“There is no sugar coating it, iOS 8 has had a rough start,” Gordon Kelly writes for Forbes. “Ongoing problems on older devices have resulted in the lowest adoption levels in the platform’s history (Apple quotes 64% of compatible devices after nearly 4 months, including new iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 out the box).”
“This is a great shame because on paper iOS 8 is one of the best releases of iOS to date,” Kelly writes. “It is Apple’s most open software yet, expanding interoperability between third party apps, adding long awaited features like support for widgets and third party keyboards and bringing Apple HealthKit and Apple Pay all the while remaining slick and fast in use. So how does iOS 8 improve its public image? It isn’t a lemon but frustration is growing and changes are needed to reinstall confidence.”
So here is what I think should be top of Apple’s iOS 8 hit list:
1. More Considered Releases
2. Homescreen Overhaul
3. An App Drawer
4. Reachable Back And Next Buttons
5. Phablet Specific Apps
“The free nature of iOS upgrades means Apple is never likely to face a ‘Windows Vista’ moment with iOS 8 and the surety of iOS 9 launching some time in late 2015 means it won’t hang around for years polluting the brand either,” Kelly writes. “That said Apple could do with some good iOS 8 PR right now and ticking off some of the items on this list would be a good place to start.”
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