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This should have just been called iOS 5.2

Surely it's up to Apple what number they give to an iOS release? If they want to go from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 603 in one go, it's their choice.
Also, yes the Maps app isn't great a long with a few the other features, but there are still a few months until the final iOS 6 release, things will be added and fixed.
 
I'm very critical of maps because that is my day job. However the rest of iOS 6 is worthy of the full version number increment without maps. Siri is now useful outside of the us. The simple addition of do not disturb is a boon as I no longer get woken up by push notifications at night.

The new APIs also from a developer standpoint (and developers made the iPhone popular because without developers there would be no apps. The iPhone didn't take off until the iPhone 3G was released with iPhone OS 2 that allowed apps) mean that for support purposes this should also be an X.0 release.
 
It wasn't as exciting as previous updates but it is still big enough to be considered iOS 6. This isn't just a bug fix, there are whole new apps, rewritten apps, and hundreds of tweaks.
 
Nikomanz said:
Maps, dont work internationally, siri doesnt work well either. .
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Nikomanz said:
Siri is literally useless outside the U.S. Siriously.
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Umm yes they do, there's 3D of Sydney and Copenhagen, there's about 100 cities that C3 mapped in 3D, since apple bought that company and is using their stuff for the maps app, there's going to be at least 100 cities in 3D at launch, if not more. Turn by Turn works here in the UK, it gets a bit confused with roundabouts, but hopefully that's fixed in official release. Maps cannot be fairly judged until GM/Official release as it's obvious there's backend server stuff that's not enabled yet.

Siri does everything here in the UK that the US does....
 
I understand ios 6 being underwhelming. I was underwhelmed but the more I think about it its more like a "clean up" update. they are adding alot of features that need to be there yet none of them are crazy changes just things ios needs. The only things im wishing was there is a Quick Reply for imessage and call and text blocking by number. then I wouldnt have to jailbreak at all.
 
CrAkD said:
I understand ios 6 being underwhelming. I was underwhelmed but the more I think about it its more like a "clean up" update. they are adding alot of features that need to be there yet none of them are crazy changes just things ios needs. The only things im wishing was there is a Quick Reply for imessage and call and text blocking by number. then I wouldnt have to jailbreak at all.
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yeah is kinda like a windows vista to windows 7 update if your familiar with the windows environment. Not that iOS 5 was near as a failure as vista but the concept of clean up and fixing instead of revamping kinda applies from iOS 5 - 6.

A better title for the thread. iOS 6 , what iOS 5 should have had.
 
Baseball, hotdogs, and complaining about the latest iOS update. It means summer is here!!!!

A mature OS doesn't need to see huge improvements every year.
 
shandyman said:
Umm yes they do, there's 3D of Sydney and Copenhagen
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From Wiki
Google Maps first started as a C++ program designed by two Danish brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen at the Sydney-based company Where 2 Technologies
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Me thinks there was a reason for those two cities. Well other than them being damn sexy cities.
 
See the home screens in all five iPhones? It will be nice for a change. Yes the new iOS6 features apple just announced were awesome. But a lot of iPhone users would like to see a new layout.

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At least they update the OS and if you own one of the there phones you will get it. Older hardware gets dropped over time but they get updates for a long time.

You do have options.

1) Jailbreak your iPhone.

2) Buy a Android phone. Good luck on getting a update. They might make one for your phone, but they may not. Phones change to much. And vendors do not want to keep up with updates. This has gotten a little better, but not much.

3) Buy a Windows Phone. And let Microsoft screw you. All the folks that went out and got one now will not get the Windows Phone 8 upgrade. 2 Year contracts on the phones they got. Why, because Microsoft changed the whole OS core after they put one out and the old phones can't run it. Even the Nokia Luma 900 (there flagship phone) will not get it. It's nice that Nokia is putting out little updates for it but no Win Phone 8.
 
Online said:
At least they update the OS and if you own one of the there phones you will get it. Older hardware gets dropped over time but they get updates for a long time.

You do have options.

1) Jailbreak your iPhone.
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Trust me I understand where your coming from. As far as Jail break no thanks. Same as rooting an android device (More power to the ones that do) As much as I love my 4s, the home screen can get a little boring. I REALLY want Apple to update iOS6 layout. I mean, is that too much to ask for? :p
 
Nikomanz said:
yeah is kinda like a windows vista to windows 7 update if your familiar with the windows environment. Not that iOS 5 was near as a failure as vista but the concept of clean up and fixing instead of revamping kinda applies from iOS 5 - 6.

A better title for the thread. iOS 6 , what iOS 5 should have had.
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Put it this way. Was Mac OS X Snow Leopard worth the increment from 10.5 to 10.6? IMO yes. But even Steve Jobs and Bertrand Serlet called it a better Leopard

iOS 6 is a better iOS 5. Just like Snow Leopard was a better Leopard. The changes are under the bonnet but they are significant and matter.
 
iOS 6 is pretty damn amazing.


No one features stands out but when you take the collective features and improved efficiency in implementing features.

I suspect the fit & finish of the good apps will improve greatly.
iOS 6.0 is certainly a developers kind of release. It's less about some
new major OS feature that Apple only has the keys for and more about

Let's get rid of this headache for you.
Let's make your app even better with less work
Let's expand the market that you can sell your apps in

Its time for developers to start thinking globally.
 
IOS 5 was a huge upgrade, but if apple made an upgrade like that every major release, we would need a gig of RAM just to run the operating system. I'm happy with iOS 6, I got Siri, and a jailbreak gives me anything else I want. Wifi-syncing was very popular on cydia, the jailbreak store, several months before apple announced it in iOS 5.
 
Does it really matter what they call it? They can call it iOS ICS or iOS Anus for all I care. Just know it's the next mobile operating system from Apple.
 
nuckinfutz said:
iOS 6 is pretty damn amazing.


No one features stands out but when you take the collective features and improved efficiency in implementing features.

I suspect the fit & finish of the good apps will improve greatly.
iOS 6.0 is certainly a developers kind of release. It's less about some
new major OS feature that Apple only has the keys for and more about

Let's get rid of this headache for you.
Let's make your app even better with less work
Let's expand the market that you can sell your apps in

Its time for developers to start thinking globally.
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Pretty much how Snow Leopard was to Leopard. Visually from the outside it appeared little had changed, but if you dug into it, everything was tuned and tweaked to pull the very best from your Mac and make it easier for developers to make their apps do the same.
 
Why is everyone obsessed with a new layout?

If any OS is due a full new layout it's OS X which has had the Dock at the bottom, the desktop and the menu bar at the top since 2001. Lion would also be fairly familiar to a Macintosh 128k user from 1984.

Radical change isn't going to happen. There's no need. instead iOS will evolve. People in general know and like the UI.
 
cjmillsnun said:
Why is everyone obsessed with a new layout?

If any OS is due a full new layout it's OS X which has had the Dock at the bottom, the desktop and the menu bar at the top since 2001. Lion would also be fairly familiar to a Macintosh 128k user from 1984.

Radical change isn't going to happen. There's no need. instead iOS will evolve. People in general know and like the UI.
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Exactly. Look at the OS's that have been successful for years. Mac OS & Windows have done well cos they don't go with radical overhauls, just evolving. Where has this mentality come from that every OS update needs to redo the whole UI?! If it works, don't mess with it.
 
So you didn't get widgets or WiFi or Bluetooth or Cellular toggles in Notification Center. That doesn't mean this isn't a big update! Dumping Google Maps for your own, in-house Maps.app built from the ground up is a pretty big deal. Passbook has potential, especially with (possible) NFC in the next iPhone (or some other, maybe location based, system.) And if you've used iOS 6, in person, (and it hasn't been too buggy, runs smoothly for me) using iOS 6 feels different. I know it sounds cheesy but it does feel like a different OS. It's pleasant to use.
If you're still hung up on iOS 6 being called iOS "6" instead of iOS "5.2" consider this: Every year since the original iPhone, WWDC has been the place where Apple released the next OS update (from 1.0, to 2.0, to 3.0, etc. etc.) Why would they change their whole OS upgrading and naming scheme now?
Google's JB seems nice, but it really doesn't add much (save for Google Now which I think is awesome but creepy) so it doesn't merit a whole 1.0+ OS update.
Just relax. iOS 6 will be awesome, and Jelly Bean will be awesome.
 
ericrwalker said:
Does it really matter what they call it? They can call it iOS ICS or iOS Anus for all I care. Just know it's the next mobile operating system from Apple.
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I agree. Why care what numbers they use? It is completely irrelevant to everything about the OS. (Although if they called it iOS Anus, I actually might care.)
 
rorschach said:
Show me a past x.1 iOS update that has had as many new features and changes as iOS 6 does.

This complaint is made every year with every major update. It was made about 2.0.
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What about 1.1.3 for iPod touch users, which added Mail, Maps, Weather, Notes and Stocks? That was a huge update!
 
A major version number change is appropriate when they drop support for certain platforms, regardless of the new feature set.
 
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