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One stupid question: Why are the early betas so featureless? Aren't the demos they make on keynotes the full iOS 8? What about the screenshots? Are they mock-ups? If it's done already, what take so long to release?
featureless? Seems like plenty of new things are there. Not everything, but that's not unusual for early betas. What they use to demo is usually a more customized and later build than what is ready for a wider beta test. As to what's in ad materials, that's usually simulated.
 
Really? In a beta or something? I was only aware of these two, from 7.0 and 7.1 final releases I think:

iOS 7.0:
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iOS 7.1
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The pic on Apple's website:
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I always wanted to know what was the point of making the contact photo small in the first place. Makes no sense to me. A lot of people like the way that the contact's photo takes the full screen.
 
I always wanted to know what was the point of making the contact photo small in the first place. Makes no sense to me. A lot of people like the way that the contact's photo takes the full screen.


I always wanted to know why - also I really liked the big buttons, the green call answer bar and the big red power off of the early versions of 7 :(
 
I HATE the round photos. They just don't look nice even if they were larger. I have certain contacts that are businesses do I use an image of their logo. Very few businesses have round logos. Most are rectangles with their name. I end up getting around a third of their logo in the circle and the rest is cut off. Ridiculous.
 
Since no one really knows if full screen pictures is coming back in iOS8 keep hammering Apple with feedback like I do.
 
I too miss this feature, although pre iOS 7 it was hit and miss whether you would get it or not.
 
I too miss this feature, although pre iOS 7 it was hit and miss whether you would get it or not.
It worked fine as usual with iOS 7.0 and before, but was removed in iOS 7.1 for some reason.
 
So I can take it to the bank? We shall see.


Well, this feature is displayed in Apple's web site, illustrating iOS 8! And no, it's not an existing image from iOS 7! It shows full screen photo call on the iPhone and circular thumbnail image on the iPad.

Now iOS 8 is not out to the general public yet and it won't be for few months. They can add it on any of the future betas.
 
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