The calendar app used to be the best calendar app I have ever used... Not anymore I guess... Being able to just touch the date and showing my schedule at the bottom is so simple. Now is just going in the day and you have to go back out to the monthly view again just to switch to another date.
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iOS 7 Now on 73% of Devices, But Adoption Rates 'Much Slower' Than iOS 6
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Lol, you are not in the minority. Don't let negative articles or the posters here that don't like it tell you otherwise.
For the record again, I love iOS 7 as well. It's not without it's flaws of course, but this stuff always gets ironed out over many releases.
Nope you're not, the vocal minority is just having a fiesta. And I agree with you.
"Slow" adoption for such a big change is to be expected.
I think you mean that iOS 6 is compatible with a smaller number of devices???
You do realize that when you pick up your phone it has music controls on the lockscreen automatically without you having to do anything right? I think it's pretty easy to skip a track without going all the way into the music app and possibly "accidentally" pressing a button you might not want to.
I just don't understand why people try to do things the most round about way possible and then complain about it.
Many folks get all afraid at anything new. It's the same layout and mostly same functionality, it's easy. I can't understand people lamenting 7. It's clearly a move forward. iOS 6 looks like a rotary phone. Of course it's going to be a bit slower on old devices, c'est la vie.
Adoption is slower as people know that they shouldn't be adopting it on older devices.. which is a shame, really
False.
Other companies would love to have this problem IF the margins were higher on the higher cost product.
Apple's margins are much higher on the plastic phone with last year's tech, which is also missing a new camera, fingerprint reader, 64bit processor, M7 chip, metal body, etc...
Think about it.
Probably not. The 5s sells for $100 more than the 5c, and probably costs about $10-20 more to make.
Okay, they topped again. I must have overlooked where it says iOS 7...
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I can relay to that about people who will complain but hardly praise...
Therefore I tried to do both if possible in real life.
But at the same time, this is one of the most polarizing update of iOS that we have seen. For iOS6, everyone complained about the map and that was about it.
I will have to try both iOS 6 on my 4S and 7 on 5s that I just got...But, the transitions are really giving me a headache...I might complain later
i0S 7 runs very slow on iPhone 4, which is the reason I won't update mine. I don't think there's anything wrong with iOS 7, but if it makes my phone worse, I don't see the point in "updating."It's all those 3GS holding us back.
I love iOS 7. I don't get what not to like. Sure some icons are ugly, but they kinda fade into the background after a while. The new UI itself feel more modernized and robust. After using it for a few weeks now, the old UI looks like something from the 90s, especially that old keyboard.
I hate it. It's just ugly. Why can't we install themes that we like and want?
Apple really messed up. Simplicity in the hardware - sure but at least make the interface interesting. Yes it needs more eye candy. What I want now is a way to get it off my iPad.
The FUNCTION of iOS 7 is great, but the layout and theme choices are clearly forced. Things like the default font for icons are just WRONG, they're newbie mistakes from the GUI handbook. If Apple would offer a way to go back to the iOS 6 theme most people would shut up overnight.
I'm sure Google and Microsoft would love these numbers.
Google and MS actually would dream of having these numbers.
Takes a bit of getting used to
I suspect all the ios 7 doubters haven't tried it for long enough. I was on the beta from the start and found, after a while, I really liked the changes even though at first I found it a bit of a shock.
The icons are just a familiarity issue you soon forget, the rest of the changes are great.
I suspect all the ios 7 doubters haven't tried it for long enough. I was on the beta from the start and found, after a while, I really liked the changes even though at first I found it a bit of a shock.
The icons are just a familiarity issue you soon forget, the rest of the changes are great.
Same here. I was in the market for one (or two) iPad 2 for my parents, but iOS 7 doesn't feel like it's designed for a tablet (w*h*i*t*e*s*p*a*c*e), or for old hardware (non Retina), or for total iOS noobs.
Also, I guess a lot of people got burned when an OS update made their iPhone 3G/iPad 1/iPod 4G crawl. People haven't updated to Windows 8 over night either.
Edit: Why does the forum replace nbsp by *?!
I won an iPad mini yesterday and thankfully it arrived with iOS6. I won't be upgrading until iOS7 is improved and in particular, the Calendar and Videos bugs have been worked out.
Why wouldn't you just press the magnifying glass icon and see events for all days in a scrollable list? For me the calendar app is one of the most improved apps in iOS 7.
Each to their own I guess.
It's easy. 200 mil year ago was higher percentage than 200 mil now - total number of devices increased.
Speaking from my own point of view, the "anger" relates to aesthetics. Personally, I'm not angry, just reeeally disappointed: I.do.not.like. what they did with the look of the OS. I prefer the look of damn near everything in iOS 6. I find most of the iOS 7 design to be trendy and (obviously) polarizing:
- Icons-Hate ALL of them in comparison to previous versions
- Calendar: Too "plain text-y". And the red does not help.
- Mail: Again, too "plain text-y"
- Overall "cartoony" look. I prefer the skeuomorphic approach, which makes things more intuitive and reduces iconographic interpretation.
Things I do like:
-Lock screen (great big "buttons" for passcode)
-"Bladed", translucent interface
- Parallax effect and OS animation
- Multitasking implementation and overall OS functionality
I believe that Apple users are very concerned about aesthetics (Steve was too-to the point of insanity). I do not recall such vocal dissention in recent Apple history with regards to a product's appearance (aside from Game Center green felt). There may have been, I just don't remember (probably because I liked everything they did until now).
This is all personal and in no way means that you are wrong for loving iOS 7, on the contrary. (See my signature
But it bears to mention that at least some Apple users, even enthusiasts like myself, are going as far as calling an Apple product ugly. Nobody is wrong here. It is simply, a matter of taste. I simply disagree with Apple's (under Jony Ive) taste here, for the first time ever. And for me, it's heartbreaking.
I happen to love the aesthetics so I suppose its just a matter of opinion. Regardless aesthetics could be altered fairly painlessly. I could see Apple releasing a professional theme for their flagship iPhone while maintaing the more colorful scheme for its "C" phones.
