[George Jenkinson]

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a 4S as a backup phone and am wondering whether iOS7 is smooth and lag-free on an iPhone 4S? Also, does anyone know whether iOS8 will be too much for it to run smoothly? - thinking of the RAM and A5 chip with this.

[Ariel Babalao]

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a 4S as a backup phone and am wondering whether iOS7 is smooth and lag-free on an iPhone 4S? Also, does anyone know whether iOS8 will be too much for it to run smoothly? - thinking of the RAM and A5 chip with this.

iPhone 4S handle very well ios7. I can confirm that because I'm using it. As for ios 8 in the iPhone 4S, can't say a thing about it until I actually try it.


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[acerace113]

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a 4S as a backup phone and am wondering whether iOS7 is smooth and lag-free on an iPhone 4S? Also, does anyone know whether iOS8 will be too much for it to run smoothly? - thinking of the RAM and A5 chip with this.

iOS 7 ran smooth for me on my 4S, as for iOS 8 that's a tossup right now.


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[jburke82]

The vast majority of 4s users haven't seemed to have any issues (as stated above). I have seen one or two users who have had some issues, but it was few and far between.

[the_tech_eater]

Yes. It's very smooth and lag free


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[pr1nce]

iOS 7 ran great on my 4s. No problems at all. As for iOS 8 you'll have to wait and see. But I expect there might be some lag just like there was with the iPhone 4 running iOS 7.

[Good OL MC]

I still use my 4S as my daily driver. 7 was a sub-par but 7.1 was a great improvement. It will be a good back up. iOS 8? I hope I won't have my 4S long after its release.


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[iOS Gravity]

It works smoothly. My iPod Touch that has the same processor as the 4S is running pretty well on the beta version of iOS 8. I can't really tell you how fast it will be on iOS 8 until the public release version comes out. You know, a beta is a beta. As for iOS 7, it's runs pretty smooth too.

[nikkisharif]

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a 4S as a backup phone and am wondering whether iOS7 is smooth and lag-free on an iPhone 4S? Also, does anyone know whether iOS8 will be too much for it to run smoothly? - thinking of the RAM and A5 chip with this.

I use a 4S as my 2nd device & I have no issues or lag.

[EmceeGeek]

I know that the 2 4S in my home work great with iOS 7 but I'm not sure about iOS 8 but I sure hope so.

[Speedygi]

I think the optimizations of iOS 7 are really good on the 4s, that it still works really well despite having the lesser hardware. All in all, if anyone can handle updates the best, it's Apple...

[rayz336]

It worked pretty smoothly for me on my 4S

[chinarut]

just as a data point... I purposely left my 4S on iOS5 to maximize performance. after 1-2 years of heavy use daily, it now lags more frequently like my previous device (iPhone 4). Enough to feel the device requires replacing.

I'm no longer convinced the version of iOS is the only factor when it comes to lag - perhaps more to do with aging flash memory?