Honestly, I understand these yearly cycle things... but wouldn't it just be better to keep iterating on software (I mean, iOS 11 and High Sierra are great foundations), keep fixing bugs, add some new features here and there when they're really done and then do a big OS upgrade with major UI changes etc. every couple of years?
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Apple Has Delayed Some Planned iOS 12 Features Until Next Year to Focus on Performance and Quality
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Always good idea to delay new features and make existing ones work better.
Finally! I've been bitching about this for years. I never understood why they kept adding (mostly useless) features when what they had wasn't working properly. I miss the days when iOS was reliable and easy to use. So many times, I'm convinced that the Apple developers must use Android, because no way would they put up with some of the ridiculousness of iOS.
In fairness, Forstall wasn't exactly taking any huge risks in iOS and holding back features that Android had introduced successfully. You can't score unless you put the ball in the air and Forstall was happy with a yard and a cloud of dust.
Of course, that no excuse for some of Apple's recent sloppiness.
Let's not forget that Steve had his share of "oops". Mobile Me, the iPhone 4's antenna issues, etc. iTunes issues go all the way back to the Steve era as well and it's still craptastic.
MR posters never cease to amaze. Half of the posters already are complaining because is doing exactly what we wanted them to do, to slow down the full releases and concentrate on fixing things, and folks complain?
This strategy has been working this year generally. The problem has been pre announcing. 11.3 adds the final preannounced features of iOS 11 while also improving and significantly enhancing performance. If airplay 2 or iCloud messages had been implemented early and multi room audio was poor or asynchronous or iCloud messages deleted all your messages, that’d be a monumental jump backward. They should be setting the feature pace, not us as customers
Look at android. Having just returned a second pixel, I still feel nothing beats iOS PERSONALLY. It’s still fast, mostly reliable, and interoperable with so many devices I enjoy and love. But google has not added a laundry list of new features in years, rather focusing on stability and performance. As a result, they’re at the best place android has been at in years. What would also help Apple here is splitting core apps into downloadable separate apps, but that’s for a different discussion.
Look at android. Having just returned a second pixel, I still feel nothing beats iOS PERSONALLY. It’s still fast, mostly reliable, and interoperable with so many devices I enjoy and love. But google has not added a laundry list of new features in years, rather focusing on stability and performance. As a result, they’re at the best place android has been at in years. What would also help Apple here is splitting core apps into downloadable separate apps, but that’s for a different discussion.
It's had 10 updates in 19 weeks. Not once a week but on average at least one every fortnight.
Translated to "Apple can't think of any innovative features right now and need another year to come up with something"
Software Devs: "This is great news! It needs to be done once in awhile."
Users: "Waaaaaah!"
Users: "Waaaaaah!"
Outside of Maps what did we really get with iOS 6? I guess Siri got the ability to provide sports scores and there was a podcasts app that looked like a reel to reel tape.
It's not just you. iOS has got objectively worse recently.
I’m on the public beta program so I guess I don’t think about what non beta users see. Didn’t realize they were being asked to update their software that frequently.
Apple has changed its iOS software plans, and will now delay some new features until next year to focus on addressing performance and quality issues, according to Ina Fried, chief technology correspondent at Axios.
The single-sentence report reads:The report doesn't specify which new features may be delayed. MacRumors reached out to Fried, who told us she plans to publish additional stories that provide more context, but this current story is all to go on for the moment.
In a "why it matters" footnote to the report, Ina said Apple been "criticized of late, both for security issues and for a number of quality issues, as well as for how it handles battery issues on older devices."
Article Link: Report: Apple to Delay Some New Features in iOS Until Next Year to Focus on Performance and Quality Issues
I’ve been running beta builds of iOS for over 9 years now, and this is simply not the case. Apple has released 37 builds of iOS 11 (including release builds) so far this year and just released a bevy of new features in 11.3.
Since when does one specious sentence count as “reporting”?
If true, it's about time.
Both OS's are riddled with bugs, corroding Apple's desired reputation for quality.
Both OS's are riddled with bugs, corroding Apple's desired reputation for quality.
Or, lets make the experience even better for our customers before adding new features
I'm legitimately bummed now that I know Apple was planning a some sort of "refresh" for the home screen.
I'd be happy with sticking my apps/folders wherever I want, and having a background that scrolls with my home screen pages.
I'd be happy with sticking my apps/folders wherever I want, and having a background that scrolls with my home screen pages.
I don't mind all too much. I actually liked iOS 11 overall including its new bold designs, I mean if it had no obnoxious bugs at launch I would have liked it overall more than iOS 10. No problems staying with an iOS 11 that'll get even better than it is now after all the fixes. I imagine 11.3 will put users more in control of the CPU caps / battery life, along with further bug fixes, and become an overall pretty nice release.
Having said that, yes, it is a bummer if Apple is delaying a planned a homescreen overhaul!
Having said that, yes, it is a bummer if Apple is delaying a planned a homescreen overhaul!
Refresh of the home screen? I wonder what that's all about.
Hey, there is signs of intelligence at Apple. This is good news as I think this needed to be their primary focus this year. Continuing to release "updates" full of new emoji and animoji and other trivial app features and gloss over the fundamental core quality issues that many customers are continuing to experience after a half-dozen updates on both macOS and iOS is just not going to cut it anymore, not if you are selling some of the most expensive phones and computers on the market.
If I am going to pay $1000+ for a phone, then it needs to be superlative not just for hardware but the software running on it should also be impeccable.
On top of that Apple needs SERIOUS investment into their battery technology, buying off the shelf batteries and power management chips from 3rd parties just is not good enough. When a company like One Plus can offer a phone for 1/2 the price that charges from 0% to 100% in less then 30 minutes and last 2 days on a charge, at least, while the flagship iPhone X takes 2+ hours to get to 100% and still barely lasts a day, there is something very wrong with how Apple has treated battery charging and power management in general. iPhones SHOULD last the longest and have the shortest charge times, period, for the price people are expected to pay for them. Also this idea they ever needed to cripple performance to prevent their devices from shutting down suddenly screams of a complete lack of focus and innovation when it comes to battery technology.
If Apple wants to be a premium high end expensive phone company they are going to start having to deliver premium quality across the board. Even if you are beloved Apple fanboi, you cannot deny that Apple's reputation took a hit last year because of quality issues and the company can only do better if they take some of those 300 billion dollars in the bank and re-invest back into iPhone software and battery innovation. Coming out with a mildly updated iPhone X2 (or whatever) this year, without addressing those core issues will do more harm then delaying some stupid emoji or trivial features on their phones.
If I am going to pay $1000+ for a phone, then it needs to be superlative not just for hardware but the software running on it should also be impeccable.
On top of that Apple needs SERIOUS investment into their battery technology, buying off the shelf batteries and power management chips from 3rd parties just is not good enough. When a company like One Plus can offer a phone for 1/2 the price that charges from 0% to 100% in less then 30 minutes and last 2 days on a charge, at least, while the flagship iPhone X takes 2+ hours to get to 100% and still barely lasts a day, there is something very wrong with how Apple has treated battery charging and power management in general. iPhones SHOULD last the longest and have the shortest charge times, period, for the price people are expected to pay for them. Also this idea they ever needed to cripple performance to prevent their devices from shutting down suddenly screams of a complete lack of focus and innovation when it comes to battery technology.
If Apple wants to be a premium high end expensive phone company they are going to start having to deliver premium quality across the board. Even if you are beloved Apple fanboi, you cannot deny that Apple's reputation took a hit last year because of quality issues and the company can only do better if they take some of those 300 billion dollars in the bank and re-invest back into iPhone software and battery innovation. Coming out with a mildly updated iPhone X2 (or whatever) this year, without addressing those core issues will do more harm then delaying some stupid emoji or trivial features on their phones.