i am still with 7.1.2 on my 5s. is it advisable to upgrade to 8.2?

i am still with 7.1.2 on my 5s. is it advisable to upgrade to 8.2?

I guess the only additional stuff is the apple watch application. No difference for me in terms of performance though.

i am still with 7.1.2 on my 5s. is it advisable to upgrade to 8.2?

Guys why now no more switch to turn off 3G?
Sometimes when my 3G signal is bad I need to turn it off so that it drops to Edge but now I can't anymore. Previously can turn off.

Because the minimum now is 3G (iPhone 5 and above).

Now the only option is Enable LTE (4G). If you feel that the signal is weak, just turn off cellular data to conserve battery.

I need it to drop to Edge, not about conserving power.
3G is not the minimum. It can drop to Edge or GPRS automatically but I want to switch it manually because sometimes Edge is faster than a low signal 3G. And it's not about which model iphone. My iphone 5 using iOS 7 can switch off 3G

What I am trying to tell you is, 3G is the minimum you can MANUALLY set your current data speed.

Of course it is about phone models. iPhone 4/4s does not have a LTE chip embedded therefore you can set from 3G to 2G/EDGE. iPhone 5 onwards has LTE chip embedded therefore you can only set between LTE on or off and MANUALLY set to 3G as the MINIMUM.

Your connection drops from 3G to 2G is because your cellular carrier does not have 3G connectivity coverage in that particular area or zone / weak 3G reception that is why your connection dropped from 3G to 2G. Of course if the connection frequently switch between 3G and 2G will drain your phone battery significantly, which is why I suggested that you turn off your cellular data to conserve battery.

You dun understand lol. 
nevermind

I understand perfectly of the question that you are asking, it is you who do not understand what I am trying to explain to you. If you bother to read and digest what I am explaining, you would probably get it by now.

no you dont understand what I am asking.

1. i am not concern with battery consumption
2. i want to manually disable 3g so it can switch to anything lower than 3g
and you can do this with iphone 5 and 5s. BUT if you upgrade to iOS8 on the 5, you can no longer switch off 3G

iOS8.1 was supposed to be updated with the 2G, 3G option for iPhones but only certain carrier has that option. As far as I know, Maxis does not provide that option, even with iOS7. I'm running on iOS8.2 at the moment and there is still no option to go below 3G. So it all depends on your carrier.

Nope. There is no option anymore without using 3g in ios 8 and above. Only jailbroken iphone can have that which to change to 2g.

Nope. There is no option anymore without using 3g in ios 8 and above. Only jailbroken iphone can have that which to change to 2g.

there was a forumer who posted before a screenshot of the option being available on 8.3 (beta). so all we need to do is wait for 8.3 to come out.

btw, what's the ETA for 8.3?

take a look at iOS history chart http://www.thinkybits.com/blog/iOS-versions/#_=_ 

a minor release from version major.minor can go up to 100 days or 5 betas most

wow did not know such chart existed. thanks man. and based on the chart, it seems like it's still far away. planning on restoring my phone; i thought can wait a bit and restore to 8.3 straight. seems like i will be restoring to 8.2 for now..