Every Time Apple Releases A New iPhone People Think Their iPhone Is Getting Slower http://www.businessinsider.com/people-worry-about-iphone-slowness-every-time-a-new-model-comes-out-2014-7/comments en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 21:34:26 -0500 Dave Smith http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dfe2186bb3f7143bdbe289 RetiredInBoyntonBeach Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:42:16 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dfe2186bb3f7143bdbe289 Or not. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dfe1d76bb3f76336dbe28b RetiredInBoyntonBeach Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:41:11 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dfe1d76bb3f76336dbe28b Here's another conspiracy theory -- Samsung hires people to write comments, blogs, articles, etc. online about how their iPhones are slowing down! Hey, if you tell a lie often enough, people will be more familiar with the lie than with any truth that might pertain to the issue. That's how it worked in George Orwell's "1984;" that's how it worked in the old SSR ("agitprop"); that's how it worked in Nazi Germany; and that's how it works right here in the USA's own political system ( in case you haven't noticed). http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dbeef76bb3f7c50df52eca Mitch Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:48:07 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53dbeef76bb3f7c50df52eca Duh! of course they are getting slower when a new model comes out!! They also time the release of the iOS update with the new model so older phones will struggle more with the new features/content and will potentially slow down. That's just the nature of technology. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53daa931ecad04af63074e11 John W Babiak Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:38:09 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53daa931ecad04af63074e11 Actually, it's nothing new. It's been this way since the early days of the PC. The manufacturer comes out with faster hardware that allows software engineers to take advantage of this new processing power. So, the new software runs slower if you don't upgrade. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53d9a0ef6da811334e89cde5 MobileGeorge Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:50:39 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53d9a0ef6da811334e89cde5 It's a brilliant strategy. You entice people to download the new iOS by touting all its cool features. But once people have it on their old hardware, they find it too slow to use but they want the new features that they see, and you've just given them a strong reason to buy a new phone. Do you think it's by accident that Apple doesn't allow you to go back to your previous IOS version once you upgrade? It's because they want to make sure that your only option of having a responsive phone again is to buy a new one. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53d970b3ecad04aa78910530 John W Babiak Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:24:51 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53d970b3ecad04aa78910530 The simple explanation is that at the same time a new iPhone is released a new version of iOS is released. iPhone users are very quick to upgrade their phones. Just as with computer software, newer versions typically require more processing power to handle the new features. Wrong assumption. This has nothing to do with the new phones, but everything to do with the new software.