To Update To iOS 8 Or Not?

45GTR · September 19, 2014

Heyyyyyyy guys, what's up, here's a list for why you should, and why you should not update to iOS 8

I didn't really know where to put this thread but i thought it had a certain 'tutorial' essence to it so i posted it here. DiDA if you want to move it, go ahead.

Reasons to update!

1) 3rd party keyboards! Single handedly < have no idea how to spell that... a reason on it's own to update to Apple's latest firmware. With a host of paid and free keyboards available!!

2) Widgets! At this moment in time there aren't many but in the coming weeks devs will update there apps for these s**y widgets

3) Battery usage monitor! Apple have generously presented us with a built in battery usage monitor page which can be found in settings>general>usage.

4) Continuity! Probably the main features of this update, more here: https://www.apple.com/uk/ios/whats-new/continuity/

5) An improved spotlight search

Reasons not to update!

1) Can be slow on older devices, however its fine for me

2) At this moment in time it can take hours to download. Do yourself a favour and hold off.

3) A jailbreak could take months to release.

That's all my creative mind could think of! Anything more? Be sure to comment below!

Rook · September 19, 2014

1. 3rd party keyboards aren't all that. It's not like I type that much on my iPhone and plus some JB tweaks make the current Keyboard good enough.

2. Craaaap.

3. Craaap again. Jailbreak tweaks can also do this.

4. Continuity is useless if you don't have a Mac.

5. You can get the improved spotlight search using Jailbreak tweaks also. Maybe not as good as iOS 8's one but who uses spotlight??

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1. I've heard it makes 4s very slow.. Hope it's not true.

2. lol Apple Servers

3. No Jailbreak = No hacks

I'll be staying on iOS 7 till we get a JB on iOS 8.

frederic13578 · September 19, 2014

On 9/19/2014 at 7:59 PM, DiDA said:

1. 3rd party keyboards aren't all that. It's not like I type that much on my iPhone and plus some JB tweaks make the current Keyboard good enough.

2. Craaaap.

3. Craaap again. Jailbreak tweaks can also do this.

4. Continuity is useless if you don't have a Mac.

5. You can get the improved spotlight search using Jailbreak tweaks also. Maybe not as good as iOS 8's one but who uses spotlight??

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1. I've heard it makes 4s very slow.. Hope it's not true.

2. lol Apple Servers

3. No Jailbreak = No hacks

I'll be staying on iOS 7 till we get a JB on iOS 8.