Apple Releases iOS 7 Beta 1, Xcode 5 Preview to Developers

[HarryPot]

People with legit dev accounts, this might be a good time to remind novice users about the dangers of installing these beta versions on your everyday hardware.

Every year at this time there is an explosion of people wanting to buy a dev account and download the beta, but I'm not sure if it is clear how dangerous/damaging that could potentially be. Don't most of you have specific devices you use to test (I.E. not your daily driver iPhones)?

I agree it could be buggy, since it is a beta.

But what exactly do you mean by dangerous/damaging?

 

[Mycoolroy]

Try Siri, I updated to iOS 7 and siri's voice is still the same. There's also no option for a male voice.

 

[tekboi]

Being a Developer has it's perks

I just installed it on my 4s... simply loving it.

 

[Chrjy]

Try Siri, I updated to iOS 7 and siri's voice is still the same. There's also no option for a male voice.

Apple state in the developer preview notes that the voices are not available in this beta version.

 

[ladeer]

The installation was a breeze! The download speed was extremely fast after hours of Gateway error on Apple's dev site...

Some of my top issues:

1. I don't like the genie effect when you exit and app or enter a folder. It looks "low quality"
2. Some icons look low-quality, kind of fuzzy.. I am not sure how to describe it, like seeing something not optimized for retina. e.g. the phone icon. Maybe I am just crazy.
3. it's kind of laggy in some instances which is understandable as this is first public seed.
4. In photo, when you zoom all the way out in the "photos" mode, everything looks overlapped and jammed together. Must be a UI bug of some sort. This is the same as Calendar event. Time stamps will overlap if current time is very close to the hourly time marker.

 

[NachoGrande]

there is no "." on the url keyboard in safari. I hope that's not a feature

 

[iLoveMyApple]

Is Quick Reply included in iOS too?! Can anyone confirm?

 

[ghostface147]

First thoughts? Buggy as expected. iMessage was slow to activate. I need to get used to the back swipe function as I was scrolling this site in a reply to a comment and it took me back to the previous page. If you have a light background, forget seeing the status bar.

 

[Aluminum213]

for those in beta iOS 7, are updates of the beta OTA or do you have to always connect it to iTunes?


and do you have to connect it to iTunes to get in on the beta iOS 7 in the first place?

 

[Branskins]

for those in beta iOS 7, are updates of the beta OTA or do you have to always connect it to iTunes?


and do you have to connect it to iTunes to get in on the beta iOS 7 in the first place?

The first seed always requires iTunes. iOS 6 betas had OTA updates as far as I can recall

 

[Gluben]

Can someone confirm if there is finally a Delete All option in Junk Mail in the Mail app?

 

[imaginex20]

The installation was a breeze! The download speed was extremely fast after hours of Gateway error on Apple's dev site...

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Some of my top issues:

1. I don't like the genie effect when you exit and app or enter a folder. It looks "low quality"
2. Some icons look low-quality, kind of fuzzy.. I am not sure how to describe it, like seeing something not optimized for retina. e.g. the phone icon. Maybe I am just crazy.
3. it's kind of laggy in some instances which is understandable as this is first public seed.
4. In photo, when you zoom all the way out in the "photos" mode, everything looks overlapped and jammed together. Must be a UI bug of some sort. This is the same as Calendar event. Time stamps will overlap if current time is very close to the hourly time marker.

wow the folder icon looks like cr8p

 

[ZacNicholson]

Will be available in the coming weeks I believe they said.

yes you're right. my bad. i just knew it wasn't going to be out today

 

[Fattytail]

The installation was a breeze! The download speed was extremely fast after hours of Gateway error on Apple's dev site...

Image

Some of my top issues:

1. I don't like the genie effect when you exit and app or enter a folder. It looks "low quality"
2. Some icons look low-quality, kind of fuzzy.. I am not sure how to describe it, like seeing something not optimized for retina. e.g. the phone icon. Maybe I am just crazy.
3. it's kind of laggy in some instances which is understandable as this is first public seed.
4. In photo, when you zoom all the way out in the "photos" mode, everything looks overlapped and jammed together. Must be a UI bug of some sort. This is the same as Calendar event. Time stamps will overlap if current time is very close to the hourly time marker.

Sorry, but this looks horrendous. Maybe it works better if you're actually using it. But the folder icons look terrible, the typography is really hard to read and the entire home screen looks like it's designed for a teenage girl.

 

[NachoGrande]

Does anyone know how to search?

 

[Chrjy]

Does anyone know how to search?

Apparently you can swipe down....that's what I've read.

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Does anyone know how to search?

Forget my last post apparently a close pinch brings up search!

 

[QuarterSwede]

What do the settings toggles look like? I know the pinstripes are gone. *Crosses fingers*

 

[Mycoolroy]

Apple state in the developer preview notes that the voices are not available in this beta version.

Ahh ok, any thoughts on whether this will be released in a future beta update or not until the public release?

I can't remember if last time Siri got the movies and sports additions before or after public release. Anyone remember that?

 

[MalcolmJID]

Would anyone be able to post a pic of the Bulgarian (Булгарски) or Russian (Русская) keyboards?

 

[domodazzzle]

Would someone who has already installed the beta be able to post regarding the new Safari parental controls that were mentioned? Also weather there have been any updates to the restrictions panel in the settings menu.

 

[springsup]

There's iCloud support in the iPhone Simulator! Hallelujah!

 

[amirite]

wow the folder icon looks like cr8p

Sorry, but the entire homescreen looks terrible. Comparing it side-by-side with a device running iOS 6 it looks atrocious—a lot of the design changes seem to exist solely for change's sake.

I will concede that some of the OS does look better, but in general this is just an horrific mess which has "rushed" written all over it... I say this as someone who has owned every single iPhone model as well as multiple other Apple products, and as a shareholder.

 

[NachoGrande]

Apparently you can swipe down....that's what I've read.

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Forget my last post apparently a close pinch brings up search!

I got it thanks. It's a down swipe from within the screen. It's very odd.

 

[amirite]

What do the settings toggles look like? I know the pinstripes are gone. *Crosses fingers*

 

[ksmolka]

iPhone 5 gets extremely hot after iOS 7 update

Does anybody experience that the device is extremely hot all the time after the update? Seems if something is processing all the time. I have installed it first time as an update with my old apps, and thought it was it, so I installed as a fresh copy and still.. the device is hot as hell..

Overall, like any Beta, has bugs. But I'm loving the flat design! Feels like a totally new phone, buts still an iPhone