iOS7..........Disappointed.

johnsds

Anybody else feel disappointed overall with iOS7? I have an iPhone 4 and I think it has taken a step back in looks and speed, iOS 6.1.3 was pretty much excellent, on this newer version I find everything is slow.

Anybody else feel the same??

crashplan

Have it installed on an iPhone 5 and I find it great.

Gumbo

I love it, my GF hates it!

username123

Dont like it. Have it on ipad.

Specifically - had to disable the Control Center - kept randomly appearing like an annoying Windows 8 hot corner.

Inconsistency of keyboards - the transparent one makes it particularly hard to see if caps lock is on.

Standard font - well, if youre out of your 30s you probably find the font is just too hard to read. Had to bold it to make it more legible.

I really do not like the solid grey block of the dock - preferred the old look.

The icons have become clunky looking and sort of old fashioned, they used to be slicker.

Parallax - wtf? Settings, disabled immediately.

Seemed to be draining my battery a bit faster too - although I may have imagined that.

The redesign of Safari - whats with all these little line icons?

And some of my previously fine apps are crashing randomly now.

johnsds

Twitter has gone sick since the "upgrade".

Keano

kceire wrote: »

I love it, my GF hates it!

This. She hates the control centre constantly popping up when she's trying to scroll :pac:

stimpson

I love it. Simple and less clutter. I especially love what they have done with Safari - a massive improvement in every way. Love the eye candy too. Finding it hard to come up with something I don't like.

banquo

I think it's gorgeous! Though a friend with a 4S now can't even turn on WiFi. Lots of these things will be fixed with 7.0.1 though, part of any rollout of pretty much any OS.

GorillaRising

Looks like iOS 7 is marmite.

I was actually going to sell my S4 and stick with my iPhone...until I installed iOS 7. Hated it. It looks terrible. Almost childish.

Didn't like the S4's Touchwiz either, but installed a different launcher etc etc and changed what I didn't like.

Sticking with Android for now. Still looking forward to the next iOS overhaul, hope it's not another 6 years.

GF loves it though!

murpho999

I think majority of complaints are from people who firstly just don't like change and secondly don't use it properly.

For example the complaint of control centre popping up in apps can easily be fixed in settings.

I'm very happy with the upgrade and think it's huge improvement. No more skeumorphism just functionality and everything works.

Given time people will adapt and learn it and complaints will disappear.

dilallio

I hated the new look initially, but I'm warming towards it now. Using a 4s.

On the downside, my battery is draining faster, even though I've restricted location services and background app refresh.

I've had to reset 7 or 8 times due to apps crashing (safari, facebook), and while most of the time the speed is fine, sometimes when I press a button (for example to open a message), there is a 3-4 sec delay before the message finally opens.

I'm hoping they will issue an update very soon to fix these issues.

JoeA3

I'm a bit on the fence with it too for many of the same reasons already mentioned. I think the look and feel of the App icons and the main dock have taken several steps backwards. They look cartoon-ish and over-sized IMO. I hate the new Phone dial pad and the lock-screen numeric pad - big round buttons like you'd see on a toddler's phone! My GF asked me lastnight if there's any way she can change the numeric pad on the lock screen back to how it was.

I'm not keen on some of the changes to Safari, e.g. switching between tabs isn't as clear and you can't tell how many tabs you've opened.

Keano

murpho999 wrote: »

I think majority of complaints are from people who firstly just don't like change and secondly don't use it properly.

For example the complaint of control centre popping up in apps can easily be fixed in settings.

I'm very happy with the upgrade and think it's huge improvement. No more skeumorphism just functionality and everything works.

Given time people will adapt and learn it and complaints will disappear.

I didn't know that about the control centre

I like but the performance can be sluggish at times.

stimpson

JoeA3 wrote: »

I'm not keen on some of the changes to Safari, e.g. switching between tabs isn't as clear and you can't tell how many tabs you've opened.

That's because you can have unlimited tabs. Not sure what the problem is with switching tabs - you can see previews of all your tabs - surely it's easier.

I do take the point about people resisting change - it can be a bit disorientating at first, but after a couple of weeks I reckon most people will be used to it.

Dampintheattic

johnsds wrote: »

Twitter has gone sick since the "upgrade".

Twitter is sick by nature. For retarded retards;)

OriginV

Apple just trying to be like the master race Android!

meoklmrk91

There are a couple of little niggles but overall I like it, some of the colours are bit garish to my eye, I don't like the new method for killing apps, I find it takes longer, I know it's only milliseconds but its just of those thing that grate on me. I don't like the new on/off switches for airplane mode, hotspot, wifi etc.

But again these are just small things, I like the performance, it runs well, it's a bit of a battery killer on the 4s, that kind of thing is to be expected.

Frank Lee Midere

Well I went back to iOS 6 but liked it without the bugs.

culabula

OriginV wrote: »

Apple just trying to be like the master race Android!

Behave.

Creamy Goodness

I think this is like when facebook change their layout.

OMG ffs mark why u change dis ting i usd to luv it, i r quittin.

a week later.

they spend every waking second on facebook.


That being said there are a few things i don't like about iOS 7 but they are being I'm a fussy person and they wouldn't even be noticed by normal people. Overall it's a great change.

Sad Professor

I’m very happy with the overall direction of the new UI. The multiple layers, the sense of visual depth and the sliding screens. Far superior to the all-over-the-shop UI in previous versions. There are some issues with the iPad version and the stock apps need work, but all in good time. The important thing is Apple have created a solid foundation to build on. Third party developers are already exploring the potential of the new OS and what they do will inform and inspire Apple.

johnsds

Its utter sh1t.

skimpydoo

Mum has it on her 4S now and she loves it. She finds the torch very handy as well as how easy it is to find the brightness controls and airplane mode.

mad muffin

I love it, so much refinement in it, so many small touched that make the whole a lot more pleasing to use.

I could never go back. Just using apps that haven't been updated yet makes you realise how much more advanced iOS 7 is.

Sure it has some bugs but they will be ironed out. You can't expect a major redesign to be totally bug free.

username123

mad muffin wrote: »

Just using apps that haven't been updated yet makes you realise how much more advanced iOS 7 is.

Can you give an example?

All I'm noticing is apps crashing far more frequently.

mad muffin

username123 wrote: »

Can you give an example?

All I'm noticing is apps crashing far more frequently.

The key board, the layout the gestures.

Apps like vert for instance.

Sad Professor

username123 wrote: »

Can you give an example?

All I'm noticing is apps crashing far more frequently.

Third party apps? That’s not Apple’s problem. Developers had plenty of time to get their apps ready for iOS 7.

GorillaRising

Something happened over the weekend..I started using iOS7 again....it's staying this time.

quad_red

It's utterly destroyed my battery life.

Really miss swiping right to get the search bar. Now you have pull down which brings down notifications instead if you're too close to the top of the screen.

It's definitely not as smooth. And this is on an iphone 5 ffs. It's almost imperceptible but I'm a total fanatic for loading times and sluggishness. There are too many overly complicated animations sucking up horsepower.

The stock calendar app has allot more features which I think takes from it. It defaults to a weird scroll down day feed rather than the view you left it with (I always preferred the monthly view).

I like the new sms app. Much nice to look at with more date/time info.

The new swipe up options are very well thought out (if totally robbed from android).

Zcott

quad_red wrote: »

It's utterly destroyed my battery life.

Some people have reported terrible battery life for a few days and then it settles down, for some reason. How long have you had it installed?

Also, was it a fresh install? Sometimes upgrading from previous versions of iOS can result in battery drain.

quad_red

Zcott wrote: »

Some people have reported terrible battery life for a few days and then it settles down, for some reason. How long have you had it installed?

Also, was it a fresh install? Sometimes upgrading from previous versions of iOS can result in battery drain.

Since last Thursday. A 100% fresh install.

I used the phone on the train this morning for around half an hour checking the internet, emails.

I was on a 12 minute phone call at around half ten.

And my battery is now on 42%.

The only thing pinging in notifications is whatsapp. I turned off auto brightness, turned off background apps updates, turned off 3d/parallax, disabled email pushing and the only apps that are pumping notifications are whatsapp and any.do.

(and even then the number of whatsapp messages coming through is limited).

ps. I did the update to 7.0.2 OTA and it appears to have made the situation worse.

Zcott

quad_red wrote: »

Since last Thursday. A 100% fresh install.

I used the phone on the train this morning for around half an hour checking the internet, emails.

I was on a 12 minute phone call at around half ten.

And my battery is now on 42%.

The only thing pinging in notifications is whatsapp. I turned off auto brightness, turned off background apps updates, turned off 3d/parallax, disabled email pushing and the only apps that are pumping notifications are whatsapp and any.do.

(and even then the number of whatsapp messages coming through is limited).

ps. I did the update to 7.0.2 OTA and it appears to have made the situation worse.

That's pretty bad indeed. Give it a couple more days and see what happens. Battery life that bad isn't normal.

username123

Yeah my ipad battery is going down noticeably faster too. I've disabled as many features as I can think of but no joy.

Have not yet risked the update.

_Redzer_

I like it a lot in functionality and I could never go back as it improves in every single way, I just really dislike the ugly icons, their inconsistency and their gaudy brightness on the home screen, as well as the big grey block at the bottom.

If they fixed all that, which they won't, I'd love it. It's grand though, nothing you won't get over, but I expected better on the icon design front.

Frank Lee Midere

_Redzer_ wrote: »

I like it a lot in functionality and I could never go back as it improves in every single way, I just really dislike the ugly icons, their inconsistency and their gaudy brightness on the home screen, as well as the big grey block at the bottom.

If they fixed all that, which they won't, I'd love it. It's grand though, nothing you won't get over, but I expected better on the icon design front.

Well the gaudiness can be improved with a darker background but the icons will always be there.

whiterebel

I like everything that iOS7 brought, apart from Calendar, they made a right pig's ear of that. I'm using Tempo now, which is very, very good.

culabula

Zcott wrote: »

Some people have reported terrible battery life for a few days and then it settles down, for some reason. How long have you had it installed?

Also, was it a fresh install? Sometimes upgrading from previous versions of iOS can result in battery drain.

Agreed. Battery life, particularly on a new device, will take several charges to fully get up to speed.

For my part, I have noticed nothing but excellent and improved battery life across a range of devices.

Since your post and that of the previous poster, I deliberately made a note of my iPad* that I am currently on. I've been on the Enterprise now for two hours, left Central with 97% and have now just hit 80% after constant usage on a fast-moving train which is often detrimental to battery life owing to constant cellular handover.

Happy out.


* iPhone 5s is not faring half so well, having dropped to 75% from the same 97% in the same time with minimal use.

quad_red

quad_red wrote: »

Since last Thursday. A 100% fresh install.

I used the phone on the train this morning for around half an hour checking the internet, emails.

I was on a 12 minute phone call at around half ten.

And my battery is now on 42%.

The only thing pinging in notifications is whatsapp. I turned off auto brightness, turned off background apps updates, turned off 3d/parallax, disabled email pushing and the only apps that are pumping notifications are whatsapp and any.do.

(and even then the number of whatsapp messages coming through is limited).

ps. I did the update to 7.0.2 OTA and it appears to have made the situation worse.

This is ridiculous. Three calls since - 14 minutes, 8 minutes and 9 minutes. Answered a few whatsapp messages. No emails. No facebook. No music and no net surfing.

Battery now at 19%. Will do another reset and restore tonight. Pathetic.

And unlike the previous poster, I'm stationary. Sitting in an office by a window with strong coverage.

stimpson

Have people turned off Location Services for everything except what's absolutely necessary? I noticed the purple triangle constantly in my status bar, so I went in and disabled it for almost everything except Maps.

quad_red

Also just discovered that even after multiple restarts I can't use the iTunes Store or App Store.

When I click the icon it begins to open the app then a low res version of the icon fills the screen and it crashes.

I've never experienced this on an iOS device. After bad experiences with a buggy as hell Sony Arc S and a mediocre HTC Desire I always sort of understood I was willing to pay the premium on apple products mainly for their reliability.

My iPhone 3, 3GS and 4 never experienced these issues.

Since December I've had one iPhone 5 replaced on warranty (volume buttons failed), noticeably more failed calls on this handset and now this.

I am not impressed.

tupac_healy

Anyone else having wifi issues regards ios7? Have it on my ipad2, keeps dropping the wifi connection when my s3 has max bars????


Needs to be completley reset too in order to get the connection back....

quad_red

A total wipe and restore has sorted out most of the problems I was having with ios7.

ma88

i turned off many app (even was better to be useful),but battery still dying very quick,ios 7 on iphone 5 is really battery thirsty:((

heroics

I installed it on my 4s and don't mind the new look to be honest. Only real positives I think are the way it is easier to turn on/off wifi and bluetooth.

Only 2 issues that I have are that the phone seems much more sluggish now not just in 3rd party apps but in screen with recently dialed numbers etc takes a couple of seconds to update.

Also don't like the new picture viewer. When using 2 fingers to shrink an image it always closes back to the thumbnail view

Graham_B18C

Just put it on my iPad today, I love it! Working perfectly for me and it looks the business.

Gumbo

You tube embedded videos crash the safari browser on my iPhone and iPad since the update. That's the only problem for me so far.

stimpson

Some handy tips up here for iOS7. Being able to see month view in Calendar being a handy one for me.

http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/tips/

username123

kceire wrote: »

You tube embedded videos crash the safari browser on my iPhone and iPad since the update. That's the only problem for me so far.

I've had a few safari crashes since the update. Random. Never ever remember safari crashing before.

curly from cork

Does anyone notice an annoying lag when answering a call ? I answer the phone say hello but the caller doesn't hear my greeting , it's like I answer before they can hear me .. I end up say up saying hello a second time but they didn't hear the first greeting !!! Have to re train in answering the phone and waiting a second before saying hello

jamesd

curly from cork wrote: »

Does anyone notice an annoying lag when answering a call ? I answer the phone say hello but the caller doesn't hear my greeting , it's like I answer before they can hear me .. I end up say up saying hello a second time but they didn't hear the first greeting !!! Have to re train in answering the phone and waiting a second before saying hello

Have the same issue.

Keano

Performance on 3rd gen iPad is horrible. Safari and Chrome are so slow I tend to use my phone first now.