I have been playing around with my iPhone 5 since I installed iOS 7 last night and so far I am missing the old look and feel that was the iPhone for so long. I have had an iPhone since the original came out and this just doesn't fell like and iPhone anymore. I compared the new flat look of Apple Maps to the Google Maps app and they are virtually the same look and feel now. The look and feel is throughout the entire phone. Since this is still a Beta, some apps still pull up the old keyboard and when that does I feel like I am at home again.
Now don't get me wrong some of the new looks are nice. I like the new feel of the Weather app and the Stocks app. I never liked the Forstall felt and wood in some places, that just felt out of place.
But some areas of the new design make it hard to look at. It almost makes things harder to use. Running through the menu in settings is more difficult since there is very little contrast.
The notifications that pop up at the top of the screen like when a text message comes in fell almost double the size that they were before. Were't they supposed to be small and less intrusive?
Apps opening and closing seem to take longer simply because of the way they launch. When an app is launched it expands out from where the app icon was. Now this could change and speed up as time goes on because this is a Beta so I am not convinced yet that this will always be slow.
I am loving the new features but unhappy with the new design. I understand flat is supposed to be the new thing but if I wanted and Android I would have bought the S4.
But again I am not knocking all the new features! The new features are wonderful and much welcomed! The design will take some getting used to and I will miss the old look and feel to the phone that was iPhone for so long.
I will say this, after all this change they still refused to put more info right there on the lock screen. Is it really so much to ask to put the weather on there?
Well that is my quick little personal review on the new design. Flame away my friends! haha
Now don't get me wrong some of the new looks are nice. I like the new feel of the Weather app and the Stocks app. I never liked the Forstall felt and wood in some places, that just felt out of place.
But some areas of the new design make it hard to look at. It almost makes things harder to use. Running through the menu in settings is more difficult since there is very little contrast.
The notifications that pop up at the top of the screen like when a text message comes in fell almost double the size that they were before. Were't they supposed to be small and less intrusive?
Apps opening and closing seem to take longer simply because of the way they launch. When an app is launched it expands out from where the app icon was. Now this could change and speed up as time goes on because this is a Beta so I am not convinced yet that this will always be slow.
I am loving the new features but unhappy with the new design. I understand flat is supposed to be the new thing but if I wanted and Android I would have bought the S4.
But again I am not knocking all the new features! The new features are wonderful and much welcomed! The design will take some getting used to and I will miss the old look and feel to the phone that was iPhone for so long.
I will say this, after all this change they still refused to put more info right there on the lock screen. Is it really so much to ask to put the weather on there?
Well that is my quick little personal review on the new design. Flame away my friends! haha