Users Underwhelmed by iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Survey Suggests

[MallardDuck]

I'm perfectly ok if there are fewer features and a lot less bugs. While true on iOS, That's especially true for macOS after the Catalina and Big Sur dumpster fires. They never did fix the iTunes artwork destruction bug.

 

[now i see it]

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[Johnny907]

Well it’s a huge nothing burger. It may as well been a point update frankly.
All the standout features like live text are things android has been able to do for years. And widgets should have appeared on iPados last year. No reason whatsoever for it not to.

 

[CopyChief]

After using both iPad OS 15 and iOS 15, I would say the disappointing part of all this was the WWDC presentation. They focused on a few tentpole features, but really didn't capture the updates very well.

To put it another way, I think people were unimpressed with the keynote, but will be (then) pleasantly surprised when the updates are released.

 

[Kylo83]

I feel like macOS Monterey stole the show as a result of the announcement of Universal Control.

But that’s not a iPad feature or Mac feature it’s an eco system feature and doubt many people would use it

 

[mattopotamus]

This isn't surprising. We really have pocket PCs at this point, so the changes are going to be minimal year-to-year.

 

[MallardDuck]

I think the iPad not being able to use 16g of ram is a problem as well as
the pro apps and pro functions are just not there.
Why buy a newer iPad when the 2018 or 2019 will do just as much?
And iOS 14 messes with your playlists, does 15 do that too?

Agree completely on the ram. Have the new iPad and it's completely underwhelming compared to the 2018. Little better camera, but otherwise, m1? Meh.

 

[Kylo83]

Widgets are a waste of time for me; we should have them interactive like instead of opening apps we can do stuff on the widget, what’s the point of just for looking at info

 

[fourthtunz]

Well it’s a huge nothing burger. It may as well been a point update frankly.
All the standout features like live text are things android has been able to do for years. And widgets should have appeared on iPados last year. No reason whatsoever for it not to.

Heh Love it! It is a huge nothing Impossible burger at that! Not even real beef!!

 

[Mikkis]

It tells a lot that these are the first beta releases in a while I'm gonna skip completely. Same goes with Monterey.

 

[jjm3]

In what way are widgets NOT already interactive?

 

[himanshumodi]

For most day to day usage, it's hardly surprising that people are not blown away. For me, personally, the features of instant note taking is pretty useful. And the ability to click pics and save text on it is extremely useful on iOS.

 

[HiVolt]

Neither update looked very exciting, and iPadOS was downright a disappointment for anyone hoping to really use an iPad as their main machine.

I agree, iPadOS is the one that still cripples the iPad Pro, especially the M1. They gave it the incredible horsepower and thunderbolt, yet the OS has the same limitations as the basic iPad mini.

 

[darcyf]

Everyone: why can’t I add multiple destinations to a route in maps??

Apple: we’ve changed the way moonlight looks on 3D buildings!

 

[fourthtunz]

Agree completely on the ram. Have the new iPad and it's completely underwhelming compared to the 2018. Little better camera, but otherwise, m1? Meh.

I'm sold on the M1 I have the M1 MacBook air but don't see paying that much for the iPad.
But for me Logic and maybe final cut would be the reason for the m1 iPad.
But that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy it! Hey you are totally future proofed!

 

[citysnaps]

Being/feeling underwhelmed about most things is the new normal today for many people. A badge of achievement, of sorts. Muster up some major eye roll!

 

[robbietop]

Well, of course they are upset. 20% still have superstitious nonsense about the number 13.

 

[Smigit]

I personally don’t think it is an exciting release either, but I’m also perfectly happy for releases that focus on refining things.

While not specifically iOS 15, it was also good to hear Australia’s due to get the updated maps this year.

I’m also genuinely interested in some of the changes coming to iCloud, especially the news around being able to use your own domain name.

So yeah, iOS 15 doesn’t seem too exciting, but there’s things happening in the ecosystem still that interests me for sure.

 

[anthorumor]

Can't rearrange homescreen apps alphabetically, either per folder or per screen is infuriating at best. Also, scrolling long lists do not activate an alphabetical A-Z menu on the scroll bar like what many Android and some native apps feature.
Some features on iPhoneOS I can't even have or do on iPadOS, like native swipe keyboard, dedicated calculator, and homescreen horizontal mode.

 

[jonnyb098]

Good….let be underwhelmed for once. Hopefully they will focus much more on stability and fixing the loads of silly bugs introduced over the last couple years.

 

[fourthtunz]

I agree, iPadOS is the one that still cripples the iPad Pro, especially the M1. They gave it the incredible horsepower and thunderbolt, yet the OS has the same limitations as the basic iPad mini.

Heh all show and no go!

 

[jonnyb098]

Neither update looked very exciting, and iPadOS was downright a disappointment for anyone hoping to really use an iPad as their main machine.

I’d love for Apple to troll us and put a weather app in the mac before the iPad 🤣

Love how Craig keeps saying they don’t know how to do a decent weather app for the big screen……yet they did voice memos……….and now translate app.

 

[fireguy286]

I think these people forgot to watch the video below.

Too early to make any judgements. Apple introduced well over 500+ changes this year come on now. Just look at the new weather and map App!

A new weather app! Imagine that! Up that number. What courage.


I am running iOS15 and the visual refinements are nice, but there's no wow.

iPad OS has more impactful changes, but that's still not saying much.

 

[Shirasaki]

Jeff could talk about a paper clip collection for two hours. Please don’t use that as metric to gauge excitement.

What excitement am I gauging here? iOS 15 is generally not very exciting but to call it “underwhelming” seems a bit of stretch. For example, I really like EXIF in the photos app and Focus is interesting. Rounded corner in settings app looks nicer. People may as well just treat this release as performance/bug-fixing release and expect a more refined version of iOS 14.

 

[laszlo182]

so these people think that always on display is a software limitation?

and that xcode needs a new OS version to be released and would come preinstalled?

seems relevant