Why Your iPhone is Slow
Tips for speeding up the iPhone
Anyone who keeps an iPhone until it breaks has likely encountered performance issues as the years go by. Apps crash, wifi has trouble connecting, and you may think to yourself — do I need to buy a new phone? iPhones are expected to degrade with time however they should last around 4 years. Try these tips and tricks before breaking the bank and upgrading to the latest shiny iPhone.
#1. Restart Phone
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
We can all thank the Channel 4 British sitcom “The IT Crowd” for coining the phrase “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”. When inquiring about technical support, rebooting the device is the first thing an IT support engineer will ask you to do.
So why does restarting the phone improve performance? The phone’s performance is directly correlated to the Random Access Memory (RAM) usage, which is where the phone stores short term data used by apps and iOS processes. If an app is using too much memory, this can compromise the entire user experience and cause other processes to slow down. The process occupying the RAM may need to be stopped and cleared, however the only way to ensure that the RAM is cleared is by restarting the phone. After the phone is rebooted…
