AstroNut325
Member
This is truly amazing. A device released in 2011 is still getting OS updates!
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iOS 9: More than meets the eye
- Thread starter Maninthemirror
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It's great that they're still supporting the 4S, but I hope with the next release they concentrate on devices with 1gb of ram and up.
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The Autumn Wind
Wasn't there word about them coding iOS 9 for each device individually? I'd imagine that should help take advantage of the phones with more RAM.
HUELEN10
Member
BolognaSoup
Member
Still no way to delete useless apps like Tips, Compass, Stocks, etc?
Even if it were possible, I'd leave compass in there. It can be more useful than you think.
So is the beta on the iPad Air 2 worth it yet? Really want to try out the multitasking, but might wait until the public beta if it's a buggy mess.
Yep. When I was doing a bit of travelling with no data the compass was pretty useful.
Yep. When I was doing a bit of travelling with no data the compass was pretty useful.
KernelPanic
Member
IOS8 pretty much killed my iPad mini gen1. I'm curious if they can make it more usable under 9.
I am very surprised myself with how stable everything is, especially compared to earlier betas. Swipe keyboard, split view and everything just runs along smoothly here.
I have had a few crashes, but it's a completely different world than say, the iOS 7 betas.
killertofu
Member
Oh thank God. iPad looking more and more viable as a laptop replacement.
Nastrodamous
Member
i used the ios 9 beta on the ipad and its really, may rethink me getting a surface 3, although apple is still oh so terrible at services.
BolognaSoup
Member
I have never used compass in the 5 years I've had an iPhone. If I want it I'll download it.
I have a folder called "Junk" with 16 apps Apple thinks I'm too stupid to go without even though I NEVER use them.
If Apple ever does this, they're probably gonna put that a behind Force Touch press. Would be genius, make people upgrade their iDevices if they really wanna get rid of those useless default apps.
badcrumble
Member
I'd even like to see them deprecate the A6 in addition to the A5 next year, to be honest, and go full and standard 64-bit across everything.
iPad Mini is *still* being sold. Bane to developers.
minor effort
Banned
Yeah, it's hard to imagine both the iPhone 5C and the iPad Mini 1 surviving another year.
The time you might need a compass the most is when you don't have a data connection.
But hey, who am I to tell you how to live your life?
BolognaSoup
Member
Haha ok. Well if I'm ever in a situation where I could potentially be stranded in a wildness, I'll be sure to bring along an actually compass.
jts
...hate me...
Well, the 5c is an A6 with 1GB of RAM and a retina display. Same as the iPhone 5.
The iPad mini is an A5 with 512 of RAM and non-retina display. There's a big difference there.
I don't think Apple will make such a big cutoff point to deprecate 32bit devices at once when some of them already had the same amount of RAM as their most recent offerings (iPhone 6). With Apple's story of slow deprecation (and gradually slower), 512MB and non-retina should go next year and 32bit the year after that at best.
badcrumble
Member
The A5 is in way more devices than the A6, which is why it's getting to stick around for an extra year. The only iPad using an A6 derivative was the 4th-gen model (last full-size one before the Air). I honestly don't think Apple would get in much trouble for retiring the A6 at the same time as the A5 - they won't be selling any more A6 devices, and they're going out of their way with iOS 9 to make sure that the devices that *do* get knocked out with iOS 10 will still have software that runs well, apparently.
I have apple music beta on ios8 now...
Dick Justice
Banned
iOS 8 makes my iPad 2 run like absolute dogshit. Maybe this'll fix it.
Face it Tiger..
Banned
"- Siri can now use an accent (same language) which differs from your input language."
Does this mean I can have Siri with an Irish or Scottish accent here in canada?
Does this mean I can have Siri with an Irish or Scottish accent here in canada?
There has been no date announced. Only "July".
Maninthemirror
Banned
New features found in Beta 2 which was released a couple of weeks ago
these are in addition to mentioned in OP
from macrumors
- Calendar widgets in Notification Center now shows all events you have tomorrow, rather than most recent upcoming ones.
- In safari, if you have multiple usernames/passwords for a website, you can press "Passwords" in the keyboard accessory view when on the username/password text field and choose which password you want the system to autocomplete
- iPhone now knows UK phone area codes, and displays the area for incoming calls, and on the recent calls list
- Press and hold address field in safari let you copy it or paste and go
- Press and hold refresh button in safari call desktop site
these are in addition to mentioned in OP
from macrumors
- Calendar widgets in Notification Center now shows all events you have tomorrow, rather than most recent upcoming ones.
- In safari, if you have multiple usernames/passwords for a website, you can press "Passwords" in the keyboard accessory view when on the username/password text field and choose which password you want the system to autocomplete
- iPhone now knows UK phone area codes, and displays the area for incoming calls, and on the recent calls list
- Press and hold address field in safari let you copy it or paste and go
- Press and hold refresh button in safari call desktop site
With new iPods coming I think it's safe to say the A5 dies this year across all product lines.
Chomposaur
Neo Member
I'm still rocking my iPhone 5s will this new update work well with it? Thanks.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Can't tell if serious.
jts
...hate me...
Srs iOS 9 beta users still don't have access to Apple Music directly. Waiting out for beta 3 to sort it.
Frank Serpico
Banned
I totally forgot I signed up public beta, well definitely upgrade my iPad to test split screen but won't mess around with my iPhone
