iPhone 3GS - Keep iOS4 or go back to iOS3?
I've had iOS4 for just over a week and I'm seriously considering going back to 3.x. Lovely as the interface is, it just doesn't offer any real benefits and has a couple of serious flaws (for me anyway) as follows:
1/ No Double Tap for phone
Covered in other threads, but the phone takes twice as long to use - up to 4 taps to get to the favourites depending on where you are. That's like the Blackberry I already don't like!
What I don't get is the -point- of the 'tray' that the double tap now slides up - mine now has 9 pages of apps that makes it quicker just to select the app from the main screen again rather than go hunting through every app I've used recently. This seems to be those that are multi-tasking and those that aren't. If I could control what apps appeared there (so exclude pointless ones like the address book, weather, messages that take up space) then possibly useful.
Am I supposed to manage the apps myself now? Quitting those I don't want? Now I've got a Nokia!
2/ SLOWWWWWW!
iOS4 has made a huge difference to the responsiveness of the iPhone - now actions are jerky, some games play badly (Angry Birds), the whole interface (though nice) doesn't respond as well as it used to.
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What do I get that I like? The new email client is much better for handling multiple accounts like I have. Err, that's it. I already managed without multi-tasking (nice to have but not essential) and folders the same.
So, I'm investigating how to go back to iOS3..
J
1/ No Double Tap for phone
Covered in other threads, but the phone takes twice as long to use - up to 4 taps to get to the favourites depending on where you are. That's like the Blackberry I already don't like!
What I don't get is the -point- of the 'tray' that the double tap now slides up - mine now has 9 pages of apps that makes it quicker just to select the app from the main screen again rather than go hunting through every app I've used recently. This seems to be those that are multi-tasking and those that aren't. If I could control what apps appeared there (so exclude pointless ones like the address book, weather, messages that take up space) then possibly useful.
Am I supposed to manage the apps myself now? Quitting those I don't want? Now I've got a Nokia!
2/ SLOWWWWWW!
iOS4 has made a huge difference to the responsiveness of the iPhone - now actions are jerky, some games play badly (Angry Birds), the whole interface (though nice) doesn't respond as well as it used to.
--
What do I get that I like? The new email client is much better for handling multiple accounts like I have. Err, that's it. I already managed without multi-tasking (nice to have but not essential) and folders the same.
So, I'm investigating how to go back to iOS3..
J
iMac 3GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.3), + MacBook + Lenovo Thinkpad + iPhone 3GS