Yea I know it want happen. That is the problem. Apple can't keep selling to soccer moms and hope they upgrade every 2 years. Us tech people buy every year and we are looking for something new. Why do you say iOS does not need a new face? Have you seen the reports about the iPhone 5 manufacturing being slowed down? Now I know no one knows why apple is doing this, but every one has a pretty good guess. iOS just is not new and the best any more. I know there are people like you that would never want to see something new in the way of the face of iOS, but just look at the numbers. I Know apple want change anything, and some people are fine with that. I just don't think apple and iOS can last for the long run without some change. iOS 7,8, and most likely 9 we won't see it, but if apple wants a piece of the smartphone pie they better get working.
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Yea I know it want happen. That is the problem. Apple can't keep selling to soccer moms and hope they upgrade every 2 years. Us tech people buy every year and we are looking for something new. Why do you say iOS does not need a new face? Have you seen the reports about the iPhone 5 manufacturing being slowed down? Now I know no one knows why apple is doing this, but every one has a pretty good guess. iOS just is not new and the best any more. I know there are people like you that would never want to see something new in the way of the face of iOS, but just look at the numbers. I Know apple want change anything, and some people are fine with that. I just don't think apple and iOS can last for the long run without some change. iOS 7,8, and most likely 9 we won't see it, but if apple wants a piece of the smartphone pie they better get working.
Apple shouldn't change for change sake.
When Apple comes up with an idea that is simpler and easier than a grid of icons, then they will do it.
What shouldn't happen, and luckily there is some very talented people at Apple that won't let it happen, is doing new things just because they are new. Just adding a new layer of options, you know, just adding quick toggles to notification center because it kind of makes sense, not because it makes the OS better.
Making the OS better would be getting rid of such settings, and having the phone manage itself, leaving the user to use the phone, not manage it. I think this is a more appealing direction to go in. Don't worry about turning off WiFi and Bluetooth 4 or 5 timse a day, let the phone do these things without the user ever even realising. Thats the future, I think.
I want to see change, but I think it will go in the direction or less is more. Less options, less clutter, less on screen, more simple.
Apple should hire him/her as this was pretty cool albeit some features are over the top, but nonetheless it was cool
To be honest even I thought some of the steps to do something seemed a bit over the top.
For the settings/toggles just use a swipe gesture like Tap, hold and swipe the left to get to customised quick settings. Or use the notification centre.
Quick setting changes and widgets with an improvement to siris capabilities and a few Other ui and app changes, and I would be a happy man.
Oh and greater use of the ipads bigger screen such as side by side apps etc
That said, I'm probably not going back to an iPhone simply because I love the big screen of my Samsung gs3, so I'm mainly concerned about the ipad.
For the settings/toggles just use a swipe gesture like Tap, hold and swipe the left to get to customised quick settings. Or use the notification centre.
Quick setting changes and widgets with an improvement to siris capabilities and a few Other ui and app changes, and I would be a happy man.
Oh and greater use of the ipads bigger screen such as side by side apps etc
That said, I'm probably not going back to an iPhone simply because I love the big screen of my Samsung gs3, so I'm mainly concerned about the ipad.
I am not saying change it just because. I say the OS needs a new look. Sure what they have works, but so do the other smartphone companies. That does not stop them from trying new things. Apple did not get were they are with the iPhone and ipad by playing it safe, and they can't move forward without taking some chances. Do you really think people would not buy something from apple even if iOS completely looked different. People will buy the iPhone 4 then buy the iPhone 4S just because it has an apple on the back. Apple sells by there name, and people trust that they know what they are doing. If they change it people will buy it.
That is fine. I am sure that there tons of people that think the same as you. I a apple fan I have an iphone 5, ipad 2, and a MacBook. I am just scared things are not moving forward enough and apple is going to continue to slip. I just don't want them to become just another company that everyone forgets about. I came to love apple because it thought outside the box. I just want to see more of that.
Apple is at a disadvantage.
They release one phone, once a year. How many products did Samsung release last year? HTC? Apple does not have the luxury to test changes on different phones. I love apple and have been a user for 4 years now getting the non-"s" models. I have two upgrades available this summer to plans on my account and I'm gonna use one for the s4 just to try it out them I will most likely sell it and buy the next iPhone.
People like change but apple likes things to work and does a great job at trying to get things right before they release it...well most of the time(antennagate/apple maps)
They release one phone, once a year. How many products did Samsung release last year? HTC? Apple does not have the luxury to test changes on different phones. I love apple and have been a user for 4 years now getting the non-"s" models. I have two upgrades available this summer to plans on my account and I'm gonna use one for the s4 just to try it out them I will most likely sell it and buy the next iPhone.
People like change but apple likes things to work and does a great job at trying to get things right before they release it...well most of the time(antennagate/apple maps)
AT&T has "unlimited data" but it tops out at 5GB then it throttles. That means every time I leave a WiFi area I want to turn it off to save battery and turn it back on. When I said dozens of times I was more referring to brightness which I adjust frequently. Turning off and on GPS a lot too when I'm out vs staying in the same place for a few hours. The fact that they are easily accessible is genius. You know the notification pulldown in iOS? Imagine quick settings sitting on top of that, that's all it is.