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iOS 6 is BORING?
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Bye, hope you find the fulfillment your life is missing with your new phone.
Just take a look at Lockinfo or IntelliscreenX to see how much more functional a lockscreen can be.
I've seen them. Why are people looking for a way to use their iPhone from the lock screen? How long does it take you to swipe your thumb across the bottom?
No offense to people that like this, but I'm all about the work. While the geek in me appreciates new stuff to play with, honestly, I have no need to fart around with my OS. Just let me get to the task at hand. iOS has been the best for me to just get to the task at hand.
I honestly don't get why people actively seek out to fart around with their device.
I honestly don't get why people actively seek out to fart around with their device.
I'm going to wait till the new iphone out to see if they throw in something but as of not it is a little tired.
I'm really thinking about buying a SIII out right. If I don't like it. I may sign another 2yr and get the new iPhone.
The iPhone is good and iOS6 does what it does but sometimes you want to try something new for a while
I'm really thinking about buying a SIII out right. If I don't like it. I may sign another 2yr and get the new iPhone.
The iPhone is good and iOS6 does what it does but sometimes you want to try something new for a while
If it's about the apps, let me use my own instead of the built in apps like mail and safari. They need major upgrading.
Exactly this.
the OS hasn't changed because it does the job. that's all it is supposed to do.
changing the UI just to be different will just piss plenty of people off.
I agree with this. Sure their are some things I do wish the OS had in it naively or did better (same thing with Android, and Windows Phone). Though iOS works perfect for me. It's simple and it lets me access my apps and information with ease and I hardly ever have to worry about it not working or something not working correctly.
I don't see why the user interface needs to change? Mac OSX doesn't change it's look every update. Heck the look hasn't changed that much from the beginning from the first release of OSX really
I must admit that I am biased because out of the 4 different OSes that I posted about, Android is the only one that I've never used extensively so I drew my conclusion based on observations from screenshots I posted. However, I also pointed this out in my post and asked people to call me out on it if I was wrong, as both of you, and a few others, did.
I wasn't trying to bash or degrade Android in the post. I was just trying to make an observation.
I personal don't have the need for lockinfo or any other type of jailbroken lockscreen tweak since iOS 5 introduced notifications on lockscreen as a part of notification center. But others might want even more differ types of info on the lockscreen, so I can't knock a jailbreak solution. I find myself flipping my iPhone from my pocket for only a quick sec just to glance at any info, especially if I hear any notify tones. Swiping to unlock isn't always the best solution for this, especially since most of us have to enter a passcode after swiping.
Every notice how the majority of people who say things like
"Android or Windows are so far ahead of iPhone"
Yet they never give the areas that the aforementioned platforms are superior.
I come from a sales background where you don't go there unless you can back it up with what we called "popcorn credibility" which means if someone wanted us to expand we could instantly and cogently "pop" out the features/benefits backing our statement.
If there's a better way i'm more than happy to admit it. Notifications in iOS 4.x were so bad it was like a bad joke. Not having multitasking features prior to iOS 4 were bad as well.
Apple has nailed the interface. It translates across a broad swath of users better than any other OS. So what if some geeks think it's boring. On this bell curve the ends are small groups of anti technology people and ultra geeks and the fat middle is your rank and file consumer that just wants it easy and that means boring to some geeks.
"Android or Windows are so far ahead of iPhone"
Yet they never give the areas that the aforementioned platforms are superior.
I come from a sales background where you don't go there unless you can back it up with what we called "popcorn credibility" which means if someone wanted us to expand we could instantly and cogently "pop" out the features/benefits backing our statement.
If there's a better way i'm more than happy to admit it. Notifications in iOS 4.x were so bad it was like a bad joke. Not having multitasking features prior to iOS 4 were bad as well.
Apple has nailed the interface. It translates across a broad swath of users better than any other OS. So what if some geeks think it's boring. On this bell curve the ends are small groups of anti technology people and ultra geeks and the fat middle is your rank and file consumer that just wants it easy and that means boring to some geeks.
I know plenty of people that own Apple devices and show a little envy for Android devices that let you customize the interface. They stop short because they all say it looks "too complicated".
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Nobody says that Windows Phone is far ahead of iPhone. Windows Phone is most definitely behind iPhone, and anybody who says differently is lying to themselves, much like somebody who says iOS6 is an "exciting upgrade".
They look at the huge screen ...... Oohs and Ahhs
They look at the Android OS ........ ill that's gross
Exactly. If somebody, Apple, Google, Microsoft, whomever, figured out how to make a phone/tablet that is ultra-customizable without making it feel too complicated, it'll be a runaway hit. In the absence of such a system, when faced with a choice between simple but not customizable and customizable but complex, more people pick the former than the later.
I think that sadly Apple is being too conservative. To me iOS 5 without cydia tweaks is very cumbersome. Once I got used to how those "simple" tweaks make using my iPhone so much faster and easier I can not go back to a stock iOS experience. I think that at this point google/android is being far more responsive to what users want/ask for where Apple continues to very slowly add "features" to its os that instead of opening the os and the user experience seem to lean toward constraining it. I think that a big release like the iOS 6 should bring more to the table then what we have seen in the beta.
What I find interesting is that if the hardware someone bought a year or two back doesn't get every feature of the next software, they're missing out on "essential and cool" features. If it does get them, then those same features are "not pushing the envelope" like the competition is.
You never appreciate the unassuming things that just work until you try something else that fails spectacularly in them. In that sense it's good to have alternatives and maybe shop around every now and then, if you're prone to feature envy. Get a fresh perspective.
Note how I didn't say anything about Apple in that sentence? It's because this applies to every manufacturer out there. Live long enough in one ecosystem and you run into the same problems, if this is the kind of thing that bothers you.
You never appreciate the unassuming things that just work until you try something else that fails spectacularly in them. In that sense it's good to have alternatives and maybe shop around every now and then, if you're prone to feature envy. Get a fresh perspective.
Note how I didn't say anything about Apple in that sentence? It's because this applies to every manufacturer out there. Live long enough in one ecosystem and you run into the same problems, if this is the kind of thing that bothers you.
Maybe the user wants more out of his lock screen. The equivalent of you saying what you said would be like telling you why do you want a phone that does what the iphone does? a phone is meant to make phone calls, it does that what more does it need to do? Android has shown that the lock screen is capable of MANY things that make your experience even nicer. Why would you question someone on wanting something out of his phone that is clearly doable?
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why are you using an iphone to make calls? why don't you just use a regular cell phone? Why is it too much to ask that you want to do more out of something that is very well possible?
Is it really such a bad thing that you can see your appointments on your lockscreen instead of having to unlock your phone and find your calendar app then select agendas?
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I'm surprised that it's usually exclusively the iPhone that comes up when on the topic of an unchanging UI.
iOS 1.0 v iOS 6.0:
OS X 10.1 v 10.8:
Windows 95 v Windows 7:
Android 1.0 v Android 4.0 (Note: I've never personally used any version of Android and these images are just from a quick search so if I am wrong on this one, point it out):
I fail to see any MAJOR UI changes in any of these comparisons. All of them are practically the same with some refinements.
The window screen has a big UI change and a search field in the start menu just to name a few.
You also posted and android lock screen then and android home page. At least post two lock screens or two home screens. Since you even admitted not knowing much android you pretty much discredited yourself. The first Android compared to Android 4.0 is night and day in difference. It has innovated and revolutionized so much it's not even funny. 100 x's more than what apple has done since Iphone 3g.
I'll take fully functional and seamless; if that means boring well OK!
I have a co-workers that recently upgraded his Android to a newer phone. I think he had like 2.3 and now has 4.0 and it was like starting all over again. He was lost for days with that phone.
Apple would never do that!
I have a co-workers that recently upgraded his Android to a newer phone. I think he had like 2.3 and now has 4.0 and it was like starting all over again. He was lost for days with that phone.
Apple would never do that!
That's what annoys me. At my school its the 'cool' thing to have. An iPhone. Only a small % have Android or Windows Phone devices. They all think, "OMG ITS THE NEW iPHONE. I MUST GET ONE SO I CAN BE COOL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE". It annoys me, they don't do any independent research on the product itself nor do they even know what was so revolutionary about that product.
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Have you had a look into Windows Phone? Once it grows it should be great, it just needs some more attention. Its even more straight to the task then iOS.
All customisation means is that if you hand someone else your phone, they have NFI how to use it.
Having folders is bad enough really - unless its your phone you've got no idea where the user has put half the stuff on the device and need to resort to search.
Sure, its ok if you're a single user.
If you're supporting a bunch of enterprise users its different.
Having folders is bad enough really - unless its your phone you've got no idea where the user has put half the stuff on the device and need to resort to search.
Sure, its ok if you're a single user.
If you're supporting a bunch of enterprise users its different.
I say Apple should have a 'Plus' pack like Microsoft had. You'd buy it for $10 or so and it would have widgets, themes and many other things people have been crying for. Everyone wins.
That's an awesome idea. Never thought of it and would work perfectly to accomadate both the consumer and prosumer line. I'd love that! All we need now is for a someone from Apple to find that post.
I keep hearing this, but I've never seen a list of how it has "Innovated" and "revolutionized" so much - can you provide a list of (say) 10 differences between the first Android and Android 4.0 that are revolutionary rather than evolutionary?