iOS 9.3 Apple's 'most stable new release in years,' app analytics firm finds
In spite of some publicized glitches, including an activation bug that affected older devices, iOS 9.3 is Apple's "most stable new release in years," an app analytics firm said on Wednesday.
During the past eight days 9.3 has had a crash rate of just 2.2 percent, easily making it the most stable iOS release in circulation, Apteligent claimed. The software trumped even the latest version of Android, which saw its crashes hover around 2.6 percent.
Other major iOS releases have been much more problematic this month by comparison, especially iOS 8, 9, and 9.2. All three are more crash prone, and last week saw their crash rates briefly shoot over 3.2 percent. iOS 9.3 witnessed a spike around the same time, but remained well below other versions, even the comparatively stable iOS 9.1.
A Web link bug actually affects iOS versions as far back as 9.0.2, and turns out to be connected to Booking.com and its affiliated apps, rather than the iOS 9.3 update. Nevertheless, Apple promised to correct the problem in a future software update.
More seriously, the initial distributions of iOS 9.3 caused users of some older devices to be stuck on the Activation Lock screen. Apple ultimately seeded new builds, but some people may have had to restore their devices via iTunes.
During the past eight days 9.3 has had a crash rate of just 2.2 percent, easily making it the most stable iOS release in circulation, Apteligent claimed. The software trumped even the latest version of Android, which saw its crashes hover around 2.6 percent.
Other major iOS releases have been much more problematic this month by comparison, especially iOS 8, 9, and 9.2. All three are more crash prone, and last week saw their crash rates briefly shoot over 3.2 percent. iOS 9.3 witnessed a spike around the same time, but remained well below other versions, even the comparatively stable iOS 9.1.
A Web link bug actually affects iOS versions as far back as 9.0.2, and turns out to be connected to Booking.com and its affiliated apps, rather than the iOS 9.3 update. Nevertheless, Apple promised to correct the problem in a future software update.
More seriously, the initial distributions of iOS 9.3 caused users of some older devices to be stuck on the Activation Lock screen. Apple ultimately seeded new builds, but some people may have had to restore their devices via iTunes.
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I'm done with the whole fading up and fading off crap. I much preferred the snappy way an iOS 6 iPhone would wake up and lock. The fading got old one week into using iOS 7. We need productivity and reliability, not this buggy fading nonsense.
And what's up with swiping to the next or previous home screen since iOS 7. On iOS 6 I could unlock and immediately swipe to another home screen. Now we must wait for a moment even on a 6s and we're nearly up to iOS 10 now?? Makes no sense to me. These are details that Jobs would have fired someone over. It's a disgrace IMO. On iOS 6 I could swipe to the next home screen even as the icons flew in during unlock. It was alive, vital and fluid and the whole OS felt more smooth.
Apple needs to stop throwing features at iOS and get all the existing ones to work right. I've had AirPlay and AirDrop issues for almost two years now on and off, and I'm talking with every device I own. And my wifi is quite solid and very fast; it's not an issue with my network, these are software bugs. Enough of the yearly marketing releases. Let's have a solid two years of Snow Leopard-releases to fix all this crap.
OS X is a lot worse than iOS is with regards to stability. It has a very old, failing file system that should have been replaced years ago, lots of legacy cruft that needs to be pruned...I feel Apple's time would be better spent there at the moment.
I'm a stickler for software quality. Yes it was a rant but there's a line of truth running through it. It's no coincidence that pretty much all the most well known Apple guys out there are bummed by Apple's software quality. It's not imagined. You don't need to be defensive about it. Craig and Cue never needed to do software quality damage control before for a reason.
http://mjtsai.com/blog/2015/01/06/apples-software-quality-continued/
The main problems with Apple is they are adding too many features before the fully baked and their software has lost reliability since ~2013. Noticeably so. I never said iOS was perfect. Did you look at all the names in that list of "your bunch of critics"? Get a clue will you.
In that case I appreciate your comment, but I'd rather Apple fix the software than users recommending others change the default setting for semi-workarounds.
I think he's blaming you for not knowing how to use the software in the first place. They're offering you the choices of using iOS in the way that suits you. Animations might be an issue for you, but they're not for me and many others.
My only response to such people is: make sure you hold whatever good/service is provided from your job to the same impossible standards of perfection.
most people don't have the problems you read about on Marco's blog. normal people are the silent majority. tech users like us are a finicky bunch and don't often represent normal people -- not their needs, wants, or experiences.
more accurately, Apple has a software quality perception problem, which is why Craig is doing interviews with the leading industry voices such as Gruber. but even Gruber agrees it's a perception problem. yet even this kinda moot because normal users have no idea who Marco is or what his beefs are -- which is why Apple is wealthiest publically traded company in human history, and continues to kill it.
Last feature phone died and just as cheap to buy an Android critter. Did so to try out the OS. What crap! I continue to be amazed what folks put up with to save money.
Friends with latest-gen iPhones turning out walking-around photography as good as current pocket cameras; so, I decided time to lose one more device - and my SE will be here in abt 2 weeks.
Another Apple solution that fits my needs just fine.