Back in June 2013, Apple introduced to the world the first major iOS
redesign ever with a flatter, more modern look. Compared with iOS 6, iOS
7 is also way flashier, and it initially introduced a plethora of
sweeping animations that have often been accused of trying to cover up
load times, though sometimes they're just genuinely long.
As annoying as those may have been for some, nothing quite compared
to the considerable performance losses experienced by iPhone 4 users --
the oldest iPhone to receive the update. Considering the aged hardware,
that wasn't too surprising, and yet it still put some pressure on
Apple, otherwise known for polishing its products, to remedy the
situation through optimization tweaks. As it turns out, iOS 7.1 achieves
that goal, and the performance boost is significant as Ars Technica
points out. The folks behind have been keeping a close watch on anything
related to iOS 7 performance ever the new software came out, and the
team is back with more.
So what kind of improvements are we talking about? Not CPU or GPU,
that's for sure -- the hardware underneath is still the same -- but app
load times have seen a notable trim. Check out the table that Ars
compiled:
As you can see for yourself, load times have been significantly
improved, and are now much closer to their pre-iOS 7 state. We have
shortened animation times across the board to thank for these results,
and this is about as good as the iPhone 4 is going to get, as Apple is
dropping support for it in the next major update.
source: Ars Technica
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