IOS 8.2 on iPhone 4S - (major) Safari issue?

Hi everyone,
after getting pretty excited while watching the Keynote earlier today, I think I made a big mistake updating my iPhone 4S to iOS 8.2 immediately after release as I have a major issue with Safari now - I will try to explain:
It will take Safari several minutes to load even the most simple website (google) on the first try. If not interrupted during this time, the website will eventually load and after that Safari is as fast as it should be when opening other websites, tabs or using the address bar to search. After closing Safari - and re opening it will again, load any given site (tried NYTimes, WSJ, google, Highsnobiety, Selectism, gmail) painfully slow and after that, again work as fast as it should be.
If Safari is interrupted during this first opening of a site, it will freeze and finally shut down.
What it also kinda funny: If a site like nytimes.com has a re-deriction, to mobile.nytimes.com in this instance - Safari will notice that immediately/as fast as it should, but then takes minutes to load the site.
Internet connection via W-Lan or mobile works at the desired speed, as do apps like Mail, NYTimes, WSJ i.e.
What I tried so far:
Shut down phone and restarted - didn't help.
Reseted phone - didn't help.
What I could do:
Make a clean iOS 8.2 install ("new iPhone")
Recover from Backup.
Since it is Tuesday (10.03.2015) at 02:20 AM where I am located, I'm not really in the mood to completely restore my phone (that I need) anew right now. I will see if there will be a 8.2.1 to fix this rather soon and keep Safari opened in background, or if I will have to put up with configuring my iPhone anew in the coming week...
Greetings and thank you very much for any input you might have.
Oliver

Thank you very much for bringing that up jakefsf!
Although I didn't mess with the DNS servers in my settings in first place, I figured it couldn't hurt to try to change it - and I was right, Safari works (for) now - as it should - every-time.
What I did: I changed the DNS Server's address from my original address to 8.8.8.8 (google's DNS server) - after that Safari worked like a charm. I changed back to the original address, Safari still works like a charm. So I guess something got clogged/*whatever* - and that "playing" with the addresses removed it.
(I forgot to mention in my original post, that I too tried to delete the cache and stuff - but that didn't do the trick.)
So I guess either the Update caused the "clogging" or my Router/ISP (Which I doubt, because everything was fine on my MacBook Air - using the same Router/W-Lan) - thankfully I'm fine now with a fully operational phone.
Thank you very much for bringing this very helpful solution jakefsf!!
@jimdouglas, It can't hurt if you try to do the same. Settings -> WiFi -> tap on the circled i behind the WiFi you're using, and change the DNS Server's address to 8.8.8.8 - see if Safari works. If it does, you can go back to the settings, remove 8.8.8.8 (leave it blank) it will automatically get the address back from your router - if it still works, it did the trick.
Greetings,
Oliver

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