Apple iOS 7 Advantages and Disadvantages

Apple iOS 7 Advantages and Disadvantages 

“iOS 7 is the biggest change to iOS since the first iPhone was made. iOS 7 is packed with a myriad of new features and a stunning new user interface,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a conference application developer World Wide Developers Congress (WWDC) 2013.

New look at iOS 7 includes iconic design with new colors that seem flat without the 3D effects, fonts sleek, slide to unlock new ones (from below), as well as the control panel and the central notification system, more read the previous article about the Display and Best Features of iOS 7

Apple iOS 7 PROS & CONS

Apple iOS 7 Advantages

• Complete UI overhaul with adaptive colors and system-wide Back swipe gesture
• New system icons and folders, animated icons available
• System-wide parallax effect
• Dynamic wallpapers
• Control Center with toggles, multimedia controls and shortcuts
• Updated Notification Center with three tabs
• All apps multitasking with new card interface
• Updated Safari browser with unified search filed
• iTunes radio
• AirDrop file sharing
• Inclinometer within the Compass app
• Camera filters with live preview and new square mode
• New Photos app with better photo organization, picture editing
• Weather app with live weather animations
• Updated Maps with Night mode and Turn-by-Turn walking directions
• New Siri interface, new supported commands, new voices
• Contact Blacklist
• FaceTime audio
• Activation lock
• Automatic app update
• Cellular data usage breakdown
• Chinese-English, Italian, Korean and Dutch dictionaries
• iOS in the Car coming in 2014 in selected cars

Apple iOS 7 Main disadvantages

• Very iTunes dependent for uploading files and multimedia
• No open file system means you often have to duplicate files
• Limited integration of 3rd party social networks and services
• No widgets
• Air Drop works only between selected iOS 7 or later running devices
• No lockscreen shortcuts (besides those in the Control Center)
• Very basic camera UI with limited features and settings
• Limited codecs support
• iTunes radio only works in the US