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Why does apple slow down old devices?

I am so upset with apple because i have an iPad 2 that i literally rarely ever used and is pretty much new but yet its so slow. This started after i updated my ipad i hadn't updated my iPad for about 2.5 years and then all of the sudden it just completely slowed down! I am a die hard apple fan i've had everything apple for about a decade because I thought and always believed that they made superior products. But now i am realizing that their products are not made to last! I am not the only one with this problem either my sister has a white apple macbook and same thing has happened to her! Her macbook is horribly slow and just a terribly laptop now she has only had it for about 3 years and it is literally worthless now. i don't get it apple! Why do you do this to your customers! You create nice products that only seemed to be temporary you are ripping us off! Why now i don't even want to buy an iPhone Im trying to look for alternatives! Please answer my question! Does anyone else have this issue with their apple products? This seems so suspicious! I even refuse to update my macbook air because i am afraid apple is going to slow it down!

iPad 2, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 9, 2016 4:56 PM

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mkshrevemac

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Posted on Sep 24, 2017 7:21 PM

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Jan 15, 2018 6:29 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

When I pay $1000 for an electronic device of any kind I expect it to work properly for more than a year and a half. I don’t think that is too much to ask. No more apples for me.

Jan 15, 2018 6:44 PM in response to MichelPM

I have 90 gb free and my iPad air 2 is slow and laggy to load. Is there any way to take the updates offBack to an earlier staus? This is sooo annoying!

Jan 16, 2018 6:26 AM in response to mvan231

Actually, there isn't. You can download the ipsw file, but iTunes and Apple's servers will refuse to activate it if it is no longer signed.

mvan231

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Jan 16, 2018 6:32 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Hmm... that is interesting. I didn't realize that they changed their methods back in October time frame.

Csound1

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Jan 16, 2018 6:35 AM in response to mvan231

No change, this has long been their method.

mvan231

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Jan 16, 2018 6:37 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Interesting

Csound1

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Jan 19, 2018 4:33 AM in response to Faith2105

Faith2105 wrote:

But I have no idea why😕

We got that part, thank you.

xanadufl

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Jan 20, 2018 8:36 PM in response to MichelPM

Why do you reference ios11? This has been programmed into much earlier ios releases!!

Be honest!

MichelPM

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Jan 20, 2018 10:03 PM in response to xanadufl

xanadufl wrote:

Why do you reference ios11? This has been programmed into much earlier ios releases!!

Be honest!

You have NO clue what you are talking about.

To be honest.

xanadufl

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Jan 20, 2018 10:40 PM in response to xanadufl

So you want to serve up this Apple coolade!

Jan 20, 2018 10:46 PM in response to edwinpc29

What specific app are you using that is so slow ?

What do you mean suspicious ? Ipad is either slowing down or its not ...

How many years is it since your last update ... ?

Regards

Csound1

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Jan 28, 2018 12:28 PM in response to Eamonn-89ADD46C

Good luck.

MichelPM

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Feb 13, 2018 3:31 PM in response to Jeremy Photographer

Really???

I own 4 iOS 11 compatible iDevices with 3 on the current version of iOS 11.

None are slow. None.

Jun 11, 2017 7:03 PM in response to NorthTexasRedHead

NorthTexasRedHead wrote:

Apple could show their customers who only want to upgrade devices once every 3-4 years some respect by leaving out the latest bells and whistles that slow their machines down and just giving security updates.

What about their customers who want the most advanced technology yesterday? What about their customers who post here within a month or two of a major release asking when the next major release will be out?

NorthTexasRedHead wrote:

Banks and credit cards will often require you update to the latest iOS, in particular if there has been some large hacking event. So yes, security updates are important and older OS's are not supported by some financial institution apps. My bank in particular requires you to update to the latest OS if I want to bank from my phone - if I can't bank from my phone then I might as well have a flip phone.

What does that have to do with Apple? If your financial institution decides to not provide a version of their software that will run on an older Apple device because it is running an older iOS, then how is that Apple's problem? Here's a list of all of the devices that Google no longer (or will shortly no longer) provide any security or other updates for:

Nexus 5X: September 2017
Nexus 6P: September 2017
Nexus 9: October 2016
Nexus 5: October 2015
Nexus 6: October 2016
Nexus 7 (2013): July 2015
Nexus 10: November 2014

See any similarities?

LACAllen

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Aug 28, 2016 7:27 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

The prosecution rests.

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