Devices running Google's mobile OS usually get see two major software updates - sometimes fewer on budget devices. Similarly, moving around widgets apps on the iPhone SE's small screen is a bit of a challenge.īackward compatibility has been a long-standing advantage Apple holds over Android phones. Picture-in-picture works just fine on my iPhone SE, for example, but you can imagine how small window actually is on the SE's already compact 4-inch display. That said, in my experience, a lot of the new features introduced in iOS 14 benefit from the larger screens of more modern iPhones.
I have noticed a hit on battery life, though it's hard to tell whether that's iOS 14's doing or whether it's because I'm using a phone I bought four years ago.
Just because Apple says you can run iOS 14 on an older device, does that mean your experience will be up to par? All summer long, I've had iOS 14 developer beta running on an original iPhone SE, and I haven't seen any performance lags at all.
