I just get frustrated at my iPhone 4 sometimes! It runs iOS 7 and is IMPOSSIBLE to downgrade. I have windows 10 home and cant get a virtual machine running because of that! It's probably out of charge but if it wasn't what would I do?
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iPhone 5 or earlier iPhone 4 is really slow
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Well it’s gonna be slow. Not being mean but it’s junk now. Time to throw it away or recycle it, and buy a new phone. Atleast a 6s or an se. if you plan on keeping for 2-3 years get an 8.
This phone wasn’t exactly a speed demon when it came out (only meagerly outruns a 3GS) and it just doesn’t have the hardware to handle iOS 7.
That thing’s best days are way behind it. Send it off into the sunset.
That thing’s best days are way behind it. Send it off into the sunset.
iPhone 4 in it's time was the perfect phone to control with just one hand. Great phone!
It was always slow then got slower with new os's. People just couldn't admit that about their shiny new toy.
It may be time to accept your iPhone 4 is ready for retirement. It’s 7 years old and for a smartphone it’s done incredibly well. You can pick up secondhand iPhone 6’s up for just over £100 now so if you’re on a tight budget you should find a bargain and decent upgrade for yourself.
There are many users of this forum arguing (quite strongly to be honest) that OS updates do not slow down phones and that to suggest otherwise is tin-hat conspiracy.
I'm leaving this here as a bookmark next time one of those "OS updates dont slow down iphones" posts pops up.
This is why Android is happy to stick to 3 major OS updates and call it a day.
This is why Apple is happy to keep updating till the phone is useless.
You go and buy a new one
I'm leaving this here as a bookmark next time one of those "OS updates dont slow down iphones" posts pops up.
This is why Android is happy to stick to 3 major OS updates and call it a day.
This is why Apple is happy to keep updating till the phone is useless.
You go and buy a new one
Here's the thing…
We are all going to tell OP his phone is old and to get a new one because he brought the topic up here. Why OP didn't realize that himself, I don't know.
But there are plenty of people out there still using the 4 who don't come in here and complain it's slow. My mother is one of those.
Uses her 4 every day and it does exactly what she needs it to do, including iMessage.
My point is that it's only old and needing to be replaced for a new phone when someone complains. Here to be exact.
We are all going to tell OP his phone is old and to get a new one because he brought the topic up here. Why OP didn't realize that himself, I don't know.
But there are plenty of people out there still using the 4 who don't come in here and complain it's slow. My mother is one of those.
Uses her 4 every day and it does exactly what she needs it to do, including iMessage.
My point is that it's only old and needing to be replaced for a new phone when someone complains. Here to be exact.
Is her phone slow but she doesn't mind or her phone didn't slow down at all? Which iOS is her phone on?
One thing I like about Apple is their build quality. Now specs and software may be another story but the Apple hardware is built to last.
I'm not sure what iOS version she is running, but it's new enough for her to be using iMessage.
She doesn't do anything with it that would tax the phone. My mom is not from the email, app-using, texting generation. She's in her late 70s so her phone mainly gets used as a phone. She uses her iPad if she wants to use apps.
So, I've never heard any complaints about the phone being slow because she isn't doing anything with the phone that would make that an issue. Consequently, it just continues to work for her.
At the risk of sounding like a broken vinyl, time to buy a new one. An iPhone 4 is too old to keep using. A bare minimum would be a 5S (and even then it's pushing it).
Did you just skip over my post above yours?
Maybe too old for YOU to keep using, but some people don't seem to have any issues - like my mom.
My sister uses the iPhone 4 and she is very happy with it. It does what a phone suppose to do, phone calls. And for pictures and video, she carries a Canon PowerShot in her purse.
It’s OP, not your mom who is expressing frustration with sluggishness. Solution? Do what I explained.
Did I mention your mom? No. So it’s not meant for you.
You could have avoided the confusion by just mentioning that to begin with. Instead you made a blanket statement with no indication that it was OP you were speaking directly to.
