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by applecore 2856 days ago
Plus, iOS 12 is going to significantly improve performance on all devices as far back as the iPhone 5S.

When was the last time a major Android update made five-year-old devices faster?

https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-12-preview/features/
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rainbowmverse 2856 days ago
I'm looking forward to it. It's fast now because it's at least 4x more powerful than my old one (going by benchmarks), but I won't turn down 40% more. Especially if that translates to better battery life doing average CPU-light stuff.
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cam_l 2856 days ago
Every android update since 5 had made my phone at least twice as fast (ui) and maybe 20% extra battery!

Of course, I don't rely on manufacturer updates.

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skygazer 2855 days ago
blink So, Pie will be 16x as fast (ui) on the same hardware as Lollipop?
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cam_l 2855 days ago
I wondered if anyone would pull me up on this :D

I was of course careful to say had, and obviously this rested on the fact that lollipop was so universally shit for the ui.

Also, of you think about a ui getting faster, a fixed 200 percentage increase peer iteration, means the absolute speed increase gets relatively smaller as they approach zero.

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