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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  • Anonymous
  • 3dr
  • 20 Jun 2013

Android seems so outdated next to iOS 7. Common Google!! Show us what you can do!! PLEASE!!!

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    • Ted Bundy
    • t1$
    • 19 Jun 2013

    The icons aren't looking polished... it's ugly as well as girly. Steve Jobs, please do something about it. Oh wait.. He is in heaven now. Tim Cook, do something about it or else the next product from Apple is a fail, a huge one.. Sometimes i feel like a vampire..

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      • j8w
      • 19 Jun 2013

      Anonymous, 19 Jun 2013It's a BETA preview. They do this all the time. Is this yo... moreactually, the title of the article says: "Apple iOS 7 review: Evening the odds"... no Apple iOS7 BETA REVIEW, nor Preview... and no, they usually dont REVIEW a beta version of something. They usually do a preview, handson, etc

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        • AnonD-112424
        • ftV
        • 19 Jun 2013

        I like this android phone, just that it can't send files through Bluetooth and uses only youTune for file transfer

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          • ariv
          • XNt
          • 19 Jun 2013

          I am an owner of iPhone and a BB Bellagio
          I personally like the phone
          its very neatly made and finishing is definately premium
          Yes agreed the phone lacks basic featuers an BT is still missing (for file transfers i mean)
          But there is something good about the wasy the phone works. It does give a very sooth feeling when you run that HD game
          Apple is slowly opening the doors for new improvements
          I think we need to be patient for the ones who own the phone

          I totally agree there are other phones in the market possibly superior to this HS
          but if you use both the phones side by side, there will be a difference in opinion

          before anyone trolls or expresses the great thoughts, please mention if you have used the latest iPhone for some time and then posting it

          I am a fan and i am happy to own one
          i like the new OS features and i think it will be better
          But i hate comparisons between other OS it does not make a sense

          frankly if this phone did not have that feeling & appeal then so many units would not have sold and still be in demand

          I am also a Note 2 owner so i know what i am using
          Just wanted to add the same so that you know i have used 3 major OS platforms

          Good move Apple but try and be faster people are little upset with wait time

          Android is a beast and will remain

          I love them all even my BB

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            • Py8
            • 19 Jun 2013

            Anonymous, 18 Jun 2013What is standard of 2013 ? most important user exprience ... morenot true you know.. i have no choice to switch from iphone5 to sgs4.. and sgs4 totally super smooth and very usefull all their feature... i was hoping apple can do better this year..please apple.

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              • AnonD-136236
              • Py8
              • 19 Jun 2013

              i m sorry apple...
              you lost your magic =(
              i feel you left behind apple...please do something...
              dont just follow what bb10 or android system...please apple

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                • deviant
                • 39D
                • 19 Jun 2013

                AnonD-1825, 18 Jun 2013"I am quite a traveller) tethering is not working on i... moreYeah absolutely.. why not? I dont know? I use mostly vodafones in different EU countries with roaming. And when I try to activate tethering it says contact operator, when I contact operator they have no idea about it. Put the same sim card to android and problems are gone. When I checked google I saw that it is common with iphones.. so there you go..

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 4QS
                  • 19 Jun 2013

                  Anonymous, 18 Jun 2013What is standard of 2013 ? most important user exprience ... moreIf what you meant was more advanced and intuitive usable OS than yes

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4QS
                    • 19 Jun 2013

                    yeah, 18 Jun 2013how can GSMArena write a review based on a BETA 1??? A firs... moreIt's a BETA preview. They do this all the time.
                    Is this your first time here?????
                    There will be a final review of course...DUH

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                      • j8w
                      • 18 Jun 2013

                      how can GSMArena write a review based on a BETA 1??? A first beta and its being reviewed as the whole package? Thats just wrong... really dissapointed.

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                        • sX3
                        • 18 Jun 2013

                        Anonymous, 14 Jun 2013I Like how IOS 7 looks and feels. As an Android user, i thi... more"No one single feature that puts them ahead of the curve."

                        No other smartphone by Samsung, Sony, HTC, Nokia, have anything that has put them 'ahead of the curve'. They're all the same now.

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                          • AnonD-1825
                          • p77
                          • 18 Jun 2013

                          deviant, 18 Jun 2013jesus..just look at the main disadvantages list, nothing ch... more"I am quite a traveller) tethering is not working on iphone"

                          Why not? Working perfectly on my iPhone.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Uix
                            • 18 Jun 2013

                            Anonymous, 17 Jun 2013Are there any new options for creating repeating events in ... moreThen better you go compare with computer , which all devices function are basic. pc can do all expect phone call

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Uix
                              • 18 Jun 2013

                              AnonD-156493, 17 Jun 2013No flame starting or whatsoever..but this is 2013...what do... moreWhat is standard of 2013 ?
                              most important user exprience for device , nice UI real time multitasking ,a tonnes of widget = phone ram getting heavily ,end up with freeze.

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                                • shan
                                • 7w5
                                • 18 Jun 2013

                                iOS7 feels like a mixture of Android and Blackberry Z10 OS.
                                is this think different ?
                                dont think so......

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                                  • deviant
                                  • mH}
                                  • 18 Jun 2013

                                  jesus..just look at the main disadvantages list, nothing changed everything is the same..also gsm arena you forgot to write that for a reason unclear on many operators (I am quite a traveller) tethering is not working on iphone but is working on android.. what good is iphone.. ( I have an iphone 4s and samsung galaxy s3 mini).

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • QbI
                                    • 17 Jun 2013

                                    Are there any new options for creating repeating events in the calendar? I continue to be amazed at how little control the iOS interface provides for such a basic calendaring function.

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                                      • LYj
                                      • 17 Jun 2013

                                      No flame starting or whatsoever..but this is 2013...what do they think at Apple HQ to 'redesign' the iOS interface for the people...Let them do it themselves?! What is this, besides being utterly boring - sorry, but this interface is sooo 2003 - why cant a user choose what theme/style he/she would like to have. Total control. The otherwise perfect phone is more and more becoming an old people gadget. Totally unhipped now for the youngsters

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 2yY
                                        • 17 Jun 2013

                                        Anonymous, 17 Jun 2013NOKIA SHALL "SUE" THEM NOW (Apple your nothing bu... moreIf Nokia capable , don't need rely Windown OS as plattform. At least Apple develope own OS