what happens if i update my iphone 4 (not 4S) to ios 6?

[mscoffeelover]

what are the changes? i know i won't have the Siri and a lot more stuff (unlike the 4S) which isn't fair please tell me what differences there are to expect. thanks!

[Ouch]

You will have an updated software and will have more options from the apple stores and features. However, your battery life will mostly likely not be able to handle the power of IOS 6.

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[Velvet Red]

I've been beta testing iOS 6 on the iPhone 4S for several months, but I had not installed iOS 6 on my iPad before it was released to the general public. After using it for several hours, here are things I found that I really like.

1. Facebook Integration: Apple added Twitter to iOS 5 in 2011, which left many scratching their heads. Where's Facebook? A year later, it's baked into iOS 6, that's where. Why is this a big deal? It makes sharing things to your Facebook wall much easier. Rather than copying links and pasting them into your timeline or manipulating photos, the new sharing tools require but a few button presses and auto-magically sync things back and forth. It's not the biggest new feature in the world, but it makes sharing nearly painless.

2. Do Not Disturb: More and more people take their smartphones and tablets to bed with them. It's a total bummer when your device receives a bunch of emails in the middle of the night and sets off notification alerts and wakes you. With Do Not Disturb, you can set periods when notifications leave you the heck alone. Not only can this help save on some Zzz's, it can help save your sanity.


3. Shared Photo Stream: Photo Stream automatically uploads photos captured with the iPhone or iPad to Apple's iCloud servers. It can be set to sync with iPhoto on Apple computers, as well. The problem is, Photo Stream has always synced all the photos captured by the mobile device. This could be ... embarrassing ... if you're not careful about what you take pictures of. The new version of Photo Stream gives users more granular control over which photos are shared and with whom.

4. Safari Syncing: With iOS 6, users of multiple Apple device will be happy with the new features of Safari. The most appealing new feature is the ability to sync open tabs from the desktop to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. This means if you're browsing three or four websites on your computer, you can pick up right where you left off on the iPhone or iPad. Convenient. (For the record, Google's Chrome browser already offers this feature to iOS and Android devices.) The new version of Safari also has a full-screen view when surfing in landscape orientation, and can now save not only links, but entire Web pages for offline reading.

5. PassBook: Helps you carry boarding passes, tickets, store cards and coupons on your phone.