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I just found another issue. . . iOS 8 is about 740 MB larger after install than iOS 7. So, if you got a lot of photos, movies, apps, and have your 16G near full, you’ll have to delete some.
On an iPad, the hit is about 1.08GB.
All told, including install and reboot, it took between 3-4 hours yesterday. My initial observations:
* As always, an Apple OS update turned Bluetooth back on, even though I have it turned off since I don’t use any Bluetooth devices.
* WiFi seems to be a bit flaky compared to iOS7, especially in places where the signal is weaker.
* The new location services mode of allowing apps to use location services in the background is a good thing in theory, but one misbehaving app can suck the life out of your battery. I’ve disabled all of them, and will re-enable them one by one to figure out which one(s) are the culprit. (Though from past history with location services, I’m looking real skeptical at you, The Weather Channel app.)
* A small percentage of apps I’ve tried, notably games, don’t work at all or seem degraded to performance. Maybe next time, Apple could announce the upgrade a couple of months in advance so that developers could use beta versions to be ready for the rel... oh, right.
* Visually, not much is different. There’s a subtle difference in some fonts and icons, though the task switcher and notification center have definitely seen changes.
* No noticeable difference in performance on my 5S.
* Really, though, most of the above is low-impact. There will be a WiFi patch soon, I presume, and the real “oomph” of iOS 8 comes from Continuity and Extensions, the former is waiting on Yosemite and the latter has only a few examples out there so far, and none that I’ve really played with yet.