{"id":32957,"date":"2018-09-17T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=32957"},"modified":"2018-09-17T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T22:04:47","slug":"money-saver-tip-ios-12-breaths-life-into-older-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/awesomeness\/money-saver-tip-ios-12-breaths-life-into-older-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Saver Tip: iOS 12 makes older iPhones a little faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32969\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image-1024x576.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"iphone-image\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/iphone-image.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If want to get six more months out of your old iPhone before the next upgrade cycle, the latest version of iOS is going to make your older device just a bit more responsive. Released today, iOS 12 is a solid improvement for older iPhone devices like the 5S and 6 as well as older iPad models.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2018\/09\/ios-12-on-the-iphone-5s-iphone-6-plus-and-ipad-mini-2-its-actually-faster\/\">these tests<\/a> performed by Arstechnica, there are launch time improvements <span class=\"highlight-yellow\"><strong>up to 26%<\/span><\/strong> on the\u00a0iPhone 5S (compared to iOS 11.4.1) and improvements <span class=\"highlight-yellow\"><strong>up to 21%<\/span><\/strong> on the iPhone 6 Plus. Most of the tests were performed on common apps like Safari, Camera and Mail as well as cold boot tests.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of iOS 12 supported smartphones includes the\u00a05s, SE, 6, 6 Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, and X (as well as all new models).\u00a0For iPads, the full list of supported tablets includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iPad mini 2, mini 3 and mini 4<\/li>\n<li>iPad Air and Air 2<\/li>\n<li>iPad 5th generation (2017) and 6th generation (2018)<\/li>\n<li>9.7-inch iPad Pro, 10.5-inch iPad Pro, 12.9-inch iPad Pro 1st generation and 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2nd generation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the update will automatically install at some point, you also have the option of forcing the update. <span class=\"highlight-yellow\"><strong>To install the update, go into\u00a0Settings and select General -&gt; Software Update to download.<\/span><\/strong> If you don&#8217;t have enough space, Apple will automatically uninstall apps to make space, then reinstall those apps after iOS 12 is installed.<\/p>\n<p>If you are shopping for budget iPhones, pricing is significantly better this week as well. We <a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/bargain\/apple-iphone-6s-64gb-gsm-unlocked-smartphone-614151\/\">featured a deal<\/a> last week for a $240 iPhone 6S (64GB). The MSRP for the base iPhone 7 has dropped to $449 and you can find refurbished models <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/browse\/home\/specialdeals\/iphone\">sold by Apple<\/a> for $379. Check our <a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/categories\/phones-44\/\">smartphone deal feed<\/a> for more options.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for information about new features in iOs 12, you can find that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ios\/ios-12\/\">here on Apple.com<\/a>. A review of iOS 12 can be found below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gFQQHg2bF34\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If want to get six more months out of your old iPhone before the next upgrade cycle, the latest version of iOS is going to make your older device just a bit more responsive. Released today, iOS 12 is a solid improvement for older iPhone devices like the 5S and 6 as well as older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[240,984,116,571],"class_list":["post-32957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awesomeness","tag-apple","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-smartphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32957"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32973,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32957\/revisions\/32973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}