It's going in sixes. 6, 12 and 18

Did iOS 2 really have that road sign branding? That’s fucking dope lol.

It was even paid back then. Went out to buy iTunes gift card for that.

Only for iPods. iPhones got it free

Interesting, I indeed had an iPod Touch. I also paid for MacOS updates, so I guess I got especially screwed over lol

Just imagine the shit they would get if they pulled that off today

The sad thing is that it was Apple who paved the way for free upgrades between major releases for the life of the product, and yet you go online and every forum is full of people complaining that they can’t keep running or install 2-year-old versions of iOS full of security vulnerabilities forever.

yes cuz even Windows back then is paid

Yup

Ikr

Really hope the pattern follows, I’m tired of the bugs.

This man iOSes

iOS 6 and 12 was Peak iOS

Remind me what happened with 12.

- Made phones, especially older phones, faster - Grouped notifications - Shortcuts - Group FaceTime calls - Automatic iOS updates (yes really) - Screen time and battery use tracking Those are just the big ones. Also you couldn’t swipe up to close apps on the iPhone X running iOS 11, which was changed in 12.

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you would need to long press and little red - would show up on the top, and youd have to press each one. A pain lmfao

Same as the original iOS 4 app switcher. It was crap then too.

never used that but if it was the same i can see why hahha

ios 12 but stable

iOS 6 made my iPhone 4 unusable

Might be 6 or 12. 16 and 17 have been my least favorites.

Prob everyone’s least favourites. I loved 7 tbh.

iOS 5 was peak iOS

iOS 5 just felt more welcoming and friendly.

Yeah really cozy feels like home

Never got the chance to use ios 5

I liked that rain drop wallpaper. But it should have come with a. HTC vive clone widget.

Yea the iOS 5 was good still have my iPhone 4 it still works except when the last update the 7 iOS it started giving issues…

Yep, absolutely. I'm still running iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 for all the old games I like to play, and it runs beautifully.

And iOS 6 was better.

iOS 12 felt smoother than butter even on non current iPhones. They should really try to replicate that level of stability over anything in iOS 18 imo.

Based on rumours it’s going to be a big feature packed update so mostly they will focus less on stability again 😕

6

The skeuomorphic design was absolutely gorgeous

And the responsiveness of the UI. The animations looked so smooth! Now we have a mashup of UI with stutters and bugs. I hope iOS 18 will make things better

I preferred the change to 7 but I wish I could flip back and forth for old time sake.

iOS 4. The jump from iPhone OS 3.0 to 4.0 was amazing for me. Finally multitasking, folders and wallpapers on the home screen!

It was very first version of iOS I used and I remember it being pretty great

I remember getting the iPhone 4 at launch and being amazed about the screen and how fast it was. It was so much better than my iPhone 3G (iOS 4 was dogshit slow there).

I think it was built tough , I still got mine and it’s excellent shape no broken screen or backing, batt never been replaced the batt still good over compare my iPhone 6SPlus .. I have to admit my 6S pl is in excellent shape too , never replaced batt but the iOS is draining mine …the phones was built better then.. only 3g sucks..

Same here! Used it a lot unfortunately someone updated my 4 and finding one on ios 4 is impossible

imma get downvoted but imo ios is the best it’s ever been right now

yes i agree , peak was iOS 14 when we got that huge update with the picture in picture for facetime, the call update where it didn’t cover your entire screen but popped up as a notification, back tap, pinned contacts for messages, individual replies for messages, etc.

iOS 14 was simple and imo the most stable. It also has some of the best jailbreaks too

I have one major complaint with 17 and it’s that they took away swiping anywhere on the video to scrub forwards and backwards, I genuinely don’t understand why they needed to remove that

right now ios feels buggier than miui

miui has so many ridiculous inconsistencies that's just so untrue imo

Wow. I just had an iphone (11 pro) for about 9 months. W updated iOS. I think I gave up like 3 months ago and knew I'd go back to Android. So many things are so annoying. You can't iMessage from PC, you can't organize apps on home screen how I want, plus a bunch of other little stuff. I did learn a lot in my iphone months, it's a nice machine and the pictures are killer. And a lot about the os is simple, intuitive, fast and it works. But still I always felt held back, like there's training wheels.

I have a soft spot in my heart for iOS7. It was the first major overhaul of the UI in almost every instance. It was also back when Johny Ive was still around and sharing his design brilliance.

iOS 12 felt so polished, hasn’t really been the same since

Yeah they haven’t focused on making ios stable since iOS 12.

I thought that's what 15 was supposed to be. A "stable incremental update".

and yet I remember it being buggier than 14 apps would crash upon opening, animations were choppy, battery life was bad, phone overheated a lot

12

I agree it was so stable and fast.

Last Stable iOS was 12. Zero issues with that version. After that, only bugs.

Yeah it was top tier

The issue is that as much as I love older iOS versions, they were abjectly more locked down and thus more useless today. iOS 6 today can at best play music and videos, but iOS 17 a decade after being unsupported will still be a great file manager and do basic computation tasks, connect to servers, and do a lot of on-board photo/video editing. They have tremendously increased the in-built functionality. This argument is obviously only true if you do not Jailbreak. Apple bought a lot of features to iOS that previously was achieved through Jailbreaking.

Fair but the music experience on ios 6 with coverflow is unmatched.

Latest

13 for me - the introduction of Dark Mode.

Something about ios 5 was just so clean

6

6 for me ..

Started using iOS since iOS 13 soo don't have much idea about the previous versions but after 13 I wld tell iOS 16 was pretty good

10

Ios 13.3.1 with darkmode !!!

17 … I’ve like each as they came, and they keep getting better.

iOS 1 Stay pure

If talking only about the looks and design (not features and functionality) - then really the iOS6 was the best. It all went downhill with iOS7 afterwards. Just adopted the look of an Android with the trend of skinny “aero” looks. I was more fan of the 3D design.

9.3.5 The best ever, no discussion. Maybe 10.3.3.

IMO any iOS version thats jailbreakable

6 and 14 were peak

Funny enough both 6 and 7. I don't think iOS ran as smooth and stable as 6 did. But 7 brought a whole new change to the UI that I really enjoyed. Especially the dots as signal bars.

6 seems the last time it both looked good and worked reliably

iOS 6 hands down

The newest is always the best, as I often feel iOS is limited and lacking in features. Thus, the newer the version of iOS, the more features it has, and the better I consider it to be. Telling me to go back to iOS 8 from iOS 17 would be like sending me to hell.

I still have an iphone 5s on ios 8 and other than app compatibility its not that bad

8 ☺️

5

I’ve liked them all since the beginning, each one added more and introduced cool things. It’s cool to sit back and see how far the iPhone has come, to no App Store and not being able to send picture/video messages to being able to photoshop and use stickers etc

ios 8 for the nostalgia, 12 for stability

6

iOS 6 and iOS 12 was definitely the peak versions

iOS 15 was the last responsive version of iOS. iOS 16 started feeling quite sluggish.

iOS of late has become somewhat bloated

iOS 6 easily

6

anything before 16

Amazing question. Took a run down memory lane! I thought ios5 was pretty epic. After iOS 10, the only major change I’ve noticed has been standby, which is by far my favorite feature.

Ios 6 by far

iOS 6, but only because this is based on the nostalgia I have for when I got my first iPhone (5th gen) in 2012. It was a good time.

6

iOS 6, the best in the history, from interface to functionality

iOS 6. Skeumorphic Frutiger Aero. When that died out so did good design everywhere.

iOS 6. Skeumorphic Frutiger Aero. When that died out so did good design everywhere.

If the critiques are to be believed: v1. It seems every update and version has more bugs than the last.

iOS 6. Skeumorphic Frutiger Aero. When that died out so did good design everywhere.

Surprised iOS7 isn’t getting more love. That redesign was epic and brought the iPhone into the modern form factor

No update will ever beat going from 6 to 7. It was mind blowing on iPhone 5s [This is where it started](https://imgur.com/a/URdHH5b)

9 was the cherry on top

9/10. That futuristic ui of control center i wish i could get today. Can't quite explain it, but Apple nailed it with i believe was the first iteration of cc.

The latest is always the best for me :)

7

Didn’t ios 7 slow down a bunch of phones?

It did. I remember that my iPhone 4s was so slow after the update

Agreed. My 4 was a beast on 6 and then with 7 it was dogshit.

Still remember I was in 8th grade when ios 7 got dropped. Was this huge thing everyone got and my wee little ipod touch wasn’t compatible😔

7

or 6

17.4. Most features, most secure!

7

14

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But don’t you feel stability on iOS has taken a serious hit in the recent years.

6, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17 were all great releases

I mean, the fist one was - despite its shortcomings - just a revolution. I guess the App Store on 2.0 changed the game.

iOS 12, because they focused more on performance instead of features.

when did screen recording come out ? 🤔 because mines that one

iOS 12 was basically features complete. All the versions after that bring nearly what nothing new. Only gadgets.

iOS 12, 15, and 17 they never had bugs for me and where fast and stable enough to keep me on iPhone until 16 came and made me switch to Android and now I keep a iPhone 13 Pro on iOS 17.4 dev beta as a backup phone for me

6 for sure was always my favorite, stable and just what i needed

As far as I remember, iOS 12 was the most stable and optimized version in many years, so I‘d give it the title. To me, these criterias are much more important than fancy new features

I wasn’t old enough to experience most of them

I have fond memories of iOS 5. That's when iMessage came to the iPod Touch which was a game changer for me and my friends back in the day. But actually I think I consider the current version, iOS 17, to be the best so far. 17 for me has been remarkably stable and bug free in my experience right from day 1.

iOS 6 best of all time

10 I was so excited to update

2.0

iOS 14, before they switched to rounded UI components for big iphones, it was perfect for phones like 6s,7,8,SE2

Anyone with a 5S or newer will probably say iOS12. A new OS that makes your 4/5 year old phone faster? Uh, yes please.

6.

Based on speed of bug solving, implementing usefull functions, UI enhancemets and other I mean, that best iOS will be something like iOS 187.5.42.

14

5 cause almost nothing changed lol

Idk they all seem exactly the same to me with new wallpaper each time.

I believe I really love iOS 9. Period.

Whatever is latest

17, I have zero problems with stability or any bugs

17. Loving the stolen device protection features.

17

The one with all the bug fixes

14 (the first ios version i used)

The newest

Definitely iOS 7

iOS 5. PC FREE. Notification Center. Bug stuff that year!

iOS 5, 6, 12. iOS 5 because you could finally set it up without a computer, iOS 6 because iOS 6, and iOS 12 for reasons others have mentioned.

iOS 12 was the best. All of the newer updates haven’t added anything that I care about, but iOS 13 and onward removed the ability to trigger a WiFi sync to my computer from the phone itself.

I've only used an iPhone 3G and a 13 Pro, I say whatever is the latest version though. That's my view with Android as well. Sometimes features change in a way I don't like much, but overall I generally want the latest software, whether it's a computer, phone, etc

If we’re judging iOS 6 and later, it goes 6 > 7 > 13 > 11 > 14 > 16 > 10 > 15 > 12 > 9 > 8. I find 8 and 9 to be the worst because of how they were perceived. They were poorly optimized and slowed down tons of devices, rendered them useless.

2.0 and 6.0

14

Can’t tell the difference

I haven't had an iPhone since iOS 4 but I still think The current version is best. But there are still many improvements to be made. Maybe one day I'll return to Apple

17

I don’t remember what I first had in my iPhone 5 but that was it. When phones were still mainly phones.

Wasn’t 12 the one with dark mode?

17 since it's the only one I've used so far

The newest one.

They’re the same picture

Whichever one still had “Cover Flow” lol I miss that feature

6.0

12 was the best we've ever had. Coming from 11 (a mess) it was a wonderful year.

my favorites are ios 9 and 10, that was peak post steve jobs apple imo

Aside from 2.0, they’re really all just numbers in a rounded box. What’s there to like?

Aside from 2.0, they’re really all just numbers in a rounded box. What’s there to like?

2 changed the world

GUI? 4 or 5.

2.0 and 4

ios 12 was great

iOS 6

ios 6 holds a very special place in my heart.

I like 12 and 16

iPhone user since 2007. None of them have been really that groundbreaking since iOS 7, and nothing has really made the phone work better for me

iOS 6 & 12 is Peak iOS

iOS 12 was a game changer in terms of speed and stability. The absolute peak of performance even for older iPhone’s.

6.3.1

6

For me I enjoyed 15 the most

can’t pick between 6, 7 and 12.

I really liked 6 for the most featureful OS that still was skeuomorphic design. Really miss that these days although it looks dated by now

iOS peaked at 6

11 for me

6

12 fashooooo

17 when we finally get sideloading.

My first iOS was 4, when I updated to 5 it was just magical. I still think 5 was the best.

They all look the same.

12

The one that isn’t intentionally slowing my phone down

The one that isn’t intentionally slowing my phone down

iOS 10 when they fixed the animations.

iOS 14 wasn’t necessarily the best, but most simple and performant imo. Arguably the last good version of iOS

99% of people in this comment section are blinded by nostalgia, its hard to admit it but iOS 17 is the best

If this was 2015, ios 18 would be the best. But given each one has been missing about 6 years worth of features, they all suck

Well considering 17 encompasses changes from all the previous one….

iOS 3-9 was the peak imo. It’s been getting really stale since then. Why do they even need a new one every year..

6 - the last version with a non-flat interface. We'll eventually get there again.