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?
I hate it. I want to go back
Love it.
Love the attention to detail!! The difference between great software and just good software is the detail.
Having issues with music playback going thru control center and lock screen. Works fine in the app though. Otherwise feels like a new iPhone 5 again.
iOS 7 great so far but still have a lot to Look at.
Upgraded the iPad. Not really blowing my skirt up. Not enough apps in a folder, and the folders are ugly, flatness is already dull/boring, parallax not really interesting and it’s jittery on an iPad 2 – not smooth, much less intuitive than before (need a tutorial to figure out how to get around and do anything – first time I’ve encountered that on an iDevice), flat app icons less elegant and attractive than the old non-upgraded ones next to them, Radio harder to set up and use than Pandora. Text labels generally harder to read. Control panel is okay.
Got a lot of learning to do to get all the new tricks down.
Hoping it won’t hurt my battery life as some people have found.
I think I’ll leave my iPhone alone for now until I see if I can get used to things. First time I’ve been disappointed by the aesthetics of an Apple upgrade.
I found iTunes Radio very easy to use. I thought I needed to do more but it was already set. This feels like a troll post.
I don’t like it. The calendar app is awful, both my iPad 3 and iPhone 4 batteries are running down much faster, and my iPhone 4 has become so sluggish, it’s almost unuseable.
Read this article on WSJ and I could feel the intense jealousy from his choice of words used. Written by Paul French, an independent China consumer analyst based in Shanghai
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323981304579080981537082974.html
Absolutely HATE the semi-translucent folders. Just looks crappy.
One I made adjustments in the Accessibility area, the new ios7 works great for me. Love the ability to take stills while in the video mode in Camera. Also, Siri sounds so much better and seems to wirk quicker. Download was fairly quick and pretty much hassle free.
Game Center appalling – can’t stop it activating – don’t play online or compete – just want to play games. Grrr
No new tab view in safari for iPad. Other wise love it. iPhone version is so well done.
Great new features, donʻt like the cartoony Windows 3.1 color scheme, slide to answer does not feel natural, bright blue on white is awful.
Today I downloaded and installed this update on two iPads and on an iPhone five. It took a little while the network seemed a little slow, which is understandable; and then it subsequently successfully completed and installed without issue. I signed in and everything came up normal. In my brief exposure to the new operating system I find it a little brighter, a little smoother, and it seems to work faster to get you where you are trying to get to on your screen. Hopefully the rest to you will have similar good luck. By the way my machines are all within a year and a half to two years old maximum. People with the iPhone 4 series and the older iPads it might be a little more difficult but I guess we’ll find out by the end of the week….. good luck to all.
I currently have an iPhone five which I hope to upgrade to the iPhone 5S on Friday. I feel that the 64-bit operating environment on the iPhone 5S along with the iTouch fingerprint security system will be the bedrock of the next great leg up in the Apple iPhone ecosystem!
I really wanted to like iOS 7. Even after reading numerous complaints that the sneak previews looked like an Android knockoff. After experiencing iOS 7 for myself, I can sincerely say that Jon Ive should be fired! iOS 7 looks like a bastardized version of Android for kindergarten kids! Many of the icons look
like they were drawn by my four year old! In particular the button icons. The bookmarks icon is a square with a line through it. Really? Most of the
applications look “anemic”, featuring boring childish icons with a washed out white background.
I used to LOVE the 3D look and feel of the previous versions of iOS. I can’t believe Apple released iOS 7 thinking that consumers would actually embrace it.
Apple is loosing it. They are out of touch with what consumers want. iOS 7 represents one of the worst cases of “ive tower syndrome” I have ever seen!
AND THERE IS STILL NO MISSED PHONE CALL ALERT!!!!!!!!
the worst thing is battery life. it is really bad. comparing to iOS 6, it drains almost twice faster. I turned off all unnecessary stuff. apple really should fix it as quickly as possible. otherwise iOS7 is simple, redefined, and beautiful.
It is absolutely awesome! I did not expect it to be this incredible. They said it would be like getting a new phone. They were wrong, it’s better.
I love everything about it except for the fact that third party extended batteries no longer work with my iPhone 5. I depend on the external battery because i use the phone a lot. Has nobody noticed this issue?
I pend updates on my iPad 2, after reading IOS 7 update pending recommendations and read several negative reviews on the internet; This morning I got access to several unused iPad and iPod Touch at the workplace, and decided to go ahead updating them to iOS 7
After installing on iPad 2,3, and iPod Touch I have to say generally there’s no problem; Translucency works on both iPad 2 and 3; Almost all apps we’re using seems to working just fine; Wallpaper changing took ages as been said though, but who change wallpaper a couple times every day?
One thing that I dreaded the most is the ipad clock looks horrible on iOS 7 (iOS 7 clock app on iPod Touch is an improvement)
I will still stick with iOS 6 on my personal iPad 2 for a while though; And I will recommend my workplace to wait until next updates just to be safe
oh f***! no “.com” button on the keyboard…
By the way the all whiteness, is great for testing a new device for trapped dust or dead/stuck pixels if you purchase on your iPad/Pod/Phone at brick and mortar stores
when you get to the dot hold it down
Thanks, man; I still prefer a dedicated .com button though, since 99.99% sites I visited ended with “.com”
This is what a new graphic paradigm looks like.
Pure and simple to the eye, a wonder to the soul.
Thanks Apple!
This is what a new graphic paradigm looks like.
Pure and simple, a wonder to behold.
Thanks Apple!
Surprisingly good on my iphone4;)
Wouldn’t know…yet. Download took 8 hours (I have country-slow internet, but it must be the servers, too. Then, at last, did the install. Right at the end, after the firmware update, got the message that an error occurred and the phone (4s) couldn’t be upgraded. Now I’m waiting through a 15 minute (no more, I hope, restore). I’ll try it again in the AM.
Set it on restore and went to bed. When I got up today, iOS 7 was installed. Nice job, Apple! Am running through the primer on Macrumors. Took 20 or 30 minutes just to run through the settings, but I expect this will be well worth the time spent. Am discovering all sorts of useful information that you have to tap or swipe to uncover. This is truly a feature-loaded OS that gives great value to the hardware. I hope the average user spends time both learning what’s in the software as well as customizing the settings. Love the look!
I am surprised at all the complaints about iPhone 4. I upgraded, against the advice in the Ars Technica article, and have barely noticed any performance differences in about an hour of use. Overall much cleaner and focused appearance. I could do without the animations but they don’t slow things down perceptibly. Very happy so far.
Can’t update to iOS7 because I have to update iTunes to 11.01 and the app Store opens and tells me ‘No Updates Available.’ Caught in a Catch 22. Any ideas!?
Downloading manually from iTunes.com did it for me……