That's because it mostly sucks. I can "live with" but don't like the cartoony icons but everything is harder to use and see. Icons such as on the phone app are too faint to see. If I switch to any other app while using ANY gps app, when I switch back to the navigation it has lost the coordinates. Every time my phone connects to my car with Bluetooth it will start playing random music for either iTunes Radio or my library but never from the last play list I was listening to. I have warned Dozens of people away who wanted to update.
I am, and have always been an apple fan and early adopter. This update blows.
I think the problem here is that your comments lack critical thought and insight. Any idiot can glean their own reality/"truth" from the Intertubes, if they try hard enough.
On the other hand, your posts have amused today, albeit in a train-wrecky sort of way.
1. It is the first and only mobile OS that really takes advantage of Retina caliber Display.
What? Other mobile operating systems are running regularly at pixel densities and absolute resolutions that far exceed the Retina displays in the iPhone and iPad.
Unless you mean the first and only mobile OS to be designed for a 640x960 display, then I have no qualms.
You really need to read before responding.
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"Running on" and "taking advantage of" are two different things. Software can run on a multi-core processor and not take advantage of it.
Thank you. But isn't it befuddling that this distinction needs to be highlighted?
I am, and have always been an apple fan and early adopter. This update blows.
No, it doesn't. You're just not qualified to pass judgment on it. After all, this is not even an update. You sound like a bleacher bum telling George Brett his swing is ugly.
This is what this industry has come to - critiques of a product followed by critiques of the critiques, followed by debates about the critiques of the critiques, followed by fights over the debates of ...
I think the problem here is that your comments lack critical thought and insight. Any idiot can glean their own reality/"truth" from the Intertubes, if they try hard enough.
On the other hand, your posts have amused today, albeit in a train-wrecky sort of way.
I'm afraid your interpretation of an idiot lacks critical thought and insight.
Well iOS 7 is on my phone but not on the iPad. I do not do "Notes" on the phone any more due to the glaring "whiteness" of the page. Secondary thought all the "white" sucking the juice of our batteries? Yes I could reverse the screen but that is too dark. Friendly yellow was a good balance there. And yes I could download another app to write notes more effectively but why should I have too?
I think Ive went too far, too fast to break the Forstall link here. We are moving to the Henry Ford model. Any color you want as long as it is "minimal" and in this case "white". Other commenter hit the nail on the head. Too clinical and sterile to be a personal device.
I'm pretty sure black takes more energy to display on a screen than white. That may be for plasma tv's and not LCDs though. Obviously the yellow page color of notes in iOS 6 is not black, but you get the idea. That said, if yellow is more energy intensive to show, you'd have to be in notes for half a day or more to notice a difference. Your preferences are yours, but all computer word processors have a white background. Get over it.
As for others calling iOS 7 "clinical" and "sterol", why don't they use it first. You can't judge the experience by liking at screen shots. But again, each has their own prefs, so do what you like.
It's wonderful how this article reaffirms everything horrible I ever believed about iOS 7. Funny how we seek validation of our biases, rather than information to shape our beliefs.
Slower uptake than iOS 6? If this is even true in the first place, who cares? The consensus is that the majority of the iOS user base has already updated to iOS 7, and developers and apps have already moved in that direction very rapidly.
Recall all the pundit chatter last year about how the new Maps app that came with iOS 6 was holding users back from updating their devices. None of it mattered then, and none of it matters now. Most iOS devices right now use version 7, and by this time next year, the uptake will probably be close to the 90+% that iOS 6 had right before iOS 7 was released.
As far as iOS 7 goes, I have it on my iPhone 5s and really like it. Most of the UI changes make sense, and the minimalist look actually mates very well with the parallax view. Going back to iOS 6, everything looks clunkier. Yes, there are bugs, which is why I don't plan to update my iPad 3 until later. But, on the whole, iOS 7 improves far more than it detracts.
Not sure why all the negative about iOS 7. I love it. No problems at all for me on my iPhone 5C. I'm not sure why people are hating it. I'd like to know the reason(s) and not just "it sucks". I personally think iOS 6 and below was getting a little long in the tooth as far as the design. Its looked the same far too long and the glassy icons and other parts of the UI were just getting really old. The other parts of iOS 6 like the green felt in Game Center, leather appearance of Find my Friends and other apps are just plain ugly to me. I like the simplistic approach of iOS 7's design.
The functionality of iOS 7 really didn't change. Its just the UI of the things you're tapping on that changed. I'm not sure why all the fuss about it.
I don't see Apple losing its mojo at all. Keep things the way they were I think would make Apple lose its mojo. You have to keep up and push, not settle for whats always worked. If you just sit there and settle, you'll be the next Blackberry.
I'm hoping the next version of OS X after Mavericks has more of an iOS 7'isk UI change. More of a flatter design. I think its time for a change.
Have to love people bragging about devices with resolutions higher than your eye can discern. Apple was the one that pushed technology into the retina area... and now, like they always do, the mindless android competition takes it as far as they can as if going from 300dpi to 400 dpi is some sort of advantage. (well, if lower battery life, and a bigger, heavier, poorer quality experience were some sort of "advantage".)
Talk about specs for specs sake.
Meanwhile, when Apple moves the state of the art forward, they call it "change for change's sake".
Its like they are completely irrational.
Yep, it's like the astroturfers who attack Apple for sticking with "only" two-core CPUs, while insisting that 64-bit is just a marketing gimmick. The Android OEMs are now caught up in a spec war, with octa-core CPUs, escalating GHz ratings, and rampant "benchmark optimization" cheating. All the while, the devices just keep getting bigger and heavier. Yet, even with Samsung et al gaming the benchmarks, the iPhone 5s still outperforms them in most tests.
It's no accident that the Android devices sharing similar screen sizes with the iPhone are second class devices. The Android OEMs went to the larger screen sizes for their flagship models because they had to, in order to accommodate the much larger batteries needed to power the higher spec'd innards. Apple has its flagship device in the 4" size because it chooses to, and Apple still retains the option of moving up to a larger screen size and bumping up the specs.
The 5s already outperforms the competition, despite having fewer cores, a smaller battery, and lower clock speed. If Apple wants to move over to a larger form factor, they can really push the envelope on performance or battery life or a combination of the two. And then there are the possibilities with the migration over to 64-bit, which will constitute the majority of the iOS user base within the next two years. Apple can play the specs game if they want to, but they have other considerations other than numbers and feature checklists.
Yes, but at least from my perspective, iOS7 has by far received the most negative (least positive?) reception of all the iOS updates so far. And it suffers some real usability issues in terms of colors, fonts, etc. Too much change for the sake of change.
I heard people complain more about ios 6. With ios 7 people are griping about design changes. Its like with anything. The peoplewho dont like itare always the loudest. Everyone else moves on with life.
Have any of you actually considered that there are a host of Apple devices that cannot go onto iOS7? 4th Gen iPod Touch, 3GS and older iPads to name a few.
Jeez, everyone so sharp to spin some negativity without thinking it through. iOS 7 has many rough edges but hard barriers to upgrade have a lot to do with the numbers too I suspect.
Not to mention the outrageous 3.1GB that has to be free in order to upgrade. This was almost a blocker for me.
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This analysis of the punt return arrives well after both teams have left the stadium, as iOS7 adoption is at about 75 percent by now.
Yes, but the runner didn't go as FAST as the runner did last year (while this year scoring 9 M touchdowns).
Dozens of people away who wanted to update.
I am, and have always been an apple fan and early adopter. This update blows.
Isn't tech news mmmph mmmph mmmph
I think the problem here is that your comments lack critical thought and insight. Any idiot can glean their own reality/"truth" from the Intertubes, if they try hard enough.
On the other hand, your posts have amused today, albeit in a train-wrecky sort of way.
1. It is the first and only mobile OS that really takes advantage of Retina caliber Display.
What? Other mobile operating systems are running regularly at pixel densities and absolute resolutions that far exceed the Retina displays in the iPhone and iPad.
Unless you mean the first and only mobile OS to be designed for a 640x960 display, then I have no qualms.
You really need to read before responding.
"Running on" and "taking advantage of" are two different things. Software can run on a multi-core processor and not take advantage of it.
Thank you. But isn't it befuddling that this distinction needs to be highlighted?
I am, and have always been an apple fan and early adopter. This update blows.
No, it doesn't. You're just not qualified to pass judgment on it. After all, this is not even an update. You sound like a bleacher bum telling George Brett his swing is ugly.
Tell us something that we don't know.
Here, some reviews of those pundit articles :
http://www.macworld.com/author/The-Macalope/
This is what this industry has come to - critiques of a product followed by critiques of the critiques, followed by debates about the critiques of the critiques, followed by fights over the debates of ...
I think the problem here is that your comments lack critical thought and insight. Any idiot can glean their own reality/"truth" from the Intertubes, if they try hard enough.
On the other hand, your posts have amused today, albeit in a train-wrecky sort of way.
I'm afraid your interpretation of an idiot lacks critical thought and insight.
I'm pretty sure black takes more energy to display on a screen than white. That may be for plasma tv's and not LCDs though. Obviously the yellow page color of notes in iOS 6 is not black, but you get the idea. That said, if yellow is more energy intensive to show, you'd have to be in notes for half a day or more to notice a difference. Your preferences are yours, but all computer word processors have a white background. Get over it.
As for others calling iOS 7 "clinical" and "sterol", why don't they use it first. You can't judge the experience by liking at screen shots. But again, each has their own prefs, so do what you like.
It's wonderful how this article reaffirms everything horrible I ever believed about iOS 7. Funny how we seek validation of our biases, rather than information to shape our beliefs.
Slower uptake than iOS 6? If this is even true in the first place, who cares? The consensus is that the majority of the iOS user base has already updated to iOS 7, and developers and apps have already moved in that direction very rapidly.
Recall all the pundit chatter last year about how the new Maps app that came with iOS 6 was holding users back from updating their devices. None of it mattered then, and none of it matters now. Most iOS devices right now use version 7, and by this time next year, the uptake will probably be close to the 90+% that iOS 6 had right before iOS 7 was released.
As far as iOS 7 goes, I have it on my iPhone 5s and really like it. Most of the UI changes make sense, and the minimalist look actually mates very well with the parallax view. Going back to iOS 6, everything looks clunkier. Yes, there are bugs, which is why I don't plan to update my iPad 3 until later. But, on the whole, iOS 7 improves far more than it detracts.
That is almost as priceless as the troll who complained that iPhone users had to "bump phones to exchange data."
http://************/2013/09/26/ios-7-adoption-rate-much-higher-than-previous-releases-now-approaching-60-percent-overall/
Change is scary to most people, because it forces them to leave their comfort zone.
Not sure why all the negative about iOS 7. I love it. No problems at all for me on my iPhone 5C. I'm not sure why people are hating it. I'd like to know the reason(s) and not just "it sucks". I personally think iOS 6 and below was getting a little long in the tooth as far as the design. Its looked the same far too long and the glassy icons and other parts of the UI were just getting really old. The other parts of iOS 6 like the green felt in Game Center, leather appearance of Find my Friends and other apps are just plain ugly to me. I like the simplistic approach of iOS 7's design.
The functionality of iOS 7 really didn't change. Its just the UI of the things you're tapping on that changed. I'm not sure why all the fuss about it.
I don't see Apple losing its mojo at all. Keep things the way they were I think would make Apple lose its mojo. You have to keep up and push, not settle for whats always worked. If you just sit there and settle, you'll be the next Blackberry.
I'm hoping the next version of OS X after Mavericks has more of an iOS 7'isk UI change. More of a flatter design. I think its time for a change.
Have to love people bragging about devices with resolutions higher than your eye can discern. Apple was the one that pushed technology into the retina area... and now, like they always do, the mindless android competition takes it as far as they can as if going from 300dpi to 400 dpi is some sort of advantage. (well, if lower battery life, and a bigger, heavier, poorer quality experience were some sort of "advantage".)
Talk about specs for specs sake.
Meanwhile, when Apple moves the state of the art forward, they call it "change for change's sake".
Its like they are completely irrational.
Yep, it's like the astroturfers who attack Apple for sticking with "only" two-core CPUs, while insisting that 64-bit is just a marketing gimmick. The Android OEMs are now caught up in a spec war, with octa-core CPUs, escalating GHz ratings, and rampant "benchmark optimization" cheating. All the while, the devices just keep getting bigger and heavier. Yet, even with Samsung et al gaming the benchmarks, the iPhone 5s still outperforms them in most tests.
It's no accident that the Android devices sharing similar screen sizes with the iPhone are second class devices. The Android OEMs went to the larger screen sizes for their flagship models because they had to, in order to accommodate the much larger batteries needed to power the higher spec'd innards. Apple has its flagship device in the 4" size because it chooses to, and Apple still retains the option of moving up to a larger screen size and bumping up the specs.
The 5s already outperforms the competition, despite having fewer cores, a smaller battery, and lower clock speed. If Apple wants to move over to a larger form factor, they can really push the envelope on performance or battery life or a combination of the two. And then there are the possibilities with the migration over to 64-bit, which will constitute the majority of the iOS user base within the next two years. Apple can play the specs game if they want to, but they have other considerations other than numbers and feature checklists.
iOS 7 is ugly and awkward. The look of iOS 6 is far superior.
iOS 7 is ugly and awkward. The look of iOS 6 is far superior.
No it isn't. And my opinion is worth more than yours anyway so shut up.
Jeez, everyone so sharp to spin some negativity without thinking it through. iOS 7 has many rough edges but hard barriers to upgrade have a lot to do with the numbers too I suspect.
Not to mention the outrageous 3.1GB that has to be free in order to upgrade. This was almost a blocker for me.
Heroine is demonstrably bad for you.
Not really. I know someone who was put on it for post-operative pain relief and they said it worked well.
This may also help bump a few IQs up a couple of points:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
You know who I'm talking to.