iOS 5: A visual guide

[r2shyyou]

I've read in numerous threads that people with the iPhone 3GS are concerned about the "hit" that iOS 5 might take on their devices so I thought I'd create a thread to say what several have already said: that iOS 5 runs GREAT on the 3GS...but also to show visually what some (I'm surely missing a few) of the new features look like. So here goes...

LOCK SCREEN

Lock Screen Camera (double tap the Home button)

Lock Screen Notifications (tap the notification icon to reveal action)

MESSAGES

iMessage is integrated into the Messages app and is automatically enabled for recipients with an iOS 5 device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch)

The keyboard can now be hidden by sliding it down while within a message (instead of going out of the message and back in)

From the Settings>Messages menu, you can toggle whether or not to use iMessage, along with enabling Read Receipts and sending messages as SMS when iMessage is not available

CALENDAR

Calendar changes to detailed multi-day view when in portrait mode

PHOTOS

Ability to create new albums

Add photos to existing album or create new album

CAMERA

Grid option

Focus lock (tap screen and hold to lock)

Zoom (pinch screen to zoom and to reveal zoom slider)

Slide from left to right to reveal recent photos

CONTACTS

Contact-specific ringtones, vibrations, and text tones

MAPS

Multiple routes

 

[r2shyyou]

SETTINGS

Notifications

Ability to sort manually or by time and to re-arrange as desired

Toggle multiple options from within a specific app

General>Software Update

Over-the-air (OTA) Software Updates

General>iTunes Wi-Fi Sync

Ability to sync device wirelessly to iTunes

General>Keyboard

Custom keyboard shortcuts

General>Accessibility

Custom vibration patterns

Settings>Twitter

Twitter integration

Settings>Safari

Private browsing

REMINDERS

Set reminders for tasks, to-do items, etc.

NEWSSTAND

NOTIFICATION CENTER

Slide down from top of phone to reveal the Notification Center

Swipe Weather widget to left or right to reveal multi-day view

 

[r2shyyou]

PHONE

Recent Calls

Delete individual call or all calls

SAFARI

Reading List

Open new windows in Safari (via links) in the background instead of automatically switching to the new window

Settings>Safari>Open Links

Emoji keyboards now integrated in iOS 5

Settings>General>Keyboard>International Keyboards>Add New Keyboard... then scroll down and select "Emoji"

MAIL

Ability to format text (bold, italic, underline) by highlighting desired text

WEATHER

See weather forcast by day or by hour (tap "Hourly" or slide forcast down)

CAMERA, cont.

Edit individual photos directly on your device

Edit button in upper right corner (options shown on bottom after tapping "Edit")

Rotate photos

Auto-Enhance

Red-eye removal

Crop photos

 

[alamain]

Helpful

The point was to create a sort of "one stop shop" for new-to-the-iPhone 3GS owners since I'm guessing there will be somewhat of an influx of them now that the 3GS is free on AT&T (w/ contract). Perhaps this is not helpful to anyone but, well, that's all I was going for...to be helpful.

I'm sure it will be helpful. Actually I have a 4 and the custom vibration feature wasn't turned on automatically - now I know how to turn it on, so thanks for that

 

[pdqgp]

Thanks For putting this thread together!

 

[r2shyyou]

I'm sure it will be helpful. Actually I have a 4 and the custom vibration feature wasn't turned on automatically - now I know how to turn it on, so thanks for that

Thanks For putting this thread together!

Glad you guys have found this thread helpful. If you, or anyone reading this, think of anything missing, let me know and I'll add it.

Thanks!

 

[Invincibilizer]

Nice work, should change the name to other devices, this helped me and I don't have a 3GS.

 

[2IS]

I've got an iPhone 4 but IOS 5 runs better on it than IOS 4.x ever did. I wouldn't hesitate to do the update if I were a 3GS owner.

 

[dazed]

Thanks for this. Didn't know about the custom vibrations.

 

[Cascadians]

Helpful for me floundering around on my 2 1/2 year old 3GS

 

[lilnyc]

r2shyyou - I have the iPhone 4 and 4S. I've been looking for a brief on the new features, and this is the best I've found. Thank you so much for your labor in putting this together for us.

Now when someone asks, "What's news in iOS5?" I can answer. I'll also share this link. Again, much appreciated!

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Thanks for this. Didn't know about the custom vibrations.

I couldn't find that one.

 

[r2shyyou]

I couldn't find that one.

@lilnyc - to get to Custom Vibrations, go to Settings>General>Accessibility and turn on Custom Vibrations under the Hearing heading. Then, under Settings>Sounds scroll to the bottom where you'll see the Vibration Patterns heading. Tap on Vibration and then at the bottom you should see the Custom heading where you can tap on Create New Vibration.

Have fun with it, it's pretty neat!

 

[r2shyyou]

Nice work, should change the name to other devices, this helped me and I don't have a 3GS.

Thanks. I didn't think there was a way to change the title of an established thread but I figured it out and changed it to simply "iOS 5: A visual guide".

 

[Dallious]

Thanks, it helped

 

[sjc83]

Thanks looks great.

 

[jrc]

Quality thread. Thanks.

 

[heyloo]

Love it I actually didn't know about hiding the keyboard from iMessage or sliding directly on notifications!
Thanks for putting it together!

 

[Pink∆Floyd]

Another excellent thread with helpful info

Thanks for posting this

 

[Dumbledorelives]

I'd like to agree with those saying the iPhone 3GS is fine. It's running GREAT on my 3GS. I'm incredibly impressed. It definitely is running faster than iOS 4, and I may be hallucinating, but I think I'm even seeing a bit of increased battery life. Safari is definitely faster as well. I'm amazed that the update gave a new spark of life to my old phone that seemed like it was on its last leg.

Go iOS 5! Now if only I could get Siri...

 

[r2shyyou]

Added a few new screenshots:

Opening Safari links in background
Adding Emoji keyboard

 

[r2shyyou]

Added some more screenshots:

Text formatting in Mail app
Weather forcast by day or by hour

 

[iKimm]

Thank you! Nice over view!

 

[AdrianK]

Excellent thread; thanks.

 

[InTheAir]

Good job. Didn't know about the custom vibrate option.

 

[testcard]

Useful thread and thank you. Just tried to rearrange widgets in Notification Centre manually. Dragged Stock Widget up the list so it sits below the Weather Widget and tap Done. If I go back into Notifications however, the Stock Widget is back at the bottom of the list. Bug, or just me?

Edit. Just tried a reset and it's fixed the problem. Sorry.