IOS 9.3 Final; Expectations

[SinOfLiberty]

When released, what you would expect it to bring: Better stability/perofrmance than Ios 8, ect..

 

[Oyeve]

I know no one on ios 8.

 

[MustISO]

I'd be thrilled if it fixed the wifi issues we've had since upgrading to iOS9. Ipad never had the issue but phones have been terrible with wifi connections since upgrading from iOS 8.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I am so pumped about nightshift mode. That will make it so I no longer need to jailbreak my iPad.

 

[Elixer]

When released, what you would expect it to bring: Better stability/perofrmance than Ios 8, ect..

If they can fix the mess they have done with the older iPads... then good!
Right now, you update to 9 or higher, and it turns into a slide show device.

 

[Eug]

Yes, my expectation is that iOS 9.3 will remain uber slow on the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. iOS 8.0 was slow (and very buggy), but the latest versions of iOS 8 were pretty decent on those devices.

That said, these days, in 2016, I'd still consider updating to iOS 9 on those devices, if only to get Live Photos support and for app compatibility. iOS 7 is already pretty problematic for app compatibility, with iOS 8.0 the minimum these days, but now even iOS 8 isn't enough for some apps.

 

[Oyeve]

Updating my idevices and warning my users NOT to until I test. Every time apple comes out with an update my companies app weirds out.

 

[chin311]

Did my 6S last night OTA and went fine. iPad Air doing it currently. Night shift will take some getting used to at first but we'll see. Mostly did it for the Verizon WIFI calling feature.

 

[Rakehellion]

Does anyone actually use Night Shift? It just seems annoying to have inaccurate colors.

 

[Ravynmagi]

I love Night Shift so far. Can't wait for it on Android N later this year too (had it on my Nexus 6 and it's nice, but had to roll back to Android 6.0.1).

It's nice to have the warmer more relaxing colors when I'm viewing the phone in the dark on the couch or in bed at night.

 

[JAG87]

Considering I'm totally anal about colour accuracy, I am stumped that Night Shift is actually for the better, and you wouldn't know until you try it. Any light over 5000K is just unnatural for evening/night. Whenever I now glance over at my wife's laptop or phone (she's not using it) I'm like, wow... that thing looks like a tanning bed. Then I wake up in the morning and displays at 7000K look just fine. It's very weird indeed. But not sure if it's helping me sleep better though.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Does anyone actually use Night Shift? It just seems annoying to have inaccurate colors.

Yes, but I have used f.lux on my iPad and Twilight on my Android devices for years now.

 

[joutlaw]

They finally fixed Siri Eyes Free with MyFordTouch in my F-150. It has been broken since 9.2.

 

[blankslate]

A secret backdoor for teh F.B.I.















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[Eug]

The iPad 2 is as slow as ever on iOS 9.3.

Still fine as a Netflix and YouTube device for the kid though.

 

[Eug]

Hmmm...

Did they pull the update for iPad 2 bricking and iMessages issues?

I can't update my iPhone 5S. It says I'm up to date with iOS 9.2.1.

EDIT:

Yup. iOS 9.3 pulled for some devices. Lots of problems. Way to go Apple!

http://m.imore.com/apple-working-ios-93-fix-ipad-2

 

[Midwayman]

Night shift is great. Much less stressful on my ipad when I'm reading in the dark at night. Also WIFI calling finally hit for Verizon on this update (settings>phone>wifi calling)

 

[boomhower]

I love night shift. Been using f.lux on my macbook for a while and been impatiently waiting for it to come to iOS. Very very happy with it.

 

[Face2Face]

The iPad 2 is as slow as ever on iOS 9.3.

Still fine as a Netflix and YouTube device for the kid though.

I couldn't imagine how slow it must be. I had to get rid of both of mine around a 1 1/2 years ago. So bad... even my $39 Amazon Fire 7 with CM12 is much faster.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Considering I'm totally anal about colour accuracy, I am stumped that Night Shift is actually for the better, and you wouldn't know until you try it. Any light over 5000K is just unnatural for evening/night. Whenever I now glance over at my wife's laptop or phone (she's not using it) I'm like, wow... that thing looks like a tanning bed. Then I wake up in the morning and displays at 7000K look just fine. It's very weird indeed. But not sure if it's helping me sleep better though.

Night Shift is Apple's way of allowing users to get better color accuracy, heh. Night Shift at its coldest setting apparently yields a color temp of ~6400k, very close to the perfect 6504k, and much better than the ~7300k that the iPhone ships at out of the box.

 

[JAG87]

Night Shift is Apple's way of allowing users to get better color accuracy, heh. Night Shift at its coldest setting apparently yields a color temp of ~6400k, very close to the perfect 6504k, and much better than the ~7300k that the iPhone ships at out of the box.

Yup, I actually did notice that. OOB the iPhone is a little too blue. By the way, where did you find out the temp at the lowest setting? Did someone measure it on the web, or did you do it yourself?

 

[Eug]

So it seems iOS 9.3 is problematic with some hardware. Causes crashes in some apps.

http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/27/some-...-when-tapping-links-in-safari-and-other-apps/

However, it doesn't seem limited to 9.3 only. Some people have reported the same behaviour on 9.2.1.

Seems OK on my iPad Air 2 so far though.

I couldn't imagine how slow it must be. I had to get rid of both of mine around a 1 1/2 years ago. So bad... even my $39 Amazon Fire 7 with CM12 is much faster.

Actually with the latest version of iOS 8, it wasn't horrible, even though iOS 8.0 was very slow. After iOS 8.0, it got faster. But then iOS 9 dropped and it was even slower than iOS 8.

But we only use it for the kid in the kitchen. My wife and I both have the Air 2 for other usage.