Yes, owners of older iPhones, get ready to have your phone become a useless, crashing slow piece of junk so that Apple can motivate you to buy a new one.
This is exactly what happened to me with my iPhone 3GS, and is why I ditched it and bought a Lumia 920.
That’s strange, Scutter. Members of my family are variously using a 3Gs, a 4, a 4s, and a 5. . . and one member is even using my old, original 2007 first model iPhone with out the problems YOU claim sent you screaming to a brand new Windows phone. . . almost 3 1/2 years after the 3Gs was released! Most people upgrade their phones a bit more often than that. That 3Gs went through three FREE upgrades of its OS—all of which improved its capabilities and speed—while the vast majority of Android users got ZERO OS upgrades for their phones, and you are complaining????
Of course, the 3Gs and the original iPhone my family members are using are running the APPROPRIATE versions of iOS for them, not the latest version. . . they don’t have the hardware to handle it.
If you were going to buy a new phone anyway, why not buy an iPhone that could HANDLE the new operating system. That sounds like a no brainier to me. Most iOS upgrades make your iPhones run better AND faster, not the FUD you are throwing around. iOS 7 works fine on ALL iOS devices back through iPhone 4 forward, and the iPad 2 onward. No, it does not work for the 3Gs and back. Too bad.
I've been reading posts by developers using the iOS 7 gold master - it seems to run quite smoothly on the iPhone 4S, at least. I'm not as sure about the iPhone 4, because, well, I have a 4S, so that's what I've been reading up on.
“Yes, owners of older iPhones, get ready to have your phone become a useless, crashing slow piece of junk so that Apple can motivate you to buy a new one.”
I’m running the latest iOS on my elderly iPhone 4, and it works well. I expect the same will be true of iOS 7.
That said, I’m eagerly anticipating an upgrade to the 5s, I’m really looking forward to a bigger screen, better camera and other improvements.
Enjoy your 920, but I think the iPhone is much more compelling overall!
I am still on my old iPhone 3G. Still enjoying it, and it is working just fine.
I will probably trade it in for a newer model for free. My son carries me on his family plan, because I am old and poor.
The trusty old 3G is my only telephone, so I can stretch my little stack of fiat as far as I can. It has never let me down.
I just can’t understand why you have a useless, crashing slow piece of junk. My phone is older than yours, and works just fine.
Must be a user error of some sort.