Are Apple going backwards?

[Guest2]

Today I bought an iPod touch 8gb 2nd Gen and sound dock because they were pretty cheap. (and the ipod was boxed with headphones)

The touch has ios 4.2.1 installed. It is slower than my iPhone 5 but so much easier to use. The icons are better and everything just seems 'cleaner'

The touch itself ergonomically feels much better, its thinner, lock button is in the correct place for you to quickly press with your index finder and middle finger for volume buttons. It fits in my hand without having to flick it backwards and forwards a bit like I do my iPhone 5

When designing the iPhone, wouldn't Apple have been better off just upgrading hardware and screen in the iPod touch? The IP 5 in comparison feels bulky and IOS 7 still looks like a kids toy OS to me

 

[Guest2]

I wouldn't say the IP5 is bulky, its just the 2nd gen touch (not sure about other gens) fits much better in your hand, making it easier to use. If people want phones with massive screens, why not just get a tablet or a laptop?

Icons just seem to stand out more on ios6 as they are easier to see. Maybe its just my eyes (at least the maps icon doesn't drive you over a motorway bridge now!)

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ios6_ios7_home_screens.jpg

 

[Guest2]

Maybe its Becuase I'm on old hardware iphone4 and ipad2, but found every update has made things crash more and more. And ios7 has just been a nightmare for this, its taken a massive hit in reliability. Safari and mail app just crash do often now.

Nah, its not old hardware. iMessage on IP5 with ios7 is a bag of spoons. It used to work all the time, now randomly will not send even though I have 3G signal and/or Wifi - it still chooses to send as SMS.
Either that or it will send a message from one of my email addresses like icloud.com or me.com instead of my number (dispite having my number set in imessage start new convo settings)

Can't say email crashes for me - I use hotmail only though

 

[Guest2]

I doubt lack of sales had to do with anything, just look at how the HTC Desire fared



You don't even need to use iTunes with iOS devices these days, if you so wish - music or not.

Indeed but dont put software like 'trans copy manager' on your computer for the love of god!

I have just spent 15 minutes formatting and restoring my OS drive because of it... massive CPU usage all the time, + 15 processes after install and some random .exe running that looks like some kind of virus...

In short, iTunes is perfectly fine. Yes, its bloated but it works, looks nice, is fast and is easy to use