“If you use the web more than anything else on your iOS device, then you should be eager to apply each and every update that Apple puts out, since they all improve Safari’s performance every time,” Geoffrey Goetz reports for GigaOM. “iOS 5 is no exception in that regard.”
“Considering all of the new features you get with iOS 5.0, the hit on performance in other areas is in most cases negligible,” Goetz reports. “In fact, with the exception of the original iPad (the older device that was tested), all devices actually gained in performance in most areas. That is simply amazing for the first release of a major OS update. This is nothing like the 4.0 release, where we saw incremental performance gains over the lifetime of 4.0 to restore what was lost to older device; iOS 5.0 is a solid release for all where performance is concerned.”
See all of the benchmarks in the full article here.
I like the new header in the mobile app mdn.
Ya it is better
Just wish we could set the font size to whatever we want and make it stay that way.
Yeah, the “Daily” looks almost 3d 😊
’tis true… Snappiness abounds!
Did you get everything installed then? How long did it take? 10 hours?
No more than two for any device.
Agreed, but only after 5 hours to install iOS 5 on two devices, updating iTunes and finally the Mac OS to 10.7.2.
It was such a beautiful day, tra la!
Error 5000, no matter what time of day or night.
Lets me know not to try to buy the 4S on Friday because activation won’t happen in time for partner to take a working phone on a long trip early Saturday.
Keep trying back to back attempts. It took a few attempts on each device. Drive me nuts because of the time it takes to prep and backup each time.
I got a few errors myself. I repaired permissions with disk utility. Then restarted the iOS device and the computer. Then all was well. Might be worth a try
It seems my texting processing has become slower, or laggier.
took me one try for my iPhone 4, and my iMac so far has no issues on Lion, which i installed yesterday morning prior to updating iPhone 4 to iOS5. not too shabby for flooded servers!
Am now updating my wife’s iPad.
So far I’ve done my iPod touch 4 and iPad 2.
All is well on the iPod, but the iPad is having issues with the music app.
Some songs won’t play at all, some play when a different title is selected. I’m going to try erasing all music and reinstalling playlists.
In fact I read on TechzTalk.com that A5 is still the fastest mobile processor, even faster than new 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.
FWIW – The sequence I used, taking advantage of other poster’s experiences was as follows:
1. Upgraded 2 laptops to Lion 10.7.2 (didn’t take too long for either)
2. Backed-up both my iPad and iPhone to iTunes (so I would have a solid backup just in case the backup as a part of the upgrade went sideways;
3. Waited till 10pm (yesterday) to download (only) the iOS5 update (iPad);
4. Then did the upgrade (took about 2 hours);
5. I did the same for my iPhone 4 (in process now)
Updated my Mac book pro, MacBook, and iMac , with no problems updated my daughters, iPod no problem. Updated iPhoto no problem. Didn’t update my wife’s , and my own iPhones 4( dint want to lose the untethered jailbreak, for resale value ) Trying to update my apple tv, 15 hours and still updating
3GS much snappier!!!!
Seconded!!!!
Really? Mine seems to lag frequently, especially when waking. I keep thinking a restart will help, but it doesn’t.
Don’t give all the speed credit to iOS 5. A significant part of the speed post is due simply to the fact that the device has been restored to factory settings, and the backup has been restored. This essentially “optimizes” the flash memory and other things. I do this backup-restore process about once a month, especially if I have added/deleted many apps on the device, which speeds things up again significantly. Add this to your routine.
Upgraded a 3GS (4S arrives tomorrow), an iPad 2, and a MacBook Pro all with no problems at all. The only thing I cannot do as of yet is move MobileMe to iCloud.
Updated my iPod touch last night. (iPhone 4S arrives… hell, I don’t know. My Verizon pre-order status hasn’t changed since Sunday when I made the order. I thought the idea of pre-ordering was to have the device on the launch day without having to wait in line.)
I managed to download the update before Apple’s servers crapped out. Then I couldn’t install because the servers couldn’t be contacted for the verify steps. Finally, I got the process rolling. I think it took maybe 3 or 4 hours in total.
——RM
About an hour in Australia…
Where are my Multitasking/Multi-Touch Gestures? Apple just changed their iOS 5 website to read “Multitasking Gestures for iPad 2” and added iPad 2 to body of text. It used to read “Multitasking Gestures for iPad”: no mention that this feature was only for iPad 2 before today!
Ironically after this update my web browsing experience has worsened. Sadly.