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Running Beta might not reflect the true battery impact on the device. But 4x more battery consumption sounds pretty bad.


I think the grandparent is speaking of iOS 6. iOS 7 has iPhone 4 as the minimum requirement.


Yes, version 6.1.3 to be precise.

Just don't do it.


Hell, I would add that you shouldn't do it on an iPhone 4.

Thankfully, my wife's iPhone 4S is about as fast as it was when she got it, because she hasn't done any OS upgrades on it at all.




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