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Why haven't banks updated their apps for iOS 7?
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The app still offers the features they want to offer and still works the way they want it to work, so there's no reason to really update it just for a new look until they feel like they want to (and probably combine it with some sort of a larger redesign and/or new features).
I think Fidelity may have. There is one unrecognizable ugly white app on my iPad. If I tap it there is the Fidelity stuff. I use the one for iPad. I think the ugly white one is the iPhone app.
Nothing on the app would associate it with Fidelity. I taped it to find out what it was.
Nothing on the app would associate it with Fidelity. I taped it to find out what it was.
Because, at least in the UK, banks are unwieldy, slow, un-customer focussed entities totally behind the times.
Interface design is the least of my worries, HSBC's fast balance app (which was never updated for iPhone 5 screens) now doesn't work at all.
Interface design is the least of my worries, HSBC's fast balance app (which was never updated for iPhone 5 screens) now doesn't work at all.
rtomyj
macrumors 6502a
Yea, no...
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There is a deadline where they have to compile in xCode 5 so they'll have to (thanks Apple!)
Dave Felix
macrumors 6502a
I have PNC Bank and it does have the old look, but hey it works and does what I need it to do. 🙂 Besides, all you need from a bank application is for it to work and be secure.
Thanks for a friendly reply!
It's more of an overall industry question. Calling banks to ask this would get me nowhere. Anyone who develops these apps at each company is not reachable by a customer.
Because unlike other apps, most people aren't going to stop using their bank's service and start using another bank's service because their app doesn't look good. Unlike what one might do if the note app they used wasn't redesigned for iOS 7.
I completely agree with this, however having just moved to Barclays, their mobile app isn't that bad, and is updated fairly regularly. 🙂
Most likely mainly because iOS 7 design isn't necessary or even really needed for them to function properly and provide the service they are designed to provide.
The NatWest app in the UK still has the old style keyboard, too.
I'm not sure how designing an app works for the different iOS systems out there but surely the ability must be there to configure the change in keyboards for each release?
So any 7.0 phones onwards get the flatter one and anyone less than 7.0 gets the older version?
I'm not sure how designing an app works for the different iOS systems out there but surely the ability must be there to configure the change in keyboards for each release?
So any 7.0 phones onwards get the flatter one and anyone less than 7.0 gets the older version?
I'm sure among other things banks and other companies have looks that are part of their image etc. and because Apple changes its screen doesn't mean they want to change their looks.
I'd rather they spend time on functions and security and not changing ICON looks.
I'd rather they spend time on functions and security and not changing ICON looks.
bradl
macrumors 603
Banks are always behind when it comes to adoption rates for software. A client of my employer still requires the application we develop for them to support IE6.
another client we have (another bank) that we have to use to pull down reports for another client, which I have to use IE to download them, states that the browser is unsupported, and to 'upgrade' a minimum of Internet Explorer 5, or Netscape 6...
I'm using IE11. I have to use the compatibility option to pull down the data.
So they are the last to upgrade, and the last to get rid of any older version of software.
BL.
another client we have (another bank) that we have to use to pull down reports for another client, which I have to use IE to download them, states that the browser is unsupported, and to 'upgrade' a minimum of Internet Explorer 5, or Netscape 6...
I'm using IE11. I have to use the compatibility option to pull down the data.
So they are the last to upgrade, and the last to get rid of any older version of software.
BL.
I bet banks have much higher security standards then most other developers, therefore maybe the process of updating an app takes more time for them. Probably a lot more security testing.
Menel
Suspended
Put down the pipe...!
Capital One and Fidelity ARE updated.
Cant speak of the others... But considering ... How SURE are you really...? the others aren't updated... v.v suspicious
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There is a deadline for updates to apps...
Not the actual apps themselves if they go untouched.
sunking101
macrumors 604
Agreed. The only apps which used to annoy me were those that still weren't optimised for the tallboy iPhone 5 screen, but to the best of my knowledge they all are now. Keyboards and poor graphics etc don't bother me at all, so long as the app is functional.