Unity 5.2 iOS performance issues

I have a 2d game that is nearing completion. I tried upgrading it from Unity 5.1.3p2 to 5.2.0f3 and noticed it was much choppier than before when playing on the device (an iPad 3). So, I made some development builds to see what the profiler had to say...

First, the build from Unity 5.1:

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Things to note:

1. The game runs comfortably at 60 fps. On the device, it looks very smooth.
2. Camera Render and Overhead are the most time consuming items across...

Unity 5.2 iOS performance issues