So, are you ready?
Thousands of Apple users waited anxiously for the iOS 7 update to become available on their iPhones last week. The social media world was bursting at the seams with tweets, status updates, Instagram pictures, and Tumblr posts about the new software. Apple’s marketing of this new bright and shiny update had iPhone users drooling at every promo video and picture that they released. iOS 7 has been talked about for months. Now that it’s here, was it worth the hype?
For those of you that are technologically challenged, the operating system is the basic foundation of every Apple product. Apple promises iOS 7 to be the “most advanced mobile OS” in the world, which is a pretty bold statement if you ask me. Apple also claims their devices are “always years ahead” due to all the advanced engineering and technology that comes in every product.
This isn’t the first time we’ve been told these things by a tech company, but it seems to be working for Apple. Take a look around your lecture room and you’ll see a sea of iMacs, iPhones, iPads and iPods being used. Despite competition with companies who use the Android OS (or Blackberry in the past), Apple still seems to be the most popular tech brand with millions of users eagerly awaiting the newest products to be released.
Before iOS 7 had become available to users, people were already talking about the next iPhone 5S being developed. That being said, you have to ask if we’re simply blinded by the idea of “shiny and new” or if there’s actually something to be excited about.
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The moment I laid my eyes on it, I knew I was in love.
My phone had finished updating and seeing the lock screen had won me over. The font of the date and time, new control centre accessible from the lock screen, unlock slide and passcode buttons looked so fresh and clean and new. I opened the home page and fell in love all over again. The icons were much brighter, colourful, and simple.
Multi-tasking was made even easier with the ability to look and scroll through all the apps that were open. The new selection of ringtones, text tones, and alarm tones also made me a happy iPhone user. The camera and photo app now includes filters to choose from, ultimately making me look more attractive with less work/time spent. Overall, my phone worked faster and smoother than before. And even if it doesn’t, it at least looks like it does. Apple users would agree the new software transformed everything about their mobile devices. The look, feel, accessibility, and overall function of the iOS 7 is something to be admired.
Though some are nostalgic for the old iOS system, or think the new iOS looks too much like Android software, iOS 7 seems to be pleasing most users. All week I’ve asked classmates, friends, and co-workers their thoughts on the update and all responses I’ve gotten were a short and sweet “I love it!” It isn’t very often that things live up to their hype these days, as were constantly being marketed the newest and coolest toys to play with. I don’t know if iOS 7 actually lived up to all the promotion and publicity, but it definitely satisfied the majority of iPhone users as well as worked up an appetite for more Apple products to come.
Julia Alfano
Contributor
