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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  • AnonD-178129
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  • 10 Sep 2013

Xenocid, 10 Sep 2013The weather is identical with my yahoo meteo.Weather and stock info are provided by Yahoo in iOS

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    • HooDooVooDooMan
    • rvN
    • 10 Sep 2013

    Anonymous, 21 Jul 2013"it's got the premium hardware" - The current iP... moreiOS requires less ram and slower processor to run it. Android requires more atleast 2 or 3 gigs of ram to be as ''smooth'' as iOS.

    In terms of what I just said for iOS it is premium hardware but in android terms it is junk...

      I rather dump my money into crocodile's mouth than buying this cartoon and apple toys. Such a crap, King Samsung rocks!

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        • Xenocid
        • LaI
        • 10 Sep 2013

        The weather is identical with my yahoo meteo.

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          • sonic man
          • 4$n
          • 10 Sep 2013

          so much feud over apple vs android ripping off each other...touch UI is thanks to symbian, and so are all current smartphones...well, palm and old school win mobile also did their part...but the true incarnation of a smartphone has always been the linux N line of Nokias. Even by this day, N9 & N900 has no equals...obviously not in the hardware department, but in the "smart" department. There is a reason why Nokia's main revenue source last year turned out to be patent licensing lol

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            • jibzoiderz
            • vx7
            • 06 Sep 2013

            Android fans saying that android started first before apple you are both wrong and right. Apple First started making os for phones in 2007 while android started way back at 2000 but they do not make it for smart phones and started at 2008.


            ANdroid = ripoff

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              • AnonD-176733
              • 3LB
              • 18 Aug 2013

              iTunes radio does, indeed, work outside the US. I live in the Middle East and it works fine. Both on the iOS 7 Beta and the OS X 10.9 Beta.

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                • hasan002
                • 2CY
                • 31 Jul 2013

                how can i update to ios 7 beta?

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                  • shane
                  • MVg
                  • 23 Jul 2013

                  when will this be available in UK?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • RqT
                    • 21 Jul 2013

                    "it's got the premium hardware" - The current iPhone has 2010 hardware.... premium alright...

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                      • AnonD-32520
                      • vj1
                      • 19 Jul 2013

                      Anonymous, 27 Jun 2013Pretty sad that Apple doesn't have the resources in-house t... more"Pretty sad that Apple doesn't have the resources in-house to do their beta testing so they send ios 7 out to the consumer to test."

                      Just so you know, IOS 7 Beta was supposedly be ONLY for Developers/Testers who are LEGALLY REGISTERED to the Apple Development Center. It was not meant to be used by the consumer.

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                        • j8w
                        • 18 Jul 2013

                        heilaa, 10 Jul 2013just recently i got myself the 5th one, and i am am plannin... moreive heard that too, and with cars especially.

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                          • anonymous
                          • n$6
                          • 18 Jul 2013

                          Mr. R Sole, 05 Jul 2013Aha, Crapple users complaining about no widgets. When you d... moreDid you know that I love my iPhone?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • DQm
                            • 11 Jul 2013

                            you must be running out of news sources. Why review a beta software?

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                              • heilaa
                              • mtq
                              • 10 Jul 2013

                              Serjical, 28 Jun 2013I was cheered up by Air drop, As i'll be allowed to share f... morejust recently i got myself the 5th one, and i am am planning on using it for the next 5 years at least. I dont know with what else companies could come up that i could not live without.
                              Only thing i am afraid is of artificial out-dating of phones. i have even heard that all phones have set time, when they will for some reason stop performing normally, just so you would buy another. Paranoid me :)

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                                • Mr. R Sole
                                • MVg
                                • 05 Jul 2013

                                Aha, Crapple users complaining about no widgets. When you do finally get them will it be an innovative Crapple idea that Android copied?

                                Why don't you just go jailbreak your iCrap to make it behave like an Android phone?

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                                  • phil
                                  • nG8
                                  • 02 Jul 2013

                                  "Very iTunes dependent for uploading files and multimedia" But itunes works everytime and is reliable. Htc sync manager does not work and cannot use it with my htc one.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 4QS
                                    • 01 Jul 2013

                                    yeah, 28 Jun 2013a project that was already started, then molded by all the ... moreWho is denying facts other than you?
                                    Lay of the isheep stuff.
                                    Of course there was som inspiration. They ALL barrow inspiration. But to say Android was born out of IOS is naive and denying facts.
                                    They didn't invent Unix, the mobile os, the rectangle, or anything like that.

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                                      • Tantanboy
                                      • K79
                                      • 30 Jun 2013

                                      Sounds good...but i hope they will not remove the shortcut of the lock screen in assistive touch because its really a big help and it keeps the home button life longer...

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                                        • Toby
                                        • saY
                                        • 30 Jun 2013

                                        Still no widgets!! Went from Android to Iphone5, true VERY simple OS but sure miss calendar and other widgets, figured IOS 7 would at least bring widgets, and gee also ability to deactivate apps or change icons and descriptions. If IOS 7 isn't improved prior to release bet Android continues to take Iphone market, at Apples hands.