is slower) it is available from second 0, which for me is to be faster ...
And the battery saving seems wonderful to me.
iOS 9.0.1 makes my iPhone 5s slower than usual, has a harder time unlocking and accessing applications.
iOS 9 makes my iPad mini go very, very slow. Q would there be any way to go back to an old version for example to iOS 7
It can not
I have an iPad mini 3 and the version is 8.4 and it appeared to me to update it to IOS 9.2. Is it better to update my iPad mini 3 to IOS 9.2 or stay with IOS 8.4?