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It's iOS 11.5 really....
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Heh, way back in the day we used to have to pay for iOS updates. Luckily they got rid of that fast.Exactly this. If we paid for each OS I might agree with the OP more. As long as they make the next OS smoother and less battery intensive then 11 as far as I am concerned it could be called iOS 11.5, 12 or iOS Vista.
Actually not the last one. Wouldn’t be happy then
Do you not realise this was Apple's intentions with this OS?... The point was to be an iOS 11 2.0 if you would, it wasn't supposed to be a major redesign or have tons of features. It was supposed to fix the train wreck Apple created with iOS 11 a year ago. The major redesign should come in iOS 13.
I heard the policy was that iPhones got free updates because the price of the update was “included” with the cellular bill.
Thought that was only for iPod users (when it used to be $10 until v3 or v4). Pretty sure iOS updates were always free for iPhone users...
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I agree that iOS need a revamp of the current interface (its essentially the same thing since iOS 7, with little tweaks on iOS 10) but other than that, I think we reach a point where our phones do almost all we need and new and exciting new features become harder and harder to bring on.
From now on, I think mobile OS (iOS and Android) will just have minor tweaks and adjustments on yearly release and major interface adjustments every 6-7 years or so just like Windows and MacOS.
From now on, I think mobile OS (iOS and Android) will just have minor tweaks and adjustments on yearly release and major interface adjustments every 6-7 years or so just like Windows and MacOS.
Oh, okay got it! I only had an iPod Touch back then, so I didn’t know that.
"Currently You have to pick your phone up, wake the screen, wait for the unlock symbol and then swipe."
According to your expectations, is the phone meant to levitate to your face instead?
Also, the phone will wake itself with Raise to Wake...
"wait for unlock symbol" isnt a step, unless you know exactly how to implement an INSTANT unlock, without ANY processing time?
... So really it is 2 steps. Picking up your phone, and waiting for the unlock to process. Both of which are a necessity.
Apple holding back on a iOS dark mode is a constant mystery.
Now it’s on Mojave I think it’s safe to assume that it’s coming next year at the very latest - especially as the ‘marzipan’ apps on Mojave support it (stocks, news, memos) ie we’ve essentially got much of a iOS dark mode from this already.
Agree that the lack of a home screen update is disappointing but this one was rumoured to have been put aside for next year due to time constraints.
AR is super embarrassing right now, but it’s going to be one of the major UI paradigms of the next decade or so, so I think we all have to see AR right now as the equivalent of a toddler learning to walk!
Animojis are annoying I agree, but what we are seeing now is likely just part of its roadmap. And see above : the work on animojis are ‘training wheels’ for SR applications.
In many ways though, I agree that 12 is 11.5 - or what 11 should’ve been regarding stability.
I’m ok with it though. Maybe it’s good to take a step back from more features feeding our device addictions!
Now it’s on Mojave I think it’s safe to assume that it’s coming next year at the very latest - especially as the ‘marzipan’ apps on Mojave support it (stocks, news, memos) ie we’ve essentially got much of a iOS dark mode from this already.
Agree that the lack of a home screen update is disappointing but this one was rumoured to have been put aside for next year due to time constraints.
AR is super embarrassing right now, but it’s going to be one of the major UI paradigms of the next decade or so, so I think we all have to see AR right now as the equivalent of a toddler learning to walk!
Animojis are annoying I agree, but what we are seeing now is likely just part of its roadmap. And see above : the work on animojis are ‘training wheels’ for SR applications.
In many ways though, I agree that 12 is 11.5 - or what 11 should’ve been regarding stability.
I’m ok with it though. Maybe it’s good to take a step back from more features feeding our device addictions!
I can only imagine that a major OS update across all their devices yearly must be a herculean task. Yearly updates to iOS were the rule from the beginning but for the mac OS it was most certainly not. That changed with Lion (I think) and also a yearly cycle for hardware updates. There was only one force of nature in the universe that could sustain and manage that and it's name was Steve Jobs. With is passing things started to settle back into the previous 'cycle of life' for hardware and software. Gone are the days of yearly form factor changes and mac hardware updates. The writing was on the wall with the iPad Pro with it's two year cycle.
Maybe we should consider that iOS will start to follow a more manageable cycle for Apple with major updates every two years and only refinements in between. Of course the hue and cry will be deafening for a while as Apple is once again accused of failing to innovate or is doomed (DOOMED!) but life will go on for us all. We can't have it both ways though. We can't demand life-changing updates every year that are also rock steady and stable with no critical issues. I don't believe it's a reasonable expectation.
I think you said it yourself here... This was WWDC. The worldwide DEVELOPERS conference is meant to introduce developers to the new OS first and foremost. It's not mean as fanfare for us Apple fans, it's meant for true developers who write apps.
This was kinda the point. It’s supposed to be 11.5 because it’s a stability release. If they’d gone full on and released a dozen massive deaths we’d be in the same place as last year with iOS being a technical mess.
I welcome this more subtle update if it means my £1000 iPhone X doesn’t freeze every few days because the software is buggy.
Ha! Love this. A couple of years ago I picked up a refurb white MacBook and it had Snow Leopard on it. I marveled at how fast it booted up even on a clunky old 5400rpm hard drive.
> Improved performance
> Fixed Notifications
> Better Siri
Those three alone would make it more than a .1 release. And just because you don't like AR doesn't make it unimportant.
> Fixed Notifications
> Better Siri
Those three alone would make it more than a .1 release. And just because you don't like AR doesn't make it unimportant.
More like...
- Restored 80% performance of 2-year-old update, minus Home button responsiveness.
- Reverted to 50% the usability of the notification system of a 3-year-old update.
- Caught Siri up to 50% the capability of a competitor's AI assistant.
- Shoehorned AR as a distraction for how horrible the rest of the other stuffs are.
So... while I said it didn't matter what this is called, it still very much deserves to be a .1 update if the old version system was still around.
- Restored 80% performance of 2-year-old update, minus Home button responsiveness.
- Reverted to 50% the usability of the notification system of a 3-year-old update.
- Caught Siri up to 50% the capability of a competitor's AI assistant.
- Shoehorned AR as a distraction for how horrible the rest of the other stuffs are.
So... while I said it didn't matter what this is called, it still very much deserves to be a .1 update if the old version system was still around.
You appear to be missing a few things in the changelog. Courtesy of Banglazed, Apple, and many other users on this forum, here they are:
Yep, sure is just a .1 update.
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/why-ios-12-is-a-big-deal,news-27395.html
You get improved performance, Siri shortcuts, screen time, and better notifications. If you thought that iOS 11 didn’t really bring much to your phone besides a redesigned control centre, iOS 12 will have more tangible improvements.
You get improved performance, Siri shortcuts, screen time, and better notifications. If you thought that iOS 11 didn’t really bring much to your phone besides a redesigned control centre, iOS 12 will have more tangible improvements.
I have no complaints. Fix the current operating system before you radically change it again. iOS 11 was clearly rushed.
Indeed. I’ve been adding support to my own apps and using workflow as glue, and it’s totally changing how I use my iPhone and iPad.
Will be even better once it stops being so buggy
Feel free to nitpick at that list as much as you want. You not getting the features or changes you wanted doesn’t change the fact that iOS 12 hasn’t numerous visible and behind the scenes change that make it a better OS than iOS 11 was.
It's not that I'm not getting the feature that I want. It's that you guys are blowing up the smallest of features/changes and making it look like it's the next coming of Jesus.
Seriously, it's a bug fix release of iOS 11 for the most part. Small changes have been around. If you want a list of small changes like this for a previous major release, just look for one and then you'll find that it's at least 2-3x longer than what you just posted.
Seriously, it's a bug fix release of iOS 11 for the most part. Small changes have been around. If you want a list of small changes like this for a previous major release, just look for one and then you'll find that it's at least 2-3x longer than what you just posted.