The curiosity regarding iOS Work Reveal 7 rose to spectacular heights before its launch in September 2013. Fortunately, the fresh revelation from Apple Inc. managed to live up to the towering expectations of millions across the globe and is among the most sought-after mobile OS available in the market. However, deep analysis is desired to determine if it has managed to enthrall non-technical users with its newfound user experience or is yet another launch from Apple that would lose sheen within a limited time. So let’s start!
iOS 7 Features
The newly introduced iOS 7 promises better features and functionality than previous versions. While some of these features have been refreshed, others have been revealed fresh to make up for exceptional user experience. The most sought features thus include the Control center: Which lets you access necessary controls with just a swipe. Notification Center: Introduce ‘Today,’ the part with detailed info on the current day’s status on the Share market, weather, traffic, etc.
Multitasking: iOS 7 can detect when you open an app daily and update it with feeds accordingly.
Camera: Now capture images in multiple formats, including square (front and center)
Photos: A new way to store images using Years, collections, and Moments.
AirDrop: This Lets you quickly share files with someone sitting close to you using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Safari: The browser ensures a bigger, better, faster surfing experience.
iTunes Radio: The radio accompanies multiple functionalities. Apple defines it as radio-reimagined.
Siri: Get more relevant and quick answers using Siri as it includes better sources such as Wikipedia, Twitter, Bing, etc.
Compatibility with other iOS versions
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All the fresh features of iOS 7 work fine on all iOS devices, but a few, such as AirDrop, are not available for iPhone4, iPhone4s, and iPad2. Overall, the operating devices also come out with flying colors incompatibility tests.
iOS 7 Vs. Other mobile OS
While iOS 7 holds the upper hand over its previous versions, it has also managed to own the driver’s seat when comparing its popularity with other contemporary operating systems for mobile devices in terms of user experience. As per a report released by The Pfeiffer Report’, iOS7 received a high score of 73.5 in the mobile OS user experience index as compared to Android (57.25), Windows Phone (47.25), and BlackBerry (56.35). Interestingly iOS 6 attained the second most popular mobile OS in this context. Several benchmarks used to evaluate the report included cognitive load, efficiency, customization, and user experience friction (UFX).
Disadvantages
Besides being admired for many advantages, iOS 7 has also received negative responses. Some possible factors in this regard include slow speed, the inability of Airdrop for all iOS devices, discouraging touch response on iPad, app migration and backward compatibility challenges for mobile application developers, and high battery consumption.
Conclusion
Like all other OS, this one has also received mixed reactions. There may be certain disadvantages to using iOS 7, but concerning the wide range of advantages it offers over other versions and mobile operating systems, it still holds a cutting edge. To summarize, iOS 7 is indeed better in User Experience. The author writes for Finoit Technologies, the IT Company with a high faith in iOS development, and serves its global clients with reliable mobile app development services in this domain. It delivers interactive designs and visual styles for iOS apps and promises a much above-par user experience in all its iOS development endeavors.
