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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  • 17 Jun 2013

In the world of all things PRISM spying and access to all things Google (and Android), restrictive but incomplete OS's by Apple and MS, easy access to Facebook, Twitter etc by certain parties, really there is no one OS on the market that offers personal security and performance. Do I have to go back to Blackberry for even a hope of security. Certainly even Apple is now just ordinary in today's world. All these so called upgrades by Apple, Android and MS are missing the point. You mobile leaks like a sieve.

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    • Anonymous
    • XNt
    • 17 Jun 2013

    NOKIA SHALL "SUE" THEM NOW (Apple your nothing but a copycat)Your APPLE is already half eaten now NOKIA will eat you up completely :D

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      • AnonD-1825
      • p77
      • 17 Jun 2013

      dubbiesmoker1990, 17 Jun 2013the multi tasking is taken from windows the widgets from th... more"the multi tasking is taken from windows" windows? :) you really think windows was first who made cards multitasking?, think again...

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        • Gavin_Is_A_Man
        • ixu
        • 17 Jun 2013

        Hooray, Apple finally does some of the things everyone else has been doing for years and Apple fans are rejoicing that they're getting so many "new" features. Jelly Bean has truly left iOS behind, it's years ahead now.

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          • 3Ax
          • 17 Jun 2013

          the multi tasking is taken from windows the widgets from the bottom is andoid and everything else is the same quality is pants cause my blackiphone5 is chipped like all my mates and families cause its dodgy paint. android is a better option 13megapixel camera use utorrent to download what u want without having to use itunes and sit at a desk like a kiddie fidler all night downloading and waiting for itunes and ios7 looks girly and bent so if men buy this then wowwwww....... the end and before u cry i have ip5 mac and ipad so no not a apple hater

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            • fmR
            • 16 Jun 2013

            I use an iphone and i can say other than the looks, apple hasnt really done much in this update. They have not really given us something that is already there on the market. It seems Apple tries to make its consumers conform to what it wants and not actually listen to what they want. I am waiting for the day that people will wake up and smell the coffee. The homescreen is still the same, the search feature cannot search within applications like the Mac Search feature and 7 years down the line the OS cannot identify simple things as a phone number. If i save a number as +260977123456 but then dial it in the short form without the country code as 0977123456 the iOS cannot detect that the number is the same and this sucks because this not all carriers offer a short form wHen receiving phone calls. In my case where AIRTEL will give me a full number including the country code while MTN will give me a shortened version of the number, it becomes a hustle because i have to save a number twice in my phone for the caller ID to show since i tend to switch my simcards around. This is a huge redundancy in a so called intuitive and innovative OS. all phones have been able to do this including monochromatic phones and yet a "smart phone" cannot accomplish this task. The hardware is pretty much the same really. we want bigger displays apple. the tall iphone 5 is sooooo awkward to use

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              • Anonymous
              • 4QS
              • 16 Jun 2013

              I know you would. , 16 Jun 2013You see, you would pay €250 for an iPhone max. I wouldn't p... moreWell then you made that up if going to iphone gives you an eye for quality. The One X I can understand, but GS2 no.

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                • Anonymous
                • 4QS
                • 16 Jun 2013

                Anonymous, 16 Jun 2013The first iPhone blah blah blah. It wasn't really a smartph... moreTo first part eggs crackly and sorta.
                To second no.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PA7
                  • 16 Jun 2013

                  At a glance, I thought it was Samsung galaxy camera

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                    • sy9
                    • 16 Jun 2013

                    Anonymous, 16 Jun 2013It was nothing that new or advanced even then. It just wa... moreOf course thats all they did. Now you go do the same.

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                      • sy9
                      • 16 Jun 2013

                      AnonD-71586, 16 Jun 2013Premium hardware? Revolutionary os? I hope it's supposed to... moreYou see, you would pay €250 for an iPhone max. I wouldn't pay for an Android. I did already try a HTC ONE X, and sgs2.. But once you go to iPhone you can't accept less, if you have an eye for real quality.

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                        • 3PF
                        • 16 Jun 2013

                        This OS looks amazing! Awaiting iphone 5s/6 release!

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 16 Jun 2013

                          AnonD-71586, 16 Jun 2013Premium hardware? Revolutionary os? I hope it's supposed to... moreTrue, but none have the same quality of Apps, and their choice of music and film makes Google Play look like a corner shop.

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                            • tZj
                            • 16 Jun 2013

                            It seems the stock android UI looks better than iOS.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 16 Jun 2013

                              Anonymous, 16 Jun 2013Not to mention the first Iphone was not 3G, the first two h... moreThe first iPhone blah blah blah. It wasn't really a smartphone to begin with. It was an iPod with a fluid and intuitive touchscreen that could make calls.

                              Every other company afterwards fell over themselves to make something similar and it took a few years for Android to gain some originality.

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                                • iwp
                                • 16 Jun 2013

                                AnonD-156087, 16 Jun 2013is this the next big thing??? =)) :))Yes it is

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                                  • 0Fe
                                  • 16 Jun 2013

                                  is this the next big thing??? =)) :))

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                                    • ajV
                                    • 16 Jun 2013

                                    Premium hardware? Revolutionary os? I hope it's supposed to be a joke, it is still the same old restrictive crap. As others said the only thing good is multitasking wich has been in the game long before in other platforms. It's the same limited device with no bluetooth no usb otg, the same os that you can't modify, the same phone without micro sd and with ireplaceble battery, and with at best mediocre hardware compared to the latest flagships of all other phone makers, and with a price that is at least to times higher that would deserve i sincerly would not pay more than 250 euros for an iphone 5, there are other phones out with same specs and without the crapy limitations imposed by apple.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4QS
                                      • 16 Jun 2013

                                      Anonymous, 16 Jun 2013For which reasons would I do not agree? The at least two fi... moreNot to mention the first Iphone was not 3G, the first two had no video camera, the first three could not even natively MMS until the IOS update following the release of the 3GS. Those lacked camera flash. The 3GS finally got bumped up to 3mp and vga video while prior to it's release the Omnia HD came out and had 8MP and was first HD capable phone.
                                      And yes multi tasking only just began in the era of 3GS/4. Can't recall which......They called that multi tasking????????

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • MV4
                                        • 16 Jun 2013

                                        Anonymous, 16 Jun 2013Hehe. You agree thoughFor which reasons would I do not agree? The at least two first iterations of Iphones were NOT smartphones, in spite of apps, as, for me, the OS at that time was unable to multitask properly, and still was until quite recently. Asha line phones from Nokia was not expected to be smartphones for this reason, and IOS would be, in spite of it? If one say so, he or she needs to get real and begin to get informed himself or herself much more than he or she is actually.

                                        And to all, have a nice day, or night.