iPhone and iPad users have often
complained that devices get slower after
major OS updates, with recent updates
like iOS 7 and iOS 8 perhaps being more
guilty of this behaviour than their
predecessors. If you are still clinging on
to your iPhone 4S or iPad 2, here's some
good news for you.
Mark Gurman, who has a pretty good
record in terms of being accurate with hi
Apple-related scoops, reports in 9to5ma
that one of the key focuses of the
upcoming iOS 9 update will be
optimisations for older devices. Gurman
note that traditionally Apple has
developed feature-complete versions of
iOS for older devices and then removed
features that don't perform well during
testing. With iOS 9, however, Cupertino i
"building a core version of iOS 9 that run
efficiently on older A5 devices, then
enabling each properly performing featur
one-by-one."
As a result, A5-powered devices like
iPhone 4S , iPad 2 , and the original iPad
mini, which, based on historical patterns
were widely believed to have received the
last major OS update with iOS 8, will not
only get the iOS 9 update, but the overal
post-installation experience should be
better than recent major updates. Maybe
iOS 9 will breathe new life into old Apple
hardware? Well, we can dream.
Following up on earlier reports, Gurman
reiterates that iOS 9 is likely to focus on
stability and bug fixes, and will have fe
headline features to flaunt. iOS 9 in that
respect is being compared to Snow
Leopard, which followed OS X Leopard a
a 'stability release.'
"I wouldn't say there's nothing new for
consumers, but the feature lists are more
stripped down than the initial plans
called for," a source told Gurman. Next
version of OS X is also likely to be
structured along similar lines.
Earlier Gurman had stated that iOS 9 will
ship with split-screen iPad app views an
an improved Apple Maps application wit
transit directions. Gurman adds Trusted
Wi-Fi and 'Rootless' will join that list,
with the latter being described as "a
heavy blow to the jailbreak community o
iOS." Apple is also likely to move its own
apps like Mail, Notes, and Calendar from
an IMAP-backend to one that uses iClou
Drive.
Apple is likely to provide the first glimps
of the next versions of iOS and OS X at
the upcoming WWDC conference in June
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