Apple released iO 7 today.
iOS 7 has hundreds of new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop, enhanced Photos, Safari, Siri and introduces iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service based on the music you listen to on iTunes. In addition, iOS 7 has been engineered with deep technical and design integration with both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
iOS 7 runs on iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini and iPod touch (fifth generation).
So, provided you successfully navigated your way through the flood of traffic that ensued with so many downloading the new operating system for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and/or iPad mini, what do you like or dislike about iOS 7?
Notice a few issues
First wifi was inactive, and the selector disabled. After reboot, wifi is workibg, but
1 there is an annoying flickering on anything that is not black, gray or white
2. Although wifi is working, the 3G info in the status bar did not disappear. How do I know the wifi is on? Simply, my 3G is pretty slow b/c my lame carrier
Flickering is gone, but the wifi waves didn’t come back yet..anybody seen anything like this ?
My wifi symbol is right in place next to the ATT and signal strength dots. If you aren’t seeing the symbol then you aren’t connected for some reason. What I’ve found to fix this is to go into the info for your wifi connection and tap the “Forget This Network” and then set up a fresh connection.
Love it, just discovered the new built in spirit level and loved it’s simplicity. I smiled when it went green!! (Swipe right on the compass for those who haven’t found it yet!)
Turn your Wi-Fi on and off update will go through much faster
Astonishing. Like.
I love it so much, I want to spend money that I don’t have on iPhone 5S!!! Darn you Apple!
Like the features, not sold on the look.
Don’t resist. It will grow on you.
Give me the old Dock back and get rid of the small folders.
The rest is good.
Well.. some of the icons absolutely suck.
One day our ship will come in. Until then, we can only wistfully scan the horizon from our kitchen window, as we wash our dishes by hand and make do with inadequate folders and repulsive icons.
We also serve, who stand and wait.
It will grow on you.
So does cancer.
Been running it on my 4s and iPad(4) for the last few hours.
I like overall. The home screen benefits from NOT having a busy wallpaper.
I like Safari’s changes, but when looking at a page with a white BKG, it’s hard to see where the page ends and the top UI of the browser. (small nitpick, tho)
Over all, it looks great and I have not had any issues. Love the control center, and the way closing apps works, much better than that bar at the bottom, in iOS6.
Nice.
A small thing, but my wife loves that the text at the top of the map that shows miles and time is finally visible. Heavier text and larger. Great improvement. I also like how you flip the apps up and off the screen. Cool. Camera control is better as well. I just started looking at iRadio, looks promising.
Fugly. SMH. Really fugly.
I like it a lot. Siri, Safari are much better. The new look makes it much easier to use.
Love It!
Really love iOS 7. The two items I wish were improved (or tell me how):
– Turn on Night Mode (see Maps after dark). I have a black iPhone for a reason. I’d prefer a dark theme without inverting colors.
– iTunes Radio is amazing but my stations are shared with everyone who shares the iTunes account. Should be tied only to my iCloud account like everything else. Super irritating.
Fascinating!
Too soon to know but…
Showed the front screen to my wife
She grimaced and said
Japanese teenagers will love it
Well, that’s why I have it. Hope she’s right!
Awesome!!! Makes me want to use my iPhone all the time. It’s so conveniently easy to move around. It feels like you are in control
Its a little slow on iPad 3
same here.
Go to change wallpaper.. Move and scale. I can try and move/scale and it does nothing, move fingers away, and watch the screen move up/down, zoom in/out for about a minute.
A bunch of little things are bad, overall I like the changes.. the UI is horrible though.
Dock
Folders “Translucent” BS, and limit to 9 per page
Total lack of font size options once you view a page in reader
Playschool icons..
Features, great job Apple.
Pastel look? Bad choice. hello Miami Vice 80’s!!
Update..
The iPhone is now updated to iOS 7.
The folders are bad on both.
The dock is “ok” on the iPhone, waaaaaaay too big on the iPad.
Playschool icons are annoying on both. Please allow themes Apple.
Wallpaper movement is only an issue on the iPad, but for whatever reason I can’t keep either zoomed, they cut way too much of the photo away.
Overall, I like iOS 7.. just needs a few tweaks.
I had the same issue trying to scale a photo for my home screen on my iPad 3. Another poster here suggested I turn on Reduce Motion in Settings/Accessibility, scale the photo as desired in Wallpapers, then turn Reduce Motion back off. That worked perfectly for me.
It works to a point..
I have a 2048×1536 picture, the iPad will only let me show about half of it on screen no matter how much i try and resize it. Turning off the reduce motion does help with it being slow, but does nothing about the wallpaper issue.
I can see the entire image in photos.. but once I try to make it a wallpaper, it expands.
Pretty sure Apple will release an update to fix the issue, this can’t be “normal”
At first I wondered why some my folders were pink. Then I realized they were color coordinated with the background which has my wife wearing a pink jacket.
Love the feel. Love the functionality. Hate the new Pastel icons. I feel like I’m using a 12-year-old schoolgirl’s phone.
How about a simple option in settings that would allow you to select the new icons or use the old classic icons.
Yes, please! From everything I’ve read, the technical changes are great. I just can’t stand the look. It makes an iDevice look like a toy.
YES PLEASE!
Let me CHOOSE the “theme” keep the rest.
It does make it look like a toy.
I like the functionality, the UI…not so much. Maybe it’s because I’m over 30, but I liked the skewomorphic design of the previous UIs.
Fantastic. Apple hit it out of the park.
I just want to know if there is a way to post to twitter or Facebook from the drop down menu? Am I just over looking it?
Like it still getting familiar with it.
Awesome so far although I strongly suspect it auto updated all my apps BEFORE the update applied which is a pity because I was avoiding updating one particular app which sucks on its new version.
Beautiful.
Love it!
1) what happened to tweeting and FBing in the notification center?
2) I don’t like that the app folder switches back to the first page. (I was on the 3rd page of a folder, and closed out and had to swipe back to the third page!)
Loving that there is an iOS 7 and finally a significant change to freshen up the UI.
I wished they’d put as much effort into the appearance of some of the icons as they did in the new transitions and overall flat design. The only app icon redesign worth noting is the photo app,the rest need tweaking. They seem to have become stuck between a rock and a hard place by not wanting to make the icons too minimalistic compared to some of the controls in each app. Credit to the engineers for the improved speed even on my 4s,looking forward to seeing it in action on the 5s.