For 2015, iOS 9, which is codenamed Stowe (after the ski resort in Vermont), is going to include a collection of under-the-hood improvements. Sources tell us that iOS 9 engineers are putting a “huge” focus on fixing bugs, maintaining stability, and boosting performance for the new operating system, rather than solely focusing on delivering major new feature additions. Apple will also continue to make efforts to keep the size of the OS and updates manageable, especially for the many millions of iOS device owners with 16GB devices.
Very reminiscent of what Palm did with the Palm V (something Apple also did with Mac OS 10.6): no new features, but a huge focus on stability. From what I can gather from my friends using iOS, it’s sorely, sorely needed.
*oops* I got trapped: iOS9 So we’re waiting for iOSX
It is badly needed indeed. It’s a mass of bloat and bugs at the moment. But I hope it’s not as unstable as 10.6 was. That was the worst version of OS X I’d ever been subjected to. They optimized the hell out of it, true, and broke a lot of things in the bargain.
The last several episodes of the iMore show spent a great deal of time talking about how janky things have been since iOS8 and Yosemite, and how Apple needed to do something like this. Seems that once they started taking the time to put in some REAL functionality, their shit breaks just like everyone else’s.
That being said, someone tell us all what advantage do Apple products have now that things don’t ‘just work’ anymore?
Edited 2015-02-09 20:00 UTC
Well, I don’t see advantages to iOS either. I do like OS X though, because I get access to all the expected professional applications with a UNIX-based underpinning for the CLI when I need it, so I’ll probably stick with that for a while.
DAFUQ?! Snow Leopard was the most stable and fast version of OSX ever created.
After 10.6 everything went down a mountain with no brakes though.
Suppose it must depend on your machine. 10.6 was as unstable as Windows 95 on my 2008 mbp, but Lion was rock solid. Even Mountain Lion wasn’t too bad, but then came Mavericks then that monster called Yosemite… However, 10.6 was still more unstable than even Yosemite for me. Yosemite’s more annoying with the little things that just don’t work, but Snow Leopard damn near had me tearing my hair out.
No, Sergio is right. It’s common internet lore that Snow Leopard made Leopard stable, Lion was unstable, Mountain Lion improved Lion, but had it’s own issues and everything after that is awful.
happen to have a lollipop device and iphone 6p (for dev) Both comes across as rock solid to me. iOS definitely has the edge in terms of responsiveness though.
Lollipop is unstable as anything on Nexus 4… I frequently get an unresponsive phone with a black screen that requires a reboot. So much so that I’ve just got a new phone to replace it and will chuck Sailfish or possibly Ubuntu on my Nexus 4 to play with that.
Maybe the iPod touch I use for dev won’t keep locking up every couple of days. Quite amazing for a device that gets very little use.