While 7.1 is indeed much more reliable than 7.0.x, the lack of RAM is still an issue. For example, I still need to manually kill everything else on my rMini (or fully reboot) to be able to properly run XCOM: Enemy Unknown...
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Apple Releases iOS 7.1 With CarPlay, Touch ID Improvements, Visual Tweaks
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While 7.1 is indeed much more reliable than 7.0.x, the lack of RAM is still an issue. For example, I still need to manually kill everything else on my rMini (or fully reboot) to be able to properly run XCOM: Enemy Unknown...
iOS 7.1 is what ios 7 would have been like back in September. It is a quality release, but still doesn't solve many of ios' issues.
"But but but but but but but.... I want a jailbreak"
Can't make everyone happy, even if a Jailbreak means a possible security hole for hackers to steal yo' girl
But everyone said iOS 7 was just a coat of paint and nothing more. Mark Gurman claimed iOS 7 had NO new features, just visual tweaks. Amazing how just a new coat of paint could cause the software to be a "dog".
He's right. I've made several hardcore tests with the 7.1 betas (I've very frequently reported on them here in the MR forums) and compared them to 7.0.4 / 7.0.6.
7.1 has been really superior, even as of b2, to 7.0.x WRT Safari stability, particularly on iPhones. (The differnece on iPads, both 32 and 64-bit ones, was smaller, but still welcome.)
The keyboard don't is really bold. I kind of liked the old one better but I can see why they changed it for visibility issues.
Download took 5 minutes. I was one of the early ones
I was also early. First post for me was, like, 10 minutes after it went live. Download said 3 minutes took 2.
iPhone 5 and 5S downloaded OTA in less than 30 sec. Awesome being the network admin with access to 1Gbps fiber net and hidden wifi
Most of what I'm seeing are animations being shortened. Interestingly, if you use the pinch gesture to close an app, the old swooping animation (at it's 7.0 speed) is shown separate from the closing of the app itself, whereas in 7.0 the swopping animation was shown with the closing; combined with the faster animations in the rest of the update makes this glaringly noticeable.
Overall, initial impressions are that the OS isn't faster itself, but it just is quicker getting to places that you are asking it to go.
Overall, initial impressions are that the OS isn't faster itself, but it just is quicker getting to places that you are asking it to go.
I hope not, the translucency of the UI is what attracted me to iOS 7! I guess I will see when it finally finishes.
Agreed. Yeah, they definitely turned down the translucency for control center which is a shame.
Unimpressed though I'm appreciative of the bug fixes. Installed on an iPad Air, 2 Mini Retinas, 5S and 5C without a hitch.
Issues I see:
- Anyone notice that when you swipe up for multitasking the active window is now a 1/2 thumbnail on the left instead of full thumbnail in the middle like w/iOS 6 & 7?
- No cellular data toggle in control center for iPad still. I only use cellular when wifi is unavailable.
- No ability to disable parallax home screen but keep animations?
- No dark keyboard which was a very nice option.
- Who not implement a slider to speed up/slow down animations?
Issues I see:
- Anyone notice that when you swipe up for multitasking the active window is now a 1/2 thumbnail on the left instead of full thumbnail in the middle like w/iOS 6 & 7?
- No cellular data toggle in control center for iPad still. I only use cellular when wifi is unavailable.
- No ability to disable parallax home screen but keep animations?
- No dark keyboard which was a very nice option.
- Who not implement a slider to speed up/slow down animations?
thank you Apple for releasing this on a Monday and making everyones week better
Really!?
"...everyones week better"!?
WOW! Now that's power!
Guys, I am currently running iOS 7.0.5. When I connect to iTunes, it says that an update is available: iOS 7.0.6.
Do I have to update to iOS 7.0.6 before I am prompted that iOS 7.1 is available to download?
I'm assuming 7.1 has already been released in the UK.
Thanks!
Do I have to update to iOS 7.0.6 before I am prompted that iOS 7.1 is available to download?
I'm assuming 7.1 has already been released in the UK.
Thanks!
It's your wallpaper. I think? Text on mine is white. Is all the other text black or just the text within the folders?
Font colour will change depending on how bright your wallpaper is.
"7.1 with CarPlay"
*Available on select new cars in 2014
lol is it really a headlining feature when most users can't even use it?
*Available on select new cars in 2014
lol is it really a headlining feature when most users can't even use it?
I like the quicker app opening animations, and the small button refinement to Siri makes it much better to use. Implemented perfectly. Its a little awkward asking Siri a question and just waiting for it to stop listening to you, especially if there's some ambient noise affecting the microphone, but just holding the button down until as soon as I'm done is snappy as hell. So simple. I'll actually be using Siri much more now.