> my expensive phone is going to be left behind.
You bought a $350 phone and received updates for 3 years. I think you're in for a surprise when you price out a new iPhone.
You bought a $350 phone and received updates for 3 years. I think you're in for a surprise when you price out a new iPhone.
This was the case from day one, which is why it never became my daily driver. Good to keep up on what's going on with Android, though.
It runs, but far from fine compared to iOS it shipped with with basically no added value.
But this is also not an option on iOS, because of the apps support and you have to update eventually.
I'm numb to the slow response times, but the crashing applications make me want to ditch this for a 50% cheaper android phone which runs faster, and doesn't have planned obsolescence[0] (the link talks about planned obsolescence in iPhone 4S and iOS 9 )
Now I'm okay with most of the stuff apple does with it's walled ecosystem, and appreciate some, but this is going directly against a consumer.
[0]: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-4s-planned-obsole...
wait, can I get some more info about this? I assumed to cannot go back to old releases. Or are you talking about jailbreaking?
> iOS works fantastically bad on old devices
that's understating it. I actually think my nokia (symbianOS) from almost decade ago is faster. And I mean it is faster even today!
You have to jailbreak current OS, then you can downgrade to iOS 6. It'll be jailbroken, but it's just enabled ssh, you can use it without installing Cydia and everything should work as normal. It could be done only with iPhone 4S or iPad 2 and only if current iOS is jailbroken (at least that was the case year ago, I was able to downgrade from iOS 8 to iOS 6 on iPhone 4S). Keyword to Google: OdysseusOTA. Officially there's indeed no way to downgrade, only using vulnerabilities.
I've always spoken well of Apple's software update record but it comes with a nasty flipside in my experience: unlike an old x86 PC or Android device, once you update the OS, you're generally stuck. No downgrading and certainly no "slimmed down" builds or alternate OSes to breathe new life into physically intact but not-current hardware.