I can’t let this review go by without mentioning some syncing problems. I have also been travelling, dipping in and out of signal, and at times having No Service, which can affect battery life. I almost got to the end of the day without needing my Mophie, and I have used it pretty heavily today and over 3G. In fact, I could probably say battery has been a little better than under iOS 7. I have to report that I have noticed no difference in battery life from iOS 7 to iOS 8. One of the biggest questions people want to know is battery life. However, I have an odd habit of keeping to the default wallpaper. Hardly a new feature, but it is always nice to see what wallpapers Apple have included. Am hoping FaceBook and Twitter will update to include widgets. I haven’t been able to test the new widgets feature out in the Notification centre – as apart from Stocks I have nothing I could add to it. It will just take normal full colour grabs.Ĭontrol Centre has a new look – but is essentially the same. I presume this is a battery saving option, but just like the invert, you can’t screen grab it. This is great for working out why your battery isn’t lasting.Īn odd addition is Grayscale (right) – turning your phone in to a monochrome device. The battery usage idea is cool – and yes, another feature taken from Android – where it shows which apps have used your battery (left). The camera has some cool new features, including a timer mode offering a 3 or 10 seconds delay in picture taking and an interesting time-lapse feature (right) that could be used for stop motion too. My 4s seems a bit cramped, but nothing you can’t live with. I did find at times that the extra height of the iPhone 5, 5c, and 5s or the bigger screens of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus would make it easier to use – especially using the keyboard. I do agree with reports that iOS 8 was made for larger screens. It predicted which words I wanted very accurately today. It’s new to iOS but has been on other platforms. The predictive or preemptive text input with the keyboard (left) is something I’ve gotten used to very quickly. It seems to support any device on capable of iMessage, so it should support iOS 5 and the original iPad, but this needs confirming. I sent one to an iOS 6 and iOS 7 device, and this worked fine. Messages now have the ability to record voice memos and send them to other iPhone users. I was eager to try out the promised new features of iOS 8. Installed apps on my iPhone are Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, BBM, WhatsApp, Google Maps, MacTracker, eBay, PayPal, YouTube, Sky+, Dropbox, National Lottery, Cyclemeter, iFixit, Shazam, Speedtest, XE, Gumtree, and Photoshop Express.Īll of these ran in iOS 8 without any apparent issues – with Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, and eBay being used extensively today. I have used it quite heavily today, flitting from app to app and had no issues at all. I have noticed no speed difference from using iOS 7 – this is good for a ‘.0’ release – and I can only think things will get better. This time last year I upgraded an iPhone 4 to iOS 7 and realised how sluggish it was. The iPhone 4s is the lowest iPhone to support iOS 8,and whilst I wanted the latest OS, I was a bit dubious as to how the 4s would handle it. Plus, being out meant I needed to fill those boring moments with phone time – checking Facebook and Twitter as well as messaging and emailing people. A true test of an iPhone’s battery capabilities is to use it on mobile data, as it is a lot heavier than WiFi. Then I was ready for a full day ‘out in the wild’ with my phone. I did my usual morning routine of checking my emails and Twitter feed from overnight whilst having breakfast. Once done, I slipped my iPhone 4s in my Mophie and set both charging overnight, ready for the morning. So I sat up until the early morning installing iOS 8 again, putting my apps on, setting them up, adding my music, and tweaking things to how I like them. I then decided to re-install iOS 8 and start afresh – not from a restore. You can check out my ‘ first day impressions’. Yesterday Apple dropped iOS 8 on the public, and after a sketchy few hours of failed or slow downloads, I finally got it installed. I test iOS 8 on my iPhone 4s out in the wild, my first day with the new OS.
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