How Apple RUINED the iPhone 4S 

I’ve still got my trusty 3G in the drawer somewhere. I can’t even look at that without it lagging haha

iOS 11 killed my 5S but iOS 12 somewhat rectified things.

iPhone 4s is dead, my friend just got a iPhone 8 because he had a iPhone 4s

2015: 6S & 6S+ were launched; iPhone 4S (2011) is already laggy. 2019: 11, 11PRO &11PRO MAX were launched; iPhone 6S & 6S+ (2015) is still a considerable choice for a daily driver.

91Tech: Uses the iPhone 4s for a week Me: Uses the iPhone 4s for an entire year. as my main phone

In my head, I thought that Apple was doing an experiment on iPhone 4s, and they accidentally killed it. It was like all those lab experiments which end up with someone dying.

"Trust me. I'm a guy with youtube channel" - 91Tech 2019

Updating my iPhone 4s to iOS 8 from IOS 7 was my biggest regret with that phone after that I just stopped caring and updated it to iOS 9 and that was another big mistake at least it was somewhat useable on iOS 8 iOS 9 destroyed it to the point that I had no choice but to upgrade

I lived with the 4S ever since my elementary (well around 5th - 6th grade) and middle school days until I upgraded to a 6s then to an 8 Plus. Despite the slowness, I guess it served me well for years. Edit: Have you people ever lived with the 4s since 2011? How long before you upgrade?

I'm watching this on my iPhone 4s and it is my main phone. The iPhone 4s is the oldest iPhone to run Teal Racing 3, Asphalt 8, Snapchat and ect.

My grandpa still uses an iPhone 4s, he only needs it for texting and calling so why go overboard with a newer phone when this works just great for him.

The iPhone 4s was my first iPhone - I loved the design

Still using the 4s till this day Just for purely Spotify only

Me: yes, officer i’m here to report a murder.

The iPhone 4 and 4s are the most beautiful phones Apples ever built ❤️

When iOS 9 came out I updated both my 4s and iPad mini! Ugh no wonder I switched to Android until the XR and new Mini! I like the 4s simple design. I easily replaced the battery on mine and for a few friends.

A huge puddle of water killed my 4s long before Apple did.

Josh, please live with the iPhone 5 for a week like you did with the 4S if you get the chance.

Apple killed the last iPhone of Steve jobs... 😞

Back in 2015-2016, I remember having a iPhone 4, but my older cousin had a 4s, and I remember being so jealous of her phone getting iOS 9, and having Siri. I also remember she was telling me about these cool wallpaper apps she had, ( It was 10,000 Wallpapers, I think ) and I went to download it but it came up with that pop-up saying " This app requires iOS 8.0 to download. Please update you phone's software to download. " I was so annoyed when that came up. I still have that iPhone 4 and was using it for a little while during the video, and my god, How did I even use that phone back then? It's crazy slow when opening apps like FaceBook.

Jerry rig is also killing device’s

i used a 4s from may 2019 - october 2019 as my like proper phone because my iphone 6 broke it was hell youtube would always shut down after 10 minutes of use and the only real game i could play on it (that i like) was happy wheels

I loved my 4s, it was my 1st iPhone 📲

If the a5 chip devices weren’t slowed down then people would have used those devices way longer

I still have my mom’s old 4s

iOS 8 worked great on my 4s back in 2014-2015

Yay one of my favorite phones til Apple made is lag.

I had a 4s when ios 9 came and it was horrible my god I just decided to smash it to pieces at that point

I remember when my dad gave his iPhone 4s and he had bought the 6. The phone was fine on iOS 8 and then I was surprised when Apple give it iOS 9. I updated the phone to iOS 9 and my phone was absolutely destroyed and totally unusable. I totally agree with you here that Apple totally killed and destroyed this phone.

My first IPhone was the 4s 16gb and it’s was a friend that got me into iPhones, and now I have the 7+ 32gb

I used a 1st gen iPad Mini running iOS 9 for school back in the day. I remember trying to search for something on safari and having to wait a couple seconds for my keyboard inputs to show on screen. A shame as it was perfectly smooth on previous versions of iOS.

I still use a 4s as my secondary 4n and is still fully capable for ur daily tasks.

I recently switched to an iphone 4s (from an android phone) and though its a bit slow, jailbreaking it and installing coolbooter and having both ios 9 and 6 makes it a pretty decent phone in my opinion. Although im going to switch to a 5s in a little while for better app support and lte support as sometimes 4g and 3g can be a little slow sometimes.

Still have my 4s

That intro song makes me feel like traveling back to 1991! Lmao 😂

I also had an iPhone 4s until 2017, and I can say that mine just started lagging once it booted up when I updated it to iOS 9 and it slowly died throughout the years until it finally died just last year when it didn't booted up anymore.

4S was my first iPhone. Upgraded to 5S, 6+, 7, X, Xs+ I love how much the 10 (esp the smaller one) remind me of the 4

Having a 5S as a temp. Back-Up device on iOS:12 is indeed a good Final-V. just that I really miss the Dark-Mode from iOS:13… …Really wished they would add that to any iDevice officially since the 5S-JB.-V’s.of it is a lil bit too heavy & the Smart-Color-Invert option usually mess up too much to wanna keep it active permanently which is what I’d prefer.

A good friend in school still uses the original iPhone 4. He's hopefully gonna get a 6s on Christmas though so i'll be able to buy it off of him because I just so happen to collect iPhone 4's and iPhone 5's.

I loved my iPhone 3G more than anything else at the time. Despite no front facing camera, it was amazing. Years later went to a 6 (it was okay, phone decided to bend out of no where but worked.. somewhat. Lol. Now I have the 11 and love it. I’ve been in-between galaxy’s and iPhones for years

Just reduce motion and transparency in accessibility settings as workaround

I have an iPhone 4s on iOS 9.3.6 and it runs perfectly well, unlike what is portrayed in the video

I’ve used the iPad 2 on ios 9 for a full year and a half. That was my only device. It was brutal.

I just bought iPhone 4 in 2019.. For listening music only, not my everyday carry.. I havent use Apple before, but I love this iPhone 4

I used 3G then got a 6 Plus until i stopped then then insurance got me a 6S Plus

Honestly the A5 devices shouldn't have went past iOS 7.1.2. I’ve owned them all and ever since the iOS 8 update they were slow then the iOS 9 update made things unusable for me.

I really like all the music you use in your videos, Home is an amazing artist

I used a 4S until I got an SE in the Fall of 2016. I never went beyond iOS 7 on it. Since I am only using it as a white noise generator at night, I decided recently to update it to iOS 9 to see what would happen. Yeah, it is so much slower than it used to be. I'm glad I never did it while I was using it as my main phone. It reminded me of when I updated my 2nd Gen iPod Touch to iOS 4.

I had a iPad 2 until it caught on fire 6months ago. I called apple they made me calla engineer and he laughed at me. So naturally I bought a iPad 4 and it is much better. BUY A IPAD 4 not 2 or 3!!!!

You're talking about a phone that was released over 8 years ago. Does it matter that Apple stopped supporting it? No.

Fun fact i can open and close youtube 3 times on my iphone 11 at the same time it takes to open control centre on the 4s

I had a 4S and always kept it updated. It ran smoothly - and then I got the iPhone 6S. And then the 4S was slow. A few years went by and I had forgotten about it. But a poorer friend of mine bought a cheap phone, and as cheap phones do, it broke. So I whipped out the 4S some day and gave it to him. A year later, he still uses it. It’s in virtually pristine condition still. The battery is starting to fail, but it is an 8 year old phone after all. I recently found my mother’s old iPhone 4S. It still runs iOS 7.1.2 and works beautifully - though the battery is starting to die in that one, too. I get it out on occasion for the nostalgia. In my opinion, it has always been a fantastic device and will always be remembered as a fantastic device.

You should go and show ways to make these phones less slow through settings and jailbreak tweaks In a new video series

I strongly believe that apple should make it able to downgrade iOS versions

This is why my 4s is on 6.1.3 and will stay there until the end of time. She's a very good mp3 player and still takes pretty good pictures.

I'm still using a 4S. Calls and texts are fine and everything else is done in Opera Mini. Its the only browser that can handle that small amount of ram. All the big apps like twitter, facebook, spotify etc crash when they run out of memory.

I was ahead of the times😎never updated pass IOS 6.0👍🏿

i still have a ipad 3 i use exclusively for youtube and it works pretty well (especcially for 30eu)

I found an iPhone 4S in my house while I was cleaning a few days ago, and I plugged it in, and it’s running iOS 9.3.6.

I didn’t have the 4S but did have a 4. It was my first iPhone and I loved it! But two years later it was slow and I actually hated iOS 7 on it. I loved the skeuomorphic icons.

That’s cool and all, but who is still using an iPhone 4

This video is so stretched. It should if ended at 5 minutes

With the introduction to Checkra1n, you could bring that old 4S back to life on iOS 6 or such.

My friend has a 4s currently but thankfully he just ordered a refurbished 1st gen iPhone SE and he’s getting it in about a week

Just don’t install a lot of apps on that 8GB or 16GB model 😂

Apple should’ve killed the 4s with iOS 8

I loved the design of the 4s i owned it for around 18 months. My dad still uses a 4s just for calls and texts and it’s struggling to do that now.

I had the 4s in black and it was my first iPhone. I absolutely LOVED the thing. I was aware that updates would slow it down, as I had a friend who updated their 4 to iOS 7 and it got really slow. I waited to update to 8 when the Amazon app stopped working. Then I updated to 9 later on to get the new features. It absolutely destroyed the phone. I used it until 2016!!!! Then when the SE was announced, I preordered it immediately. I’m typing from my SE right now! I still have the 4s, just in its little box on a shelf. It’s better this way.

no one cares if you’re first

I used to love my iPhone 4S when it came out in 2010. I used it for 4 years. It did start slowing down though. I only had 8gs. so I was out of storage and had to get a new phone. I can’t believe how small it looks compared to my iPhone 11 Pro Max. It’s funny how technology changes so fast.

My iPhone 5C broke in early 2017 so I bought a 4S and used it for like a month or two. And I remember it would always die out of nowhere, which annoyed the hell out of me

The 4s reminds me so much of my iPod 4th gen. I still have mines and it works. Battery life is awful on it though. To be expected. I never updated the thing from stock iOS it came with lol. So it’s still fast and smooth as a result. iPod 4 was my first ever apple product too as a kid.

I use my iPhone 4S on 9.3.6 Although many apps are not supported anymore, I can still text, facetime, and browse the internet even though some websites are broken.

The iPhone 4s came out during my senior year of high school. I got it as a graduation gift from my family, and the latest version I ever used on it was like 7.0.1 when I bought my 5S. So I never used it pass early versions of iOS 7. That poor for us though. It was really the only phone that I physically damaged. I was at a concert in the summer of 2013, and in the middle of it, since it was an outdoor concert, it began to storm. And as I was running to my cousins car I tripped and fell and the phone flew out of my hand. Interesting fact as well. The 4S was the only model that I ever had stolen also. So I actually had two of them. But the iPhones that I have had were the original, the 3GS, the aforementioned two models of the 4S, the 5S, the 6S plus, and currently I am using an 8+.

i have an iphone 2g and 3g and 3gs somewhere. IDK where, but I do miss older Apple with Steve Jobs. Only died 2 years and 3 months and 3 days after I was born. the 3GS was just released when I was born. Suprisingly, my parents despite using android bought me an iPhone 3Gs so than I can use a phone to play games on (this was in 2011) Then to upgrade the 3Gs, i got the 4. I still have my 3Gs in TERRIBLE condition. Along with the 2g and 3g. after I got my iPhone 3Gs in 2011 3 months and 2 days after Steve Jobs was ded. R.I.P. Steve Jobs. Thanks for creating the iPhone and iPad.

My dad still uses his as his company pays for his phone plan. I always discouraged him from upgrading IOS since I thought it screwed over older phones so he’s still on IOS 8.

Got my 4s in 9th grade. Used it all the way until the 6s came out my senior year. Upgraded to that and I’ve been using that ever since until last week when I decided to go for the 11 Pro Max in a 256gb capacity. When I first got my 4s it was amazing. I’d never had a smartphone like it until then (I had a cheap Motorola flip phone until that point). iOS 5 was good, albeit a tad buggy here and there and Siri lacked a lot with doing things. But for the tasks the commercials advertised, it work perfectly, I’d set alarms, reminders, and calendar events with no issues at all. When iOS 6 came out (IMO the best version on the 4s) most every complaint I had from the previous iOS was taken care of and addressed in kind. I could now have Siri understand me better as dictation improved, the overall experience got a lot smoother for me and everything was just fluid and all was well. The years that followed were not so kind, the bugs of 7 and constant crashing I had on 8 only got worse the moment 9 came out. The phone got so slow it wasn’t even funny, it started affecting my ability to even use the phone to make phone calls, it’s primary function as a phone. It was a nightmare. I’m amazingly glad that Apple didn’t make the same mistakes with the 6s and iOS since then. Even right now, my 6s with a new batter is performing just as well on iOS 13 as my 11 is for general use. My only wish is that Apple would just please go and allow me to sign iOS 6 for my 4s so I can use it from time to time without it being a headache and a half.

Confirmed. Casting my mind back I tried to hold off on iOS upgrades for the 4S for as long as possible, but annoyingly they force your hand with app compatibility.

The latest update of iOS 7 worked flawlessly with the 4S. After it updated to 8, I couldn't do it anymore and been with Android since.

Are they changed for iPhone 5 / iOS 10 or later? My iPhone 5 that I got second hand with iOS 10 as the final OS and it's still really usable and felt like just fresh phone tho

ive never had any problems with my 4s with the exception of not being supported anymore by many of my apps. i replaced the battery, speakers , and charging/data harness two years ago because they were worn out. it does heat up some if it is being heavily used while charging but i consider this a minor issue. ive tried to get it to lag and crash but i have only been successful a few times and with a bit of difficulty. the device isnt the problem. the problem is that carriers wont support the device and i am having difficulty switching service.

While on older Samsung Galaxy S phones, you are getting a problem thats the exact opposite of that of the iPhone 4s where the phones weren't getting long enough software support and then you ended up with a phone that still had very powerful hardware for its last software version, but unfortunately you couldn't update them any farther even though the hardware could easily handle newer versions of Android.

Watching this on my old iPhone 4s on iOS 8.1.1

I used the iPhone 4s up until 2018 and while it wasn’t too bad it definitely was a bit slow and barely ran any games adequately. I upgraded to a used iPhone 5s for about a year and a half but then decided to go up to an XR. I only had the fingerprint home button for about a year and a half and I honestly miss is so much :( I wish apple would make a device with the finger print on the back similar to many androids so that screen space isn’t affected. Would be awesome! But back to my main point, the 4s is just so nostalgic for me since I used it from ages 12-16 😢❤️

Commenting from iPhone 4s jail jailroken with new ios 7 skin. Although I have iPhone 7 and X, still 4s has memories man. Back in 2011, it was my 1st smartphone and was in love with it. In India, it was a big deal and all my friends were jealous of me.. It's still usable and works (unlike my old android phones)!

The iPhone 4s was my first iPhone, I used it from 2011-2017 and upgraded to the iPhone 8 in 2017, which is what I am still using right now, I am hoping this phone could last me 6 years too!

My friend “hey did you see the good news” me “sorry I’m buffering”

They stopped signing iOS 6 (for downgrading on iTunes). OTA is still signed.

heh, back in 2016, my 4s in 9.3.5 (got it the same year) still faster than my budget android device back then. so, i had no complaints about it

My phone broke a month ago and i have been using the 4s as a backup since then. A fucking nightmare.

you live in vancouver huh? i can tell by the hat and what the local weather says on the phone…. i live here too … love the videos and watching someone local 😉😎

The 4s was the perfect phone for me. I had one until it broke 1year ago. Now I am back to flip phone.

Even my mother complained about her 4s being horribly slow after it updated to iOS 9, lol. And I can say she was absolutely right that it's horrible, because I had to use her old 4s for a few weeks after my 5s broke in 2017

I won a white 4S right after it came out in a giveaway when I was 14. I’m a pretty big runner and usually at bigger races they do some kind of giveaway to the participants. That was an awesome feeling as a kid to win a brand new phone. It was my first smartphone and honestly I loved it. It’s sad to me how badly apple butchered the thing. Sometimes for nostalgia’s sake I’ll turn it on only to be disgusted by how bogged down it is. Really dig my XR tho, I don’t see myself upgrading for some time

One of my teachers had a 4s since launch and only recently upgraded to a pixel 3a

8:54 I think it’s just the mindset of “oh only give the phones 2 updates”

Do I need to upgrade my iPhone 7 to iPhone 11..I feel like no because all I do is social media gimme your opinions please

But hey, not as slow as my laptop, old phone, and my old tablet and their combined speed

Until I finally got an upgrade, my last "phone" was the iPod Touch 5 and it was also unbearably slow. As for my iPad Mini 1st gen, I am still using it and itching to upgrade to the iPad Mini 5.