Last week I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my household iPhone 4S's to iOS8. The rumors on the street have been mixed, but I usually don't pay much attention to rumors because they are very often wrong. I am very happy I upgraded. All the fear-mongering about bad performance and bad battery life simply wasn't true for me. I'm quite confident that those folks just had a bad app that they didn't know how to update, or a heavily-used 3 year old battery. iOS 8 isn't going to fix your refrigerator, but it isn't going to break it either. So what do I get? First of all, I get a refined UI. iOS7 was a great upgrade, but now iOS8 is simply smoother all around. It erases all doubts I had moving from iOS6. Family sharing is in place. If you have a household with more than one device, this is a big deal for making Dad's life easier. Or mine. I get better battery management, with the incredibly useful Battery Usage feature. Unli...
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