Honestly if you had an iPhone 6 why would you upgrade? Better battery life is cool, and it being waterproof is novel. However, its basically the same phone for the end consumer.
Also, did you see the event? Not the same phone at all.
Wide color, awesome new camera and dropping it in the toilet might be enough.
Isn't the iPhone 6 already "fast enough" for end users?
My current phone is a Moto G 2014 which is still good enough for all my use cases.
the old phone that is
I saw one of those at the store, but instead went for the Hamsung Falaxy. Then I went and got a sweet Magentbox TV.
That said I'm very much not a fan of Motorola's attitude to security patching http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/07/motorola-moto-g-z-m... which is one reason for me to want to move off the platform.
Security+convenience+waterproofing are the key characteristics for me and the iPhone hits those fairly well (now).
I've tried various androids but from what I've seen of their security/update policies the only way to get a good level is either use a nexus device or manage OS patches/upgrades yourself, even there I think that Android is still some way behind iOS on the security front.
That said, the new home button sounds very interesting (I say that both as a developer and end-user), and the new camera will be a very welcome addition. And battery life improvement on top that? Perfect.
It is an iterative improvement for sure, but I don't see why that's a bad thing.
Yes. It was fast and I was extremely happy with it when I bought it. After the update, its slow.
To spell it out - One code path is fast, one code path is slow. They chose to force the latter upon us, as part of an intentional decision. I wish I could go back to the previous iOS version which was not slow, but Apple, intentionally block that with their DRM. Things which were instantaneous are now sluggish, ruining my experience after spending like 700 dollars. I could have gotten the same experience with an under-powered android phone for $50. Thanks Apple.
>I feel sorry for you.
How sorry do you feel? I mean .. thanks for being condescending and all, but I was just curious.
Geekgench puts the 4S at 282 and the 6S at 2389 on single core performance.
> Higher scores are better, with double the score indicating double the performance.
https://browser.primatelabs.com/ios-benchmarks
That would imply that the 4S is running at least 8x slower than the latest hardware.
All you've done is agree with me. What was your point?
> You really beleive that was intentional? Like there's some code there that says if running on 4S then run slow?
You:
> To spell it out - One code path is fast, one code path is slow
Intentionally designing new features for new devices and potentially screwing over old devices is _way_ different than having checks that say if (iPhone4S) { sleep(300) }
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The solution as the other poster replied is to not update your phone past 1 major version, even if apple lets you. The other solution is that Apple magically makes your processor 8x faster in a software update. At this point I don't even know what you're expecting.
I'd say just a small amount. Don't worry, I've gotten over it.
I can't blame Apple for it. I think they've reached feature saturation. The stuff is just Good Enough now.
The headphone thing annoys me enormously, but it probably won't be a factor here.
Well they did remove a certain feature... If you use that often then it makes perfect sense to wait.