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How do you feel about iOS 10 after installing GM?


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It has been a long time since I felt a full iOS upgrade was a marked improvement but the one is for sure. One of the best upgrades in a very long time and I am a day 1 iPhone user.
 
It has been a long time since I felt a full iOS upgrade was a marked improvement but the one is for sure. One of the best upgrades in a very long time and I am a day 1 iPhone user.

Why do you say it's such a marked improvement?
 
Larger text as in the accessibility sizes, or just a larger default Dynamic Type size?

I actually have both turned on, though as best as I can tell, activating Larger Accessibly Sizes just lets you specify even larger dynamic text with the slider.
 
I actually have both turned on, though as best as I can tell, activating Larger Accessibly Sizes just lets you specify even larger dynamic text with the slider.

What 'notch' do you have your text set on?
 
There are some things I like in iOS and there I things I dislike. It definitley doesn't feel like "the biggest update" to me.

The now playing screen on the lockscreen looks horrible in my opinion, the controls are just way to large. Same with the new notifications, they just take up way to much space and look a lot worse than before.

I love the new launch animations and the ability to delete stock apps tought.
Wait until you get older you will appreciate the change. I think the larger and more easy to read notifications is one of the best changes in a while
 
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What 'notch' do you have your text set on?

I have it on the 5th hash mark/notch from the left, counting the one at the beginning of the line as number 1. I always run the Notes app before I make changes so that I can quickly switch back to it to see the effect. I know that the text size in Settings>General>Accessibility>Larger Text changes as you move the slider, but I like to see how it looks in other apps that support it. The good part about all this is that you can play around until you find what works best for you.
 
I have it on the 5th hash mark/notch from the left, counting the one at the beginning of the line as number 1. I always run the Notes app before I make changes so that I can quickly switch back to it to see the effect. I know that the text size in Settings>General>Accessibility>Larger Text changes as you move the slider, but I like to see how it looks in other apps that support it. The good part about all this is that you can play around until you find what works best for you.

I'd love to be able to use a larger size, but the screen on my SE just can't handle it.
 
I'd love to be able to use a larger size, but the screen on my SE just can't handle it.

I know what you mean... there's a lot more space on a Plus. That's the main reason I got one a couple of years ago.
 
We need group notifications by app back!!

Now we only have mixed bubbles of various apps in chronological order and it's a mess because individual bubbles take too much space.

Is this so difficult to implement?

http://www.cultofmac.com/433938/ios-10-notifications-redesign/

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It's the first iOS update I don't like much... I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
For me the music app is way too large and it's annoying getting to your playlists personally.

I don't like click to unlock the screen, at least there should be a swipe to unlock option?

The new notifications just seem awkward looking, like theres boxes and bubbles everywhere...

It also seems really slow unlocking the phone and going to the home screen...
I agree. I hate the unlock feature on my iPhone 6+ now. And I have hated the music app since iOS 7. I use Leechtunes now. It's great.
 
I don't think I'll ever get used to the new notifications, making them large and gray is just so unpleasing to the eye compared to the old system.

What I really want them to do is work on getting grouped notifications.
 
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My phone died at 18% battery life. Restarted it several times and it kept dying around that percentage. Any fixes?
 
I'm really liking iOS 10 BUT, I HATE the fact that they didn't even add new wallpapers. I know it's not a big deal and you're right it's not. I actually looked forward to see all the new ones added. Other then that I'm really really liking iOS 10. LOVE the new notifications although it's gonna be a little hard to get used to the new design. The new keyboard sound I like as well.
 
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I'm fairly neutral to the design changes. That said, it kind of feels like two steps forward and one step back--design changes here and there and some new features, but then some basic things that were around for some time are either removed or changed (either perhaps on purpose or maybe because of some bugs).

None of these are anything major or anything like that, but coming across them often enough in regular use (some of that depends on personal use of course) does have an impact to one degree or another.

- Keyboard sounds setting no longer applies to calculator or scrolling through a list selection like it had for a long time.

- Settings related to suggested apps seemed to have disappeared.

- Options to group and sort notifications are gone.

- Keyboard switching logic after using the "123" layout for punctuation has changed, at lest in Safari, where putting in a comma and then a space doesn't change the keyboard layout back to the "ABC" one as it pretty much always did.

- Device not waking up (screen coming on) after plugging headphones in, which was convenient.
 
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I'm fairly neutral to the design changes. That said, it kind of feels like two steps forward and one step back--design changes here and there and some new features, but then some basic things that were around for some time are either removed or changed (either perhaps on purpose or maybe because of some bugs).

None of these are anything major or anything like that, but coming across them often enough in regular use (some of that depends on personal use of course) does have an impact to one degree or another.

- Keyboard sounds setting no longer applies to calculator or scrolling through a list selection like it had for a long time.

- Settings related to suggested apps seemed to have disappeared.

- Options to group and sort notifications are gone.

- Keyboard switching logic after using the "123" layout for punctuation has changed, at lest in Safari, where putting in a comma and then a space doesn't change the keyboard layout back to the "ABC" one as it pretty much always did.

- Device not waking up (screen coming on) after plugging headphones in, which was convenient.
The keyboard issue is driving me crazy due to muscle memory. I don't know if this is by design or a bug in the UI.

The keyboard sounds while scrolling is irritating as I have to mute the phone to stop the noise. Apple should at least add a setting for that.
 
The keyboard issue is driving me crazy due to muscle memory. I don't know if this is by design or a bug in the UI.

The keyboard sounds while scrolling is irritating as I have to mute the phone to stop the noise. Apple should at least add a setting for that.
They really should just do what they have already been doing all along for those in iOS versions prior to iOS 10. Hopefully these are just bugs of some sort and will get ironed out sooner rather than later.
 
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The keyboard issue is driving me crazy due to muscle memory. I don't know if this is by design or a bug in the UI.

The keyboard sounds while scrolling is irritating as I have to mute the phone to stop the noise. Apple should at least add a setting for that.
They really should just do what they have already been doing all along for those in iOS versions prior to iOS 10. Hopefully these are just bugs of some sort and will get ironed out sooner rather than later.
This keyboard is the best one yet for me. It solved my punctuation issues. It's like Swiftkey on Android.That comma behaviour always irritated me as on Android is stays in that mode which I wanted for a long time
 
I don't think it's as quick as iOS 9 yet. I'm on 6s and something's do feel a little sluggish sometimes.

Only some built in apps are faster, the rest are a bit slower and the Apple Store and iTunes Store as well. However the smooth animations make you feel it is almost as fast as iOS 9.
 
Only some built in apps are faster, the rest are a bit slower and the Apple Store and iTunes Store as well. However the smooth animations make you feel it is almost as fast as iOS 9.
They still haven't solved the stutter problem in NC.When you scroll down the list of notifications there are huge stutters.This didn't happen on iOS 9
 
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