iOS 6 leads to first-ever drop in satisfaction

[onthecouchagain]

What if iOS was in a plastic body rather than machined aluminium?

If the iPhone came in an uglier package, I wouldn't be surprised if it'd be an unacceptable mobile platform. So much of the allure of the iPhone is its aesthetics and status symbol thereof.

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I dream of a day where I have iOS smoothness, the Apple ecosystem, and the ability to use toggles and widgets and other mods, without a jailbreak and with full support from the OS developers.

What's ridiculous is Apple could so easily implement those things. So easily. But they refuse to for fear of people not getting it, which is a fear that is, I think, unfounded.

Apple could easily teach these new and "scary" features to non-tech people in the classes they offer at the stores. There are constantly crowds of people excited to learn how to use their new Apple products.

The irony is that iOS is so simple that it's actually less usable.

 

[Mrg02d]

If the iPhone came in an uglier package, I wouldn't be surprised if it'd be an unacceptable mobile platform. So much of the allure of the iPhone is its aesthetics and status symbol thereof.

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What's ridiculous is Apple could so easily implement those things. So easily. But they refuse to for fear of people not getting it, which is a fear that is, I think, unfounded.

Apple could easily teach these new and "scary" features to non-tech people in the classes they offer at the stores. There are constantly crowds of people excited to learn how to use their new Apple products.

The irony is that iOS is so simple that it's actually less usable.

My guess is that widgets and live wallpaper do not jive well with iOS or android has patents. Seems ridiculous to have to open apps just to see new mail, messages, ect.

 

[onthecouchagain]

My guess is that widgets and live wallpaper do not jive well with iOS or android has patents. Seems ridiculous to have to open apps just to see new mail, messages, ect.

I wouldn't call it ridiculous, per se.

The competition has simply come up with better, faster, more convenient solutions and methods for accessing information and changing settings. Apple just won't play game.

Again, a shame for its dedicated users.

 

[torana355]

The ridiculous thing with attempting to implore Apple to make improvements to iOS that everyone would enjoy is that you have to first argue with the fans that there is even a need for improvement.

Such an obstacle is detrimental to the actual company in question. I guess the first step is admitting.

You hit the nail on the head there. When the vast majority of ip5 and iOS6 users think its the best product out there Apple feel little need to offer more. It will eventually catch up with Apple, its only a matter of time.

 

[KnightWRX]

Correct.

It's smooth and fluid because there's no true multitasking, no widgets, etc.

That's not correct at all. First, there's plenty of "true multitasking" since iOS has a preemptive design with a process scheduler. There's tons of processes that are running simulteneously, with the kernel allotting time to each outside the control of applications.

Next, the reason iOS is so "smooth" is simply that all parts of the UI are hardware accelerated and every part of the OS is heavily threaded and most of the frameworks are asynchronous where possible. This is what project Butter aims to bring to Android, but the problem lies in the vastly different GPU configurations it has to support, with varying vendor extension support for OpenGL ES.

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What if iOS was in a plastic body rather than machined aluminium?

What if what ? The iPhone 3G/3GS and a bunch of iPods... what does the "body" change for the OS ? OSes are software, they don't really have any problems running inside circuitry that's laid out in any kind of casing material. You can run them on bare circuitry if you like.

What does the body of the device have to do with iOS exactly ?

 

[onthecouchagain]

What if what ? The iPhone 3G/3GS and a bunch of iPods... what does the "body" change for the OS ? OSes are software, they don't really have any problems running inside circuitry that's laid out in any kind of casing material. You can run them on bare circuitry if you like.

What does the body of the device have to do with iOS exactly ?

What does it have to do with the iOS directly? I suppose nothing. But in terms of sales (ie. in terms of people using iOS), the aesthetics and iconic smartphone is deeply linked. You'd be dreaming if you thought the look (and status thereof) of the iPhone had nothing to do with people using iOS, which is what, I think, he was talking about.

 

[onthecouchagain]

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