Apple Unveils iOS 7 with Major Design Overhaul, Multitasking and Control Center

[mdelvecchio]

Lots of Android Jelly Bean stuff here (animated weather backgrounds, background app updating, home screen notifications, intelligent allocating of open apps). Welcome. But not original

and? should they not have included updates also found elsewhere? by the same token should competing platforms not include winning iOS features?

 

[Vazzyb]

Not a single word about Steve. So sad. Every now and then taking air-drop on Scott and Steve. So disrespectful.

I agree that mocking the very design philosophy that put these people in the position they are in now is ridiculous.

 

[berniemakaveli]

lol @ Symbian users mocking the new iOS revamp on Twitter. Seriously...Symbian users

Considering iOS 7 looks like Jelly Bean and Windows 8 had a drunken night of passion...

 

[dasteve003]

Let me start by saying I am your typical apple fanboy most of the time coming to apple's defense when people are criticizing them, however I am seriously disappointed in ios7. It looks like half the icons were designed in mspaint and the messages and calendar app look like they should have been introduced on the original ios back on the first iPhone and not much older looking than what we already have.

I do think there are some cool features don't get me wrong, but this new ios7 design looks plain, boring, and flat out stinks. Seriously disappointed.

 

[Kariya]

Ive didn't disappoint.

 

[buck1127]

Only issue I have is that OSX got quick reply from notification but ios 7 did not

 

[Satnam1989]

Can't complain as everything looks amazing! I love the fact everyhting is even more integrated and tied up across all devices and i feel the key to streamline the usage! not to mention how conveneint is it? (Those that actually use all the features the way they are designed would agree with me on this one)

Sure ill miss some of the stock icons but this is going forward rather than backwards!


One feature I wish/hope they add was/is quick reply from notification center! That would make iPhone complete!

Those to you nagging about it looking ugly/hideous/android like, If you can do something better, wouldn't you have done it by now?


When we talk about different, how much different can smartphones and their OS be? Some icons are gonna look the same cause you can only make the "different" in soo many tiny ways....

Ps if you want different to with windows phone....it's entirely different...lol just tiles and nothing more.

 

[sbrhwkp3]

Talk about gradients and out of focus stuff... Sir Jon was on something heavy when he designed it...

So THAT'S why I like it so much

 

[chrisrosemusic1]

Personally, I love it.

Design is clean, the new font is great and the new functions are a welcome bonus.

Was all ready to throw in the towel and make a run to Android if this disappointed me today. It didn't.

 

[berniemakaveli]

iOS 7: Designed by a 9 year old, implementing features you've had on jailbroken iPhones for years

 

[iAi]

I am pleasantly surprised!

iTrolls gonna troll. But your end is near!

 

[sbrhwkp3]

lol @ Symbian users mocking the new iOS revamp on Twitter. Seriously...Symbian users

...***** is Symbian?

(Googles Symbian)

 

[nazaar]

as expected.... the haters gonna hate.

I'm loving the redesign, tweaks, color scheme, etc. I think that no matter what Apple delivered today there would be lovers and losers.

Looking forward to iOS7.

 

[radiohead14]

Android's implementation is hardly fool-proof. The number of times something has misbehaved on my neighbor's Jellybean Galaxy Nexus and his battery has died because of failed multitasking is innumerable.

funny how it's always someone's "friend" or "neighbor"...

iOS7 looks just like Android.

(Thats a good thing)

i like how one of the touted features is animated weather on the screen.. htc sense has had that for years. good update from apple.. but it looks like they are still catching up.. android already has most of these features already.

also, now that ios looks a lot like android.. i'm sure people will say.. "but it's going to be implemented better by apple".. oh well

 

[dtaylor322]

Oh I get it...it's now a Windows phone

 

[Moskiton]

JUST AWESOME!
Its like Fresh Air in ur face!

 

[samcraig]

So it doesn't seem like you can comment on what will be available in the final build yet.

Well to be fair - as anyone with a Dev account will tell you - All of the feedbac/suggestions about Apple Maps went unanswered. What was rolled out to Devs was pretty much what rolled out to the masses much to great disappointment.

Not saying that's the case here - but it's not completely unfair either.

 

[moobatticus]

I actually had to pause the keynote numerous times, just to do my laundry.

 

[MacKai]

I for one love the look of the new iOS and can not wait to upgrade to it!

 

[Neodym]

A new version of iOS isn't going to change that because Apple isn't going to change their fundamental philosophy (Tim Cook said so a dozen times during the keynote).

WOW! Tim Cook said it so it must be true... Seems he inherited Steves RDF!

 

[Mactendo]

Oh man… they very almost nailed it. They integrated lots of features people wanted, they gave the whole UI an infinitely more sophisticated look, they tied it all together with old-school Apple elegance, and then… and THEN some kid on work experience discovered the gradient tool in Illustrator and an old clip-art CD that came free with Corel Draw in the early 90s… and the new iOS 7 home screen icons were born.

And this kid is sir Ive. He'd better spend more time on hardware design.

 

[vinnie603]

Very nice! Now the Fisher-Price colors have got to go next.

But why announce it now when it is not available for quite a while?

did you live in a cave the past 5 years?

 

[jrswizzle]

Lots of Android Jelly Bean stuff here (animated weather backgrounds, background app updating, home screen notifications, intelligent allocating of open apps). Welcome. But not original

This isn't "Android Jelly Bean stuff"......these are logical tasks/features implemented in different ways by two different OSes on their own update/design timetables.

Apple seems to implement and design as if they are the only tech company out there. It doesn't matter what another company has done.

This obsession with being "first" is really overdone....

Personally, I prefer said features on an Apple device, in iOS - so I wait for Apple to give me their interpretation/implementation. If I don't like Apple's interpretation/timetable, I move to something else.

Its hilarious how many people seemingly cling to new releases, claiming "iOS # better impress me or I'm gone" or "I'll switch back to iOS if I get x, x, and x."

Be honest with yourself, you don't like iOS - move on. We have many wonderful options in the mobile tech industry!

 

[Gix1k]

Widgets?

 

[jimbobb24]

since tim cook took the flag, ios has became more more like a rainbow. I cannot say i liked the new design, it has windows's clinical look with heavy white textures i feel like i am in hospital. And androids overrated features like multi tasking and sway bar.

I would prefer frostalls design.

Sadly I think this is true.