Apple iOS 7 beta review: Evening the odds

14 June 2013
The last couple of iOS updates were hanging on the wrong side between too little and too late. The user interface is six years old now and while it has been repeatedly polished in every revision so far, it was decidedly starting to look stale. And it's not just a matter of visuals either...

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  • 15 Jun 2013

AnonD-32581, 15 Jun 2013That's a good one, looks like a hello kitty os, and fisher ... moreIt's what makes the world go round.I agree that it's very colorful but I don't think that it's for girls.Don't decide by photos,see it on your device.

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    • AnonD-32581
    • X3t
    • 15 Jun 2013

    Tom-Helge, 14 Jun 2013The fact that someone actually thinks iOS 7 looks good is m... moreThat's a good one, looks like a hello kitty os, and fisher price, it didn't look finished, and the colours,what is with that? A Barbie os?

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      • AnonD-32581
      • X3t
      • 15 Jun 2013

      AnonD-141635, 15 Jun 2013the reason why I hate this company is because they cheat us... moreThat's true, that's why I hate them their liers and cheaters and lie to customers, besides the is looks so gay and childish

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        • AnonD-18905
        • uuS
        • 15 Jun 2013

        too cramped and cluttered for my liking . it lost the simplicity, and straight forwardness .

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          • AnonD-141635
          • U22
          • 15 Jun 2013

          the reason why I hate this company is because they cheat users
          i mean the whole iTunes lockup apart
          they have now introduced the iOS7
          and the old device (including the iPhone 4) shall never get 80% of the features of this
          this is like simply changing the displayed info in settings to show the software version as iOS7

          even Microsoft called the devices WP7.8 with a few features of WP8

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            • Nick
            • Kxu
            • 15 Jun 2013

            Copying from your competitors is perfectly ok with me. What I hate about Apple is that they act like they are the best and will sue anyone who tries to copy from them. Yet they in turn steal from others openly and act like nothing is wrong.

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              • Dan
              • 3EZ
              • 15 Jun 2013

              This one line in the entire article tells the entire apple story

              "Now, some may have issues with the fact that the new services and features are already available on other mobile operating systems."

              This my friends is an admission that apple have basically copied all of their "new features" from other operating systems.

              Yet they also said "We wanted to do it our way"

              The background on that phones looks like the one of the live wall papers available on my htc one x

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                • AnonD-8044
                • mq1
                • 15 Jun 2013

                AnonD-42152, 15 Jun 2013You sir, are my hero.Cheers I just had to get that off my chest.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U{L
                  • 15 Jun 2013

                  The UI looks like watching a cartoon channel with dollops of colors. Any toddler, preschool book offers a similar presentation. No jokes here just visualize them. There are many online sites offering both video and tutorial based children's learning material. Apple ios for sure matches those. Too many colors and shades like in the tons of gaming sites. Well, it reminds of those gaming consoles too now. I am no hater for ios but just felt that the color palette could have been more realistic than 'fantasy'stic.

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                    • AnonD-10110
                    • fXw
                    • 15 Jun 2013

                    The Music player has changed. Now shows thumbnails on every category

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                      • Shiznit
                      • t7E
                      • 15 Jun 2013

                      A Symbian Launcher in an Android Eco-System. LOL
                      Nokia 5110 Foreva!

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                        • Diordna Swodniw
                        • 7X7
                        • 15 Jun 2013

                        This article is so boring. I tried very hard to read every page. It's not about the writer. It's about the "new" features of iOS 7. I even commend him for being able to expound every feature of iOS 7 even if it's not that interesting.
                        Well for some iOS users you may be excited about it. For me, this is very disappointing. Using 2 phones (S3 and iPhone 5), I always want to explore the capabilities of both systems. Right now, the only use of my iPhone is for playing Clash Of Clans. For productivity, I use my S3.

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                          • SSJ4
                          • K7g
                          • 15 Jun 2013

                          Is this the best that Apple can offer?what a mediocre performance. I think this upate was just done to make iPhone and iPad users not jealous of what Android users ca do with their phones. No wonder Android remians on top because they are the epitome of what a smartphone OS should be.

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                            • Hhhu
                            • PSc
                            • 15 Jun 2013

                            Ios 7 Has so stupid design
                            Game Center and camera icon are childish .

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                              • Conz
                              • 0F6
                              • 15 Jun 2013

                              They should follow what Microsoft done with windows phone 7 and redesign the fundamentals to bring iOS back to the state of the art it once was.

                              It'll give apple a reason to generate that hype they love so much.

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                                • AnonD-252
                                • J5N
                                • 15 Jun 2013

                                iOS7 is so boring, and "flat design" = boring design!

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                                  • AnonD-42152
                                  • mq4
                                  • 15 Jun 2013

                                  AnonD-8044, 14 Jun 2013Apple don't half talk a good story bloody hell ive had a ne... moreYou sir, are my hero.

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                                    • AnonD-155632
                                    • utu
                                    • 15 Jun 2013

                                    Well from a company who believes in lawsuits, rather then innovations, its surprising.
                                    Well I feel like I have a new phone
                                    I guess my Veer 4G, Android and Nokia phone mated in secret and gave birth to my new phone.

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                                      • AnonD-155632
                                      • utu
                                      • 15 Jun 2013

                                      AnonD-1825, 15 Jun 2013So many have made samekind multitasking window. End of the ... moreBut this is actually a rip-off of the yester-years.
                                      The OS's from the graveyard.
                                      Palm OS is dead, but I m still using.
                                      Nokia is almost dead except in markets like India, and so the new Asha line-up
                                      And the whatever menu or what they call, it looks like the notification centre form android, just that in Android, I swipe from top to bottom.
                                      Actually it looks like a combination of the notification centre and options menu.
                                      I am not liking this new UI overhaul.
                                      I feel like I'm using a Symbian launcher in Android

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                                        • AnonD-1825
                                        • p77
                                        • 15 Jun 2013

                                        AnonD-155632, 15 Jun 2013I have been using this and why does it feel like my android... moreSo many have made samekind multitasking window. End of the day how many options you have? Three: make big review pics like iOS and many, or make many small windows like meego etc. Or make big review pics one under another, also already made.

                                        So no matter what you do its already done.