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entropys said:

It would be interesting to see a comparison with an ios10 iPhone 6 when ios12 reaches final, but it might be a bit hard to find one.  Mrs Entropy has kept her 6 plus on ios10 because she has heard ios11 slows it down too much.

iOS 10 made my iPhone 5 very laggy and before that iOS 9 crippled my iPhone 4s. Apple shouldn’t allow iOS  versions on hardware that can’t run smooth imo. So I understand that people in general are skeptical about new iOS releases.

If it was possible I would pay to downgrade these iPhones to iOS 6.

So far I’m happy with iOS 11 on 7 +.

lkrupp said:

wood1208 said:

There should be older version of IOS available to downgrade to and newer version if someone wants to upgrade to new features version.

No. When you enter the walled garden you know what you’re getting into. If you want more choice then switch platforms. 

StrangeDays said:

sflocal said:

I was always a die-hard defender of Apple's practices.  I'll be the first to hold their feet to the fire too.  This is probably the first year ever in Apple ownership that I've really noticed a decline in their OS quality.  I'm a software engineer of almost 30 years.  I also do iOS development too.  MacOS and iOS is still the best-in-class, even at it's current level.  Still... iOS11 on my iP6+ is abysmal.  First time every.  The occasional attempt at a phone call greets me with a system crash.  Response time and performance at times slows to a crawl.  Very unhappy.  AI even posted an questionable article a few weeks back that the degradation is actually just in our imagination which I found insulting to us seasoned veterans, especially software engineers.  I design software that not only must work right, but I do it with the intent that it runs at the exact same performance level, or better.  Apple failed miserably on this.  I'm not sure if they have a staffing problem or the quality of their iOS engineers is suffering.  

No, that isn't what the AI article said at all. It said that Apple didn't intentionally slow down older phones as has long been claimed by the ignorant. It was made quite clear by staff member Mike (author of this piece) in the comments that naturally older devices run new operating systems slower than new hardware. 

As a fellow software developer, I’m surprised you so misunderstood that.

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/202204/futuremark-analysis-debunks-rumor-that-apple-slows-older-iphones-down-on-purpose-with-ios/p1

Guess what. Newer software means heavier software demands. The phones are literally the same speed as the day they were bought and these metrics are the proof. The difference is the load placed on them by the software.

There is no plot or conspiracy. There is no shadowy cabal demanding that code get bloated to force users to buy a new phone. There is no Cook and Ive plot to turn down the processor and GPU speed. That's insane to even speculate, but yet, here we are. Planned obsolescence as a conspiracy to force hardware sales isn't a thing.

Do you want your phone to be the same as the day you took it out of the box? Never update your software. Problem solved.

BuffyzDead said:

For another perspective

Do Update.
My iPhone 7, My iPad Air 2 and my three Macs all updated, super smooth, and without any issue whatsoever.