Is iOS 12 as good as we expected? This is how it is today

Several weeks have passed since the official release of iOS 12, and we still have a hangover in the form of analysis offered by the latest devices from the company. With this we are ceasing to give the importance it deserves to iOS 12, an operating system that caused a sensation during the testing period. 

Is iOS 12 As Good As They Didn't Promise? We are going to analyze some of the most determining aspects when assessing the performance of the system operational. Stay with us and share your opinions with us about the capabilities of iOS 12 and especially about the hopes we had in it. 

And if you have followed us during the different beta launches you will have observed that -at least I personally- we have high hopes for this fantastic new version of iOS which ended up marking the end of piecemeal innovation to focus a little more on optimization and offering features that really help the user in their day to day with the iPhone and iPad.

Autonomy: Not so much not so little

Autonomy is one of the most demanded aspects by users, the reality is that since the launch of the iPhone 6 the performance of the iPhone battery has plummeted, despite all this the "Plus" versions seemed to raise an issue. Little the matter, but not at the level offered by large Android terminals. Then came iPhone X to mark a before and after in terms of battery life in iOS, not only did it dramatically increase the duration compared to the rest of the iPhone, but also stood up to terminals like the Samsung Galaxy Note on dutyThis has not changed with the arrival of the iPhone XS Max, much less with the arrival of iOS 12.

Although the battery could not be said to have improved, that is, while the Plus versions of the iPhone defend themselves and the iPhone X in all its variants offer autonomy of the highest on the market, unfortunately we cannot say the same about the versions « standard »of the terminal, we speak clearly from the iPhone 6s to the iPhone 8. To say that iOS 12 has improved the management or performance of autonomy would be untrue, however, it has not worsened it as it had been happening. with the last three versions of iOS suffered.

Speed ​​and performance: Apple knows very well what it does

iOS 12 still has its flaws, the Cupertino company is well aware that it is already in the second beta of version 12.1 and still has a lot of development ahead of it, however, iOS 12 presents the best performance in terms of speed, animations and management From the software tasks we've seen since the demise of iOS 6, it's clear that design-level changes have taken hold and Apple has chosen to polish the already present to offer a performance that clearly satisfies a generally demanding user such as the Apple buyer.

And this is how we find ourselves in iOS 12, the best version of the operating system at a performance level that Apple has offered in recent years, proving that it is still possible to improve the present with the acceleration of the animations. The possibility of even interacting with the content without the need for them to have finished says a lot about the way that iOS does not finish one thing when it is already starting another, all without the need to mask itself in applications that continually close in the background - as it had been happening since iOS 7- or a slowdown of the animations that of the false perception of optimization.

Compatibility: No one ever offered so much

We watched the World Wide Developers Conference presentation and couldn't believe our ears, Tim Cook had said nothing more and nothing less than a terminal from 2013 such as the iPhone 5s, the first with an x64 processor offered by the Cupertino Company, it would be compatible with iOS 12, a version that was released no less than five years later. Five years of state-of-the-art support in terms of security, innovation and software compatibility, I say without fear of being wrong that at the level of updates in the world of intelligent mobile telephony, no one has ever offered such extensive support.

But it is that this did not stay here, the support for an entire iPad Air that was undoubtedly going to suffer from RAM memory management problems, but there it is. An example is that iOS 12 navigates with total ease on an iPad Air 2 and does not show even the slightest bit of effort. We are undoubtedly facing a heavily polished operating system, otherwise Apple was not going to risk offering so many years of compatibility knowing the many criticisms that would fall on its back.

What's new: Apple finally listens to its users

The Cupertino company has always been a bit special when it comes to added functionality. The media have always made mention of how little Apple takes into account the reaction of the user to its news, focusing more on its market studies and everything that happens behind the round walls of its offices. Nevertheless, all this changed with the arrival of Tim Cook, and it is that they are not all bad things on the part of the media CEO of Apple.

Now they seem to have much more survey requests from users through forums and the feedback tools of the betas, this is appreciated and not a little.

Final Verdict: Is iOS 12 As Good As It Looks?

I could tell you that iOS 12 is the best operating system on the market, but this work gives me the possibility of having a terminal like the Galaxy Note 9 on the table that invites me to believe that Apple still has a lot of work to do at the level of software to continue to maintain the throne of optimization. We cannot sin of fanaticism and fall into the arms of Tim Cook as if everything he touched turned to gold, the reality is that iOS 12 is very good. Not only is iOS 12 very good, but I would dare to say that it is the best that Apple has released since the last update of iOS 6. However, the Cupertino team still has errors to solve, as well as certain quirks that Apple it continues to maintain a software level and that drives the user crazy on many occasions, however… isn't that what makes Apple so special?