Water Pulse Spamming

That's fair but rather inconsequential for most active players. We've all learned how to time the attacks after knowing what charge move the defender has. The only time that charge moves usually hit most are during the glitch and gym lag.

This game definitely demands a good phone.

I'm in the same boat. I currently use an iPhone 5S and it is getting pretty bad. Seems every update Pokémon Go gets worse. I spend my lunches battling gyms or prestiging gyms and I would say after every major battle Pogo crashes on my phone.

So many times I've been dodging and it says dodge but the lag ends up killing my pokemon. Nothing is more frustrating than that. Really messes up my rotations.

Would a new phone really help with this? Maybe it is time to break down and get a new phone.