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I think its ugly but other than that it just the same. Nothing really change other than looks and some basic functions that you will learn in about 30 secs. I do like the fact you can block calls with out contacting your service provider.
While my pad is updating I have been playing with the iPhone. I like it a lot.
I like the task manager. I love that you cam preview the screen and then swipe it up to close it, rather that pressing and holding until the “X” shows up to close itI installed it, disabled the parallax option on the wallpaper, disabled automatic app updating, and disabled my apps’ abilities to refresh their content without being open. Battery life is the same or marginally better in iOS7 with these changes, noticably worse without. You will see a lot of people complaining about their battery life who don’t know to disable these background processes. Design wise I’m disappointed. Skeuomorphisms -designs that suggest a feature on the stupid iPhone works like a real object- are necessary on digital devices. I can’t know that the floating words on the screen are part of a button or a dial unless it actually looks like a button or a dial. They don’t in iOS7, so there’s a little trial and error involved in relearning some features of the built in apps. The apps aren’t a single, flat color. They have a gradient that darkens toward the bottom of the iphone screen in any orientation. This makes the flat white letters a little bit harder to read at the top of the screen for me because I’m colorblind, YMMV. The swipe up control panel is incredibly intuitive and nonintrusive. Buttons are big, easy to see, and in a good position to touch with either hand. This alone makes the update worth it, no more clunky settings menu navigation. The old swipe down notification center is still there, but is now customizable and can show your schedule for tomorrow. Very cool as well. Spotlight search can be done from any page on the home screen, not intuitive and not necessarily easy to do without paying attention. I’ve accidentally made my icons jiggle while trying. Better than the old swipe left to search, though. Only 1 true bug found, when using airplay in an area with many apple tvs it’s easy to activate your neighbor’s system. Sometimes the list of apple tvs will freeze as it’s populating making it easy to record a button press of the wrong area. Waiting for 2 seconds gives the list time to populate, but I would still like a patch. Itunes match was freezing as well, but that was due to server traffic from the initial release. It is no longer happening to me.
All in all, I recommend updating.
You can revert for the time being to iOS 6. You just need to download the old ipsw, which you can dig around for a direct link from Apple, and put your phone in DFU mode and then restore from that ipsw.
If you really want to do this, you need to do it soon, like in the next few weeks. Apple will soon put a flag on their activation servers which will prevent iOS 6 from being installed on any device.
I’ve been playing around with it for a few weeks (had the beta and GM versions) and I’m pretty saddened about how it turned out.
The UI, while uncluttered, is now inconsistent everywhere. Sometimes you can swipe to switch pages, sometimes it only goes back, and sometimes it doesn’t work at all. I’ve used Windows Phone 7 and at least it was consistent; iOS 7 is a mess.
I don’t care about the quick toggles/control center. I don’t use them on Android either. Easier to use Siri for most of those.
Backgrounding apps is a change that just puts something that you had complete control over and lets the mediocre app developers and Apple’s “special scheduling” take control. Best to only enable it on things that you care about.
The moving wallpapers, parallax effects, and translucent windowshades are silly and irrelevant.
Safari feels like a disaster (all the toolbars disappear and reappear randomly). I’m thankful that Chrome still works well and I’ll stick with it.
I will be doing my usual “wait for everyone to find all the faults and if they arent to bad then upgrade” thing
it also means i dont have to wait hours for the download while everyone else is trying
On an iPhone 5, there was a definite and pronounced battery impact for me. I’ve seen reports that this may be related to how it’s handling Wi-Fi. Apple already released 7.01 and I suspect we’ll see more fixes in the coming days.
Is it safe to guess that this was a negative battery change? I recently got my bride an iPhone 5 and am waiting on progress reports before I upgrade her phone.
Definitely negative. The best article I’ve seen so far is here:
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/166884-iphone-5-battery-life-is-significantly-reduced-by-ios-7
I’m sure they’ll fix it promptly but right now it does concern me.
I installed it and honestly don’t see anything revolutionary or worth the hype. The look is a bit different; there’s a couple new features such as the control center and you can get there with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen. It drains the battery quicker. Overall, I like to keep my devices up to date with recent patches and upgrades, but IOS 7 isn’t anything to rush out and do if you’re doing it for a revolutionary new user interface.
This is the best rule of thumb to stick to IMHO.
Apple will fix the issues, just like Google does with Android, and MicroSoft does with Windows, but over a series of updates. Some will come quick and some will not… At least that’s how it’s happened historically.
I don’t own an iPhone, but if I did I wouldn’t update the device I use most just yet to avoid frustrations. I have an iPad, and it’s updated to iOS 7… Not really impressed. New look, but it’s nothing revolutionary.
I’ve done it, had a brief hiccup with the eBay app which is the only app that I really use. It was sorted almost straight away though.
Seems nice and clean, no bugs it seems but you definitely need to change some of your privacy settings and if you don’t use Siri (if your phone has it) I’d just turn it off, there’s a few security flaws with it at the moment.
All in all it’s a good update but changes the whole look of your phone.
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