Why Apple is choosing design over features?

[reservedegotist]

Right. Why would you want something so utterly useless and distracting? How often do people sit and watch their wallpaper like it is a TV show? :/

Proponents of Android love talking about live wallpapers as a feature that iOS didn't have before.

 

[typeface]

Proponents of Android love talking about live wallpapers as a feature that iOS didn't have before.

It always makes me chuckle to hear people imply that Apple want to be like Google and Android, and that they take their overall design cues from them. Yeah, okay then.

 

[falconeight]

Looks at that hot mess. It makes me want to beat the hell out of two nuns.

 

[typeface]

Looks at that hot mess. It makes me want to beat the hell out of two nuns.

YouTube: video

"But... it can do EVERYTHING" (all at once)

This isn't visual noise, this is visual SCREAM! It's like walking down a street in Hong Kong, with all the garish neon signs ALL competing for your attention AT ONCE! Lol

 

[falconeight]

"But... it can do EVERYTHING" (all at once)

This isn't visual noise, this is visual SCREAM! It's like walking down a street in Hong Kong, with all the garish neon signs ALL competing for your attention AT ONCE! Lol

Its a ekg, turbo gauge, nuclear clock, and bubble blower all in a live screen.

 

[typeface]

Its a ekg, turbo gauge, nuclear clock, and bubble blower all in a live screen.

You forgot the "feature" of being able to have a hovering video window, overlaid on top of whatever you're (trying) to do. Genius!

 

[falconeight]

You forgot the "feature" of being able to have a hovering video window, overlaid on top of whatever you're (trying) to do. Genius!

Theres a store in NYC where you can pay with your android phone. Its a bagel shop.

 

[Vetvito]

You seemingly haven't ever handled a WP8 phone / WinRT tablet / high(er)-end Android device. Otherwise, you wouldn't state iOS7, on the API side, is powerful. It isn't - and I'm telling you this as a seasoned iOS / Android / WP programmer. It's a lot behind Android and even WP8 is better in some respects (e.g., camera lens with its free, excellent programming model).

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OK, got it.

Are you serious about windows phone? You can't be.

Those lenses inside the camera app are just quick access to other apps. Nothing revolutionary there. Windows phone doesn't hold a candle to iOS. You're seriously joking if you think other wise.

Ask me how I know; I have a Lumia.

 

[typeface]

Theres a store in NYC where you can pay with your android phone. Its a bagel shop.

Gagle? Boogle? iBagel? iGobbleBagel?