iOS 7 Expectations & Wants

About the biggest thing I'd like to see is notification syncing. So if you get an iMessage on your iPhone and open it up to reply the notification of the original message then vanishes from an iPad and doesn't just sit there like it's still new.

Mine does this... It appears on my iPad/iPhone and Mac until I open it on one of them and then it disappears from them all! Not sure if you need to change some settings
 
What it needs:
I'm not sure that some long awaited customisation function can save it anymore. It needed that 3 years ago. All this time now it needs to be something fresh. I don't like anything Android has done. The only thing that springs to mind is Windows Phone! Those tiles are brilliant. Maybe interactive large icons that flip over to access basic per app information without fully launching app? I dunno I am just sick of the size and look of every single app icon now.

They do need to loose the Skeuomorphic look. The phone loses too much screen real estate to that design. I would like for them to ditch this huge general look throughout the phone. The whole blue bubbles thing...yack! They've shown in certain apps like the phone dialler, iPod, etc etc is a good start on a nice clean look. Although I think it needs to be a combination of white, light grey and some flash of colour.

I hate using folders. I end up sticking stuff in folders and just forgetting its in there. I hate the fact I have to have 3 folders for say games because I cant for some reason house more than just a few.

I'd like a custom area as a top shelf for rapid access to toggles but also a check list so I can say what I want up there. Every system preference could be easily in there if I wished.

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Text messaging needs a pop up compose and reply feature just like biteSMS! I cant believe it still hasn't yet.

Selecting multiple app icons at once (or whatever a re skin brings to add multiple move support)

Security on a per app basis.

There really is a lot more.
 
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Do IOS apps have incremental updates? I'm sure I redownload the whole app with every update. Real pain with large apps as you have to have sheds oads of free space to download the app into before updating.
 
Do IOS apps have incremental updates? I'm sure I redownload the whole app with every update. Real pain with large apps as you have to have sheds oads of free space to download the app into before updating.

No, hence my earlier post. PITA when you only have a 16GB iPad and Asphalt keeps saying it has updates :rolleyes:
 
Seems to me that Apple are purposefully delaying any big changes to iOS in order for any overhaul to have a more dramatic impact.

THAT or they are unsure what a huge overhaul will do to their global adoption of their platform across all age groups including kids and older people. Love it or hate it because its stale it does drive people to use it so easily.

One thing they could do and it would go down like a sack of spuds but could be to release a revised iOS which is only available for current model devices.
 
A camera app that can rival my One X please. The iPhone camera is awful, although whether this is hardware, software, or a combination of both I'm not sure.

It's the only reason I still prefer my One X.

Eh? the iPhone 5 camera is fantastic. I was watching some of the video produced by it the other night on my TV and it was so sharp and smooth, it rivals my SLR.

Main feature I would like is easier sharing of files between apps. For example it is impossible to attach a PDF file from the Dropbox app to a new message in the GMail app.

Don't know why people still go on about toggles for brightness/bluetooth/wifi. if it is implemented properly bluetooth/wifi should use negligable amounts of power when not in use, so why turn them off? And iPhone has a light sensor. In 4 years of iPhone ownership I have never once adjusted the brightness on my phone.
 
As long as they don't change stuff just for the sake of it then I'm not fussed.

What sets Apple apart is that every design decision is thought through and with specific intent unlike there competitors with pointless widgets and battery wasting animated wallpapers.

Given that Samsung have dropped the ball with the SG4 and are also seeking to distance themselves from Android I don't think Apple really need to do too much with the 5S to maintain their lead.
 
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I don't want a new UI. The current one, while old and seemingly outdated according to people, is fantastic and does everything that you need.
Don't make things harder just because the market says you have to change!
 
Can everyone stop saying Skeuomorphism/Skeuomorphic.

What Apple does is visual metaphor, not Skeuomorphism. I agree it's had it's day and it's time for a change but at least use the correct term for it.
 
For those suggesting Android is flashy and has too many widgets and this and that, it's very easy to simplify the OS and ironically, make it look very similar to iOS. However the difference is Android gives you the choice. Also, pure Android 4.2 like I have on my Nexus 4 is super smooth and quick

However I'm not biased (I'm writing this on a iPad). iOs does 'work', but as a USP, it does not exist anymore. Android has caught and beat it. Google account offers the same 'functions' as a Apple ID IMO with everything being synced from files and picture to notes and messages and even app settings.

iOS definitely needs a refresh. At least give the user a choice. Initially, iOS had the upper hand and I loved it. Not anymore.
 
So adding the 'option' of pointless widgets is an improvement?

What specifically does Android offer that isn't available on iOS? My impression is a lot of wasted space on the home screen?
 
So adding the 'option' of pointless widgets is an improvement?

What specifically does Android offer that isn't available on iOS? My impression is a lot of wasted space on the home screen?

I never suggested the widgets pointless. They're actually extremely useful depending on the user. For example, having direct dial/message buttons, having a home screen music player, having a calender/timetable on your lock screen/on another page.

The point is if you want to remove them you can. But you can also add them if you want.

Androids key advantage is that if you don't like something, you download a different app to do it for you.

I didn't like the stock launcher so I downloaded Apex. Didn't like the stock document app so downloaded ... and so on. When iOS got the **** maps app, what could you do bar log onto Google's online version. Agreed there are other maps apps but they could not be integrated unlike Android where I can set apps as default and never worry again.
 
Third party apps aren't part of Android though - and regardless the Apple app store is far, far superior to any other.

iOS has lock screen music player and docked music player plus notifications on the lock screen etc etc.

Surely Apple restrict certain tasks to the stock apps to ensure the quality and resilience of the overall experience? Androids major weakness is the fragmentation and performance issues across devices. Every thread for a new Android phone seems to be full of people downloading custom ROM's etc because they are not happy with the software. If the main benefit of Android is that you can make it 'un-Android' that seems a bit pointless - which is perhaps why Samsung are moving away?

Personally I want a phone that 'just works' and provides a consistent service across devices - if that means rows of icons rather than massive real time temperature updates then so be it!
 
I would like to see sound profiles, it's what I miss most from the BB. Having the different settings for Loud, General/normal, vibrate and silent was very useful.
 
Can everyone stop saying Skeuomorphism/Skeuomorphic.

What Apple does is visual metaphor, not Skeuomorphism. I agree it's had it's day and it's time for a change but at least use the correct term for it.

Skeuomorphic is a perfectly legitimate word to use to describe aspects of Apple's UI.

Carry on folks.
 
Im with the others that are not that bothered by a change to lots of things. I really dislike all the widgets and stuf on android. My phone is a utility that does everything I want. I don't want useless summaries of emails, tweets etc that I will have to go into an app for anyway. I seriously can't fathom how social media is so big on mobiles. If I am at work, I won't be using social media on my phone. If I am out and about I will be doing something, not posting to facebook or twitter or checking on friends profiles.

People complain that they have to dig into folders to get at things; just use the search. I am 10 times faster at moving about my computer with an applications launcher than I am using any mouse based input. If they want to tweak interfaces I am perfectly happy with that, I just don't want this idea that different is always better creeping into the OS. Like someone said, half the "flagship" features of android handsets are fun for 10 minutes then remain un-used.

I've used both android and iOS and iOs easily takes it for simple usability. All the extras and extreme customisation available didn't make the phone feel any more personal or capable, it just made it all feel rather disconnected and disjointed. My boss at work recently tried to use the nexus 4 and he said it was great in general, it just didn't feel as good to use or as unified.
 
Wasn't it Steve Jobs who said that iOS was designed to basically just be an app launcher? As it stands, it does that very well. Simple, plain UI. Android is too cluttered and convoluted for many.

+1000

Never owned an iPhone, only smartphone I've had, and do have is a SGSII, however seeing my brothers 4S I just think it's so much better. At the end of the day it's a phone, people expect so much from them these days though. And no doubt Android is way more customizeable, however people like me who don't want any of that iOS will suffice and that's why when my contracts up in September I'm going to not go Android again because I really don't like it very much.
 
This is possibly one of the most important and most anticipated iOS update in history - it simply must be a turning point for an operating system that hasn't really added anything massively innovative for quite a few years. If it doesn't... Well you can imagine the uproar :p

I really hope we see a big overhaul to the interface - I hope we get some Ive magic :p

Can everyone stop saying Skeuomorphism/Skeuomorphic.

What Apple does is visual metaphor, not Skeuomorphism. I agree it's had it's day and it's time for a change but at least use the correct term for it.

Huh? :confused:
 
I think a big iOS redesign is not only stupid but a waste of time, one of the best things about iOS compared to something like WP and Android. They are both changing, more so with WP but iOS has been the same since 2007.

Keep your UI the same is its biggest strength. Instead I feel it just needs a bit of a touch up, the hardware is very minimal and looks amazing and I think the software should be pushing it into that direction.


Love the setting/dynamic settings idea, pure genius.
 
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