Today has been an exciting day for both video gamers at E3 and Apple fans at WWDC. Despite what you may think, I actually followed Apple’s event just as closely as Microsoft’s press releases on the Xbox One.
As I sat on our sister site, iMore.com, and watched the WWDC Live blog I realized that I absolutely loved the updates to iOS7. Apple decided to go for a “flat” design and get rid of faux textures for a completely modern approach. As I watched on and became more excited I realized something; flat design, no faux textures, and Bing integration – this was Windows Phone.
I personally don’t like to claim that one company stole an idea from another company; I have this stance, because I encourage companies to become better by implementing their variations of what is already available on the market. A personal motto of “let the best implementation prevail”!
That being said, it is hard for a Windows Phone user to look at iOS7 and not see some striking resemblances to Microsoft’s current mobile operating system. Of course it wouldn’t be Apple if they didn’t say it was theirs: “The mobile OS from a whole new perspective.”
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s lead designer, had been previously cited for wanting to drop the use of “heavy textures” in iOS, stating that “software design filled with physical metaphors do not stand the test of time”.
Apple hasn’t dropped the rounded edges on its icons or buttons, but there is no longer any evidence of drop shadow or 3D imagery. The new operating system is bright white with simplicity all over.
If my last statement is to be true, and Apple is implementing their own variation of what is already available on the market – then what changes have been made that Windows Phone hasn’t taken advantage of with its modern UI? The answer is transparency; Apple has added transparency to certain buttons and menus, such as the new Control Center. While Windows Phone does embrace flat design, it does not take use of transparency; the addition of which, I believe adds a hint of sophistication to its design.
The new changes to iOS7 are the largest design changes ever seen on Apple’s mobile platform and hints that Microsoft’s latest design initiative has been heading in the right direction. As always though, we have to wonder if Apple will get all the credit for “flat design”.
The operating system’s design isn’t the only change to Apple’s latest creation, a collection of new features include Control Center, Airdrop, and more. The feature we are interested in, is the company’s decision to now bundle Bing instead of Google into its virtual assistant, Siri.
It is no secret that Apple has been trying to pull away from the claws of Google, if you weren’t aware of the Apple Maps fiasco – you were living under a rock. The company has decided to take it one step further and drop Google search from Siri’s collection of data. Apple's virtual assistant now pulls in data from Bing, Wikipedia, and Twitter.
We shall end on a closing note from Steve Jobs himself:
What do you think of Apple’s latest change to iOS7 – did they take a design cue from the boys in Redmond, Washington?
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LOL!! This is so real :v
Wow it does look alot like windows phone, but (at least in all the side by side comparisons you chose) looks slightly better and more refined in my opinion.
Apple's latest UI does look nice enough, but there is a lot going on (graphics wise at least) which leads me to believe it won't run quite as efficiently as WP and will require much more processing power to operate smoothly. It's not just about the superficial details, but overall functionality as well. Even if WP isn't the prettiest OS, it arguably is the most efficient (as evidenced by its hardware requisites), and that balance I believe will ultimately be the deciding factor in the near future as MS continues to garner support for and expand its peripheral features.
Wow the level of maturity in here is pretty insane. Lots of people needing to bash on another phone brand because they are probably insecure with their choices. Companys copies each other now and has done so in the past. Get over it.
Apple took inspiraton from others and improved upon it. In my opinion they now have the best looking OS on the market.
And I'm no fanboy. In two years I've used Android, Windows Phone, MeGoo, BlackBerry and iOS. I have balanced experience of most systems and gives no system the upper hand. I like them all in their own way but there's no denying I lean strongly to the iOS side now when it comes to my personal device. Like a more elegant version of Android that also runs very smooth. Can't ask for more. I really do think it reminds me more of Android than WP in the big picture.
Why the hell does everyone keep saying that the new app switcher is a Web OS creation, or even a WIN phone creation. Apple had this feature since the first Iphone in safari tab/page switcher. In fact they have never claimed to have any FEATURE first.
funny funny funny. you guys get back to defending your generic wintel boxes from viruses, if you have the correct drivers. Oh no apple have a picture of who is calliing on the iphone, they must have copied Microsoft. HA. Comparible to BMW coping Fiat; Fiat built a 'Turbo' car first so obviousally the new M5 is a blatent copy of the awesome Punto.
Whilst you all think Apple have lost direction, have you seen the Mac Pro, or OSX Mavericks ?
While you are on have you tried to use Windows 8 (sorry 8.1 as 8 did not work) without touch screen, W95 was way better.
Please stick to your guns here, your simply giving me and all Apple users the competitive edge, or is that the point - you are after a device to play Angry Birds ??
I also think MS must include Phone Book button as well on the answerv screen, there is sometimes when the caller request for someone's phone number in your phone book, it becomes easier when there is a button which you can just touch to access the phone book whilst you are talking thru speaker phone.
Similar stories written on the Blackberry fan sites. SMH
Nice little comparison video
Incapable of Leading, Apple Leans to Follow
Apple seems to lost a great deal of it "magic" and its role as an innovator in the mobile arena.
Via Apple’s recent announcements at thee WWDC it is clear the goals that the company has set on it's roadmap place it in a position square behind the competition. By either directly copying elements of the competitions user interfaces (i.e. the sleek and flat Modern UI of Microsoft’s Window’s Phone) or attempting to offer services the likes of Microsoft and Google have been successfully providing and evolving, in some cases for years, Apple seems to have adopted more of the role of a follower rather than the innovative leader it has been known for particularly since the launch of the iphone in 2007.
iOS 7 is different. Different than the skuemorphic renderings of the OS’s previous iteration, yet remarkably similar to the sleek and smooth offerings of the three year old Modern UI of Microsoft’s Window Phone (UI elements now found throughout Microsoft’s ecosystem – Outllook, Windows 8, MSN.com etc.) A side-by- side comparison of the two mobile OS’s lock screens, the message windows, the incoming call window, the multitasking and the flat typography reflect just how much Jovi Ives was influenced by Microsoft’s smooth UI when he was tasked with iOS’s makeover. When the original iphone was launced iOS was different than what was previously offered in the mobile arena – so different it was spun as magical. Today’s iOS 7 reveal has evoked more, “hey haven’t we seen that before”, or “that looks like Windows Phone” rather than the wow’s and ooooh-ahhhhhhs, the company formerly known as innovative may have grown accustomed to.
iRadio. Apples answer to streaming music joins the ranks of those already occupying that space, though to varying degrees. Pandora of course being the most popular among streaming music users also has in it’s company, Spotify, Microsoft’s own offering Xbox Music (formerly Zune Music), Nokia Music and the recently announced All Access by Google. Quality or popularity of the various offerings aside, this service offering IS being done by the competition – either via third party or through large companies like Microsoft and Goolge. Sorry Apple – already being done. iRadio. Not innovative.
iWork for iCloud is Apples answer to a productivity suite for Word Processing, Presentations, and Spreadsheets through the cloud which would provide access to work from many devices(don’t count on Firefox or Opera though). This tool which will provide limited productivity to users when released later this year even upon release will still offer a less comprehensive offering than the two big players in the productivity tool cloud services arena – Microsoft with Office 365 and strong Sky Drive integration in both Windows Phone and Window 8 and Google with Google Docs and Google Drive are already offering strong cloud based services to consumers and the enterprise, which are in an evolving stage rather than the development and implementation stage Apple’s iWork for iCloud is in. Apple again, is trying to play catch up here rather than offering a new or innovative service.
Apple’s massive marketing budget coupled with journalism and reporting that frames the companies WWDC announcements, particularly the departure from it’s six year old iOS User Interface, without the context of what is already being offered(by competitors such as Microsoft) will likely present an image of the company as returning to it’s innovative glory days. For those individuals not familiar with what the competition is offering, despite Microsoft’s/Nokia’s/Verizon’s, recent advertising blitz (it’s hard to watch television now without seeing multiple Windows Phone and or Windows 8 commercials which present images of the flat and slick Modern UI Microsoft has popularized.) magic may appear to have returned to Apple’s stage.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO called iOS 7 “the biggest change to the platform since the iPhone launched in 2007”. The biggest change to iOS yes, and when taken within the context of an announcement for an Apple event, followed with images of the renovated UI it may indeed seem that the magic has returned to Apple. That is until you take those same images and compare them to what Microsoft has been doing with Modern UI since 2010. Then you may feel like the kid who just learned how his grandfather has been pulling those quarters out of his ears whenever he saw him. Once he learned the trick it’s just not as impressive. Sure he still love’s grandpa and might even pretend to be awed each time the lovable old guy works his illusion. (Who doesn’t want to believe in magic?) But he know’s it’s not real and it’s only a matter time before the trick loses it’s charm.
The Apple exec’s performing before the masses, presenting their new wares to the expectant (and demanding-stock prices have been dropping) public spin or omit the fuller truth of their new UI design’s “innovative” inspirations hoping to inspire the genuine awe genuine innovation inspired in years gone by. The magic however seems to have left the stage and all the grandiose speech chanted by the horde of Apple reps, like an ineffective incantation, has failed to conjure nothing more than an illusion, a shadow of past wonder as the once innovative Apple takes the best of what others are doing and calls it their own. It’s only a matter of time before the trick loses it’s charm.
Great, 80% of Androids pay up MS for licencing, now 100% of Apples will too! In that position, WP needs to do nothing and can afford whatever market-share! Now, that´s how you do real business!
New announcements in iOS 7 see what exactly is new in the operating system! Check it out! http://www.technovert.in/2013/06/11/apple-announces-ios-7-with-major-red...
It's said that Android copies from iOS. And now iOS copies from Windows Phone.
So who is the market innovator now? Any guesses?
I loved this and that Siri article saying the new Iphone will have Bing as the internet provider. Alot of people are trying to kick Google in the Balls and HARD. We'll with their shady practice of giving away your email address and basically everything even if you don't want the app. thats shady. Also with them takig out 60,000 apps, for a company that doesn't even police their apps. Sorry. I'm glad Windows is leading the charge and looks like Apple wants to help. unless you want to get scroogled. :(
http://www.scroogled.com/
Loved the video at the end, especially Steve Jobs and his humour ' What made the Mac so great'....... Mac??? Great?? Hahahahahahaha
In this game of thrones, you either steal well or you die trying.
Citizens of Windows pond.. there's a thing called 'world' outside.. some of you may have heard of it.. MS WP8 didn't invent any of these features.. card based task switching was implemented in palm pre back in 2007-08.. yes, the time when MS was busy making Win 6.5.. categorizing pics by date isn't new.. and while WP is implementing the basic buttons of pre-iphone phones in textual format.. iPhone has just switchited to a bit different shaped buttons.. except for the lack of 3D UI elements there's nothing common between iOS 7 and WP OS..
i don't think so apple has did anything like copying ...they won't do that ever ..
The look of the new iOS reminds me of Microsoft's "Future Vision" videos with their semi-transparent glass simulation.
I don't know what to think of IOS7, In a way I'm glad apple decided to change things up a bit but I also think it looks ugly. If Microsoft gets some of the credit for this type of design then I'll be fine but if they just go ahead and steal all the credit then I'll be furious.
Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if direction was borowed from Redmond and perhaps a little WebOS as well. The cards demoed in app switching and the swiping to close an app looks a lot like the webOS feature. Also the top row icons of the setiings sliding menu look a lot like metro style/windows style icons.
This is a funny thread :) As an iPhone user, I for one am glad Apple has swallowed it's pride, extended it's RDF or whatever and stolen design elements and inspiration from other platforms. I seriously considered WinPhone at my last upgrade but there are a few apps that I use that aren't cross platform, so stayed with Apple.
And for all the indignation of WinPhone and Android users, one or two people have pointed to WebOS before them as inspiring a few design elements. I don't think anyone company's innocent.
Personally I think too many people take the whole thing too seriously. But then, I suppose, where would the fun be?
It looks like it was made on PowerPoint. Seriously; the icons are appalling
As much as I liked the direction Apple is taking, I have to disaggre with you about the transparency. It has absolute no purpose in making the product more useful or efficient, and it may make typography difficult to read depending on the colors of the background.
Yes I know it looks like WP. But I dont see how this is "stealing" or "ripped-off WP"...the way I see it, its the general trend with where the industry's headed:
10 years ago you wanted to showcase your devices were capable of clever graphics.
Things have changed, and now because graphics are normal, you want to focus on a more uncluttered UI.
Just because WP had the right idea from the start doesn't mean no one else should use them.
But personally I dislike the iOS implementation because it looks very inconsistent and almost as if they rushed it out before it was ready.
Apple is catching up now they are not the leader innovation right now
The problem is the vast level of inconsistency iPhone users will now have when they use their phone. On the one hand they'll have a natural, flat, fast and modern UI. On the other hand, as soon as they press one of those Metro-inspired flat icons they'll be back in the skeuomorphoc bling wilderness of millions of billions of faux leather and chrome apps that will likely never be updated. Nice interface. Press a button. Go back five years.
This isn't a "User Xperience" at all. It's a "Used Xperience".
What a mess.
Apple is shit! Fuck! Damn! Go die Apple! Stop being shit!
Everything seems to come back to webOS cards, why doesn't MS just buy the rights to use their multitasking implementation? LG isn't going to do anything with it...
Apple => innovation
Microsoft => define the innovation
Microsoft is a shareholder in Apple and has a patent sharing agreement dating back 16 years.
http://news.cnet.com/MS-to-invest-150-million-in-Apple/2100-1001_3-202143.html
no suprises really. All our technology is theirs and all their techology is ours. The real enemy :) is google/android
Oh, and the blurr of the background when opening a menu reminds me so much of Windows 7's taskbar and app headers :)
Now all Apple need to do is make a black theme available as well and we can call the new OS the iWindowsPhone 7 or WindowsPhone 7 for iPhone
The problem is that they will still need to catch with WindowsPhone 8 and 8.1 and by the time iWindowsPhone 8 is here we will all have WindowsPhone 9
So good luck with that, Apple!
Apple FAIL
Microsoft FAIL
Linux...
...FAIL
Say what you want. But iOS is still ahead of WP8. The settings page in WP is a joke, awful to use. Notifications could be better. These are things that WP8 could have introduced but Microsoft were more interested in porting the Windows kernel to mobile, something that's hardly a selling point.
The Bing intergration is the big news here, that's going to take another few % of Googles marketshare, while iOS's usage for Siri is not going to be massive each percent taken does far more damage to Googles plan to funnel all users to their search engine which is their advertising business, its definitely going for the jugular in terms of competition.
If Microsoft continue to take marketshare away from Googles core business they will force some radical changes there, Google will have to start selling software rather then "giving it away".
I would go further with the title of this article...
WP8 + Symbian Belle = IOS7
http://cdn.conversations.nokia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2...
Apple sucks, copycats.
Well... Looks better, but I'm not switching. Frankly I'm not seeing much of a difference.
Also the lockscreen and Calendar. The Weather looks a lot like popular Android apps we all know...
I mention the justifiable response by Windows Phone users in regards to iOS 7 in my in depth overview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzFqn5d3AcA
I'm very glad to see that Apple's metro looks much uglier than the one in my NL820
I mention the justifiable response of Windows Phone users in regards to iOS 7 in my in depth overview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzFqn5d3AcA
But transparance must be in wp8 soon. I hope microsoft understand that
Why? Do we need more gradients, shadows, and life-like object mimicry, too? If there's a reason for it, I'm for it. If it's done to "jazz up" the look and it doesn't hurt usability, I'm indifferent. If it looks cool, but makes it harder to get information from the screen to my brain, I'm against it.
For what it's worth, I'm currently redesigning a WP app to be more graphically rich. Transparency is in part of the app and in testing, it's hurting usability. I am trying to save the design because it's cool, but at some point soon I will either find the "right" mix or give us on "cool" because "functional" is what should rule the day.
Apple seems to lost a great deal of it "magic" and its role as an innovator in the mobile arena.
Via Apple’s recent announcements at thee WWDC it is clear the goals that the company has set on it's roadmap place it in a position square behind the competition. By either directly copying elements of the competitions user interfaces (i.e. the sleek and flat Modern UI of Microsoft’s Window’s Phone) or attempting to offer services the likes of Microsoft and Google have been successfully providing and evolving, in some cases for years, Apple seems to have adopted more of the role of a follower rather than the innovative leader it has been known for particularly since the launch of the iphone in 2007.
iOS 7 is different. Different than the skuemorphic renderings of the OS’s previous iteration, yet remarkably similar to the sleek and smooth offerings of the three year old Modern UI of Microsoft’s Window Phone (UI elements now found throughout Microsoft’s ecosystem – Outllook, Windows 8, MSN.com etc.) A side-by- side comparison of the two mobile OS’s lock screens, the message windows, the incoming call window, the multitasking and the flat typography reflect just how much Jovi Ives was influenced by Microsoft’s smooth UI when he was tasked with iOS’s makeover. When the original iphone was launced iOS was different than what was previously offered in the mobile arena – so different it was spun as magical. Today’s iOS 7 reveal has evoked more, “hey haven’t we seen that before”, or “that looks like Windows Phone” rather than the wow’s and ooooh-ahhhhhhs, the company formerly known as innovative may have grown accustomed to.
iRadio. Apples answer to streaming music joins the ranks of those already occupying that space, though to varying degrees. Pandora of course being the most popular among streaming music users also has in it’s company, Spotify, Microsoft’s own offering Xbox Music (formerly Zune Music), Nokia Music and the recently announced All Access by Google. Quality or popularity of the various offerings aside, this service offering IS being done by the competition – either via third party or through large companies like Microsoft and Goolge. Sorry Apple – already being done. iRadio. Not innovative.
iWork for iCloud is Apples answer to a productivity suite for Word Processing, Presentations, and Spreadsheets through the cloud which would provide access to work from many devices(don’t count on Firefox or Opera though). This tool which will provide limited productivity to users when released later this year even upon release will still offer a less comprehensive offering than the two big players in the productivity tool cloud services arena – Microsoft with Office 365 and strong Sky Drive integration in both Windows Phone and Window 8 and Google with Google Docs and Google Drive are already offering strong cloud based services to consumers and the enterprise, which are in an evolving stage rather than the development and implementation stage Apple’s iWork for iCloud is in. Apple again, is trying to play catch up here rather than offering a new or innovative service.
Apple’s massive marketing budget coupled with journalism and reporting that frames the companies WWDC announcements, particularly the departure from it’s six year old iOS User Interface, without the context of what is already being offered(by competitors such as Microsoft) will likely present an image of the company as returning to it’s innovative glory days. For those individuals not familiar with what the competition is offering, despite Microsoft’s/Nokia’s/Verizon’s, recent advertising blitz (it’s hard to watch television now without seeing multiple Windows Phone and or Windows 8 commercials which present images of the flat and slick Modern UI Microsoft has popularized.) magic may appear to have returned to Apple’s stage.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO called iOS 7 “the biggest change to the platform since the iPhone launched in 2007”. The biggest change to iOS yes, and when taken within the context of an announcement for an Apple event, followed with images of the renovated UI it may indeed seem that the magic has returned to Apple. That is until you take those same images and compare them to what Microsoft has been doing with Modern UI since 2010. Then you may feel like the kid who just learned how his grandfather has been pulling those quarters out of his ears whenever he saw him. Once he learned the trick it’s just not as impressive. Sure he still love’s grandpa and might even pretend to be awed each time the lovable old guy works his illusion. (Who doesn’t want to believe in magic?) But he know’s it’s not real and it’s only a matter time before the trick loses it’s charm.
The Apple exec’s performing before the masses, presenting their new wares to the expectant (and demanding-stock prices have been dropping) public spin or omit the fuller truth of their new UI design’s “innovative” inspirations hoping to inspire the genuine awe genuine innovation inspired in years gone by. The magic however seems to have left the stage and all the grandiose speech chanted by the horde of Apple reps, like an ineffective incantation, has failed to conjure nothing more than an illusion, a shadow of past wonder as the once innovative Apple takes the best of what others are doing and calls it their own. It’s only a matter of time before the trick loses it’s charm.
i think that ios7 is a mix of MeGo, Android and of course Windows Phone
just if the huge gap of apps between ios and wp8 is disappeared, wp8 will be on the top!
Something that seems to be missed from the comments is apple's marketing execution for this OS update.
I agree that it is a pale imitation of WP8 styling and some android functionality, however look at apple.com! They have large banner on homepage selling iOS7. They have dynamic screens showing each new feature with clear benefits of each.
Where are all the new coming soon features on windowsphone.com? Why is GDR2 such a big secret if it is indeed coming next month?
No wonder the average person thinks apple invents these features when Microsoft are poor at communicating what they already support and what is already planned!
As many people have mentioned, MS need to get updates out ASAP to not just address missing basics (i.e. volume control) but need to bring out features to differentiate from iOS/android.
iOS 7 isn't great, and needs ALOT of work and is not the usual super polished apple product, its not the usually skeumorphic design from apple, there's good parts there's bad parts. Every os has its problems and this fixed a lot of ios 's and admit no matter how good windows phone is it still needs work. I really feel that apple has deteriorated since Tim Cook took over but its still a great company with great products and a lot of problems.
Haha, poor Apple, now they'll update their oldest iPhone with iOS 7 and make it a snail! :D Btw can you connect your iPad with iPhone now with iOS 7, coz earlier you couldn't (read somewhere, never used Apple)?
It called follow the lead great job MS leader once again.
LMAO
what a joke!
Apple's lack of creativity is amusing and sad..
Doesn't look new and fresh to ne, sorry. When I saw the new design of iOS7, it looked familiar. I then checked my Nokia 808 and knew what iOS7 reminded me of: Symbian. Yep. VERY new and refreshing.
I just can't understand what Microsoft is doing now. There had been no notable change made to Windows Phone since the Mango update. Many users waited for the 7.8 update FOR SO LONG and the update brings so minor things. My contract is about to end in few months and I am being tempted to get an iPhone instead of Lumia 920 because I'm feeling tired of waiting for what Microsoft is going to do(or are they doing anything?).
Multiple tile sizes made a substantial change in the main user experience, allowing both high-density (with small tiles) and information and design richness (with wide tiles). The other "new" things in 8.0 were lock screen interaction, which is adding a whole host of useful and fun tools, the ability to let apps show notifications on the lock screen, and speech (which admittedly is a bit gimmicky and not widely used). Fast App Resume makes apps both faster (in resuming) and lets you maintain context.
Of course, that all came in the release that was the "re-tool" to switch kernels rather than to advance the OS. 8.1 is rumored to be intended to advance the OS and maybe bring in a bit more of the WinRT API to make it easier for developers to span the divide between phone and tablet apps.
Still clicking icons to open separate apps and drilling down menus. Nothing new to see here. Just a new coat of paint on already existing UI and a couple borrowed features thrown in to appease the natives until a real OS update comes two phones from now. (remember, we are seeing iOS 7 on the iPhone 5)
Not quite sure why they don't jump off the deep end. After all, they have a relatively captive 18% of customers who will buy the next iPhone even if it were made from pine. If this is the best Jonny can do, I am unimpressed. It seems hobbled together to me, unlike the present iOS which is at least consistent if not inspiring. The stubborn use of the icon-centric pages with little customization other than wallpaper and no functional tiles perplexes me. Android at least allows widgets and Windows Phone has lots of motion and real content pushed to the start screen.
As for the copied/borrowed/stolen items from WP8.x, again, color me unimpressed. WP8.1 is just around the corner and much discussion is already beginning about how it may very well already trump a few of these features. If WP8.1 or the intervening updates add notification center and app closing from the task pages, they go a long way towards matching or exceeding anything I see in this iOS.
I think people are being a bit harsh. I think it looks good - much better than iOS6. They obviously copied a lot of things from Android and in particular Windows Phone.
And for some reason they've also added some Aero and Flip3D.
I don't have a problem with copying UI styles. It makes sense and everyone does it. Granted what Windows Phone did was to evolve and add new concepts on top of what previously existed to create something unique, and iOS didn't.
What I do have a problem with is that Apple continues to say how innovative they are. Copying is not not innovation, it can be better than what they had before, hell, it can be better than what they are copying, but it's not innovation.
Apple should be called on it, and the press should make sure those who deserve credit get credit.
The only credit I will give to Apple/J.Ive is that they only implemented a few of the flattened UI elements in this stage, not all at once. I think that is a major problem for WIndows 8 acceptance. If they had gradually changed a few things people would have excepted it easier. I don't have a problem with Windows 8 as is , but it seems a majority of consumers or maybe just the reviewers and the media complaing about its confusing interface with issues like how do you get from the desk top to the start screen.
This is too bad. Copying Microsoft? Apple is no longer creative. WP all the way
This new incarnation seems to have a lot more software and features.
If anything, the inconsistent design cues suggests that Apple wasn't willing to make a bold paradigm shift. This looks more like the result of focus group development rather than a design team with a blank slate. Apple doesn't really have anything else to fall back on so they couldn't take a significant risk. The Modern UI is distinctly Microsoft and live tiles are the true differentiating factor.
Bring on the lawsuits.........
Its time for apple to defend, in which they will be completely unsuccessful at this stage of COPYING
The new iOS7 looks young again. Nimble, fluid and fun!
Hah! Siri data going to Bing, watch MS utilize that!
it looks like complete shitsu, it's all the same UI with an upgrade, tired a$$ rows of lame static icons, ITS WINDOWS PHONE LIPSTICK ON A STATIC ICON PIG!
It looks ok. But it definitely has some design inconsistencies. It just doesn't flow. Although these are just screen shots....they feel more like a hacked jailbreak theme than a UI redesign. It just doesn't flow together like WP8
We need to quickly start a meme about this or we're all gonna get told that our Nokias/Windows Phones are copies of Apple *sob* anyone with me?
we need the meme of the students in the class room this time apple is copying microsoft and samsung is off doing its own assignment on its own
Let's start a meme :D.. I'm already in progress of creating a short comic..
So the Smartphone battle upgrade:
Samsung: Copybot
Iphone: iSheep + Copybot
Weehhhhh...... LoL
Now people are gonna think Microsoft copied Apple.
What shocks me is the internet!
Everyone think apple copied android, the ignorance towards WP is shocking.
But yes, I have to give it to apple, their caller screen, albiet borrowed, is much more commom sensicle. You always provide the biggest button for the most important task! Ive pressed the text reply button on my 920 by mistake countless times and it results in the call being dropped, very very annoying!
i've never mitaken those buttons. So, ur fault.
Thieving bastards
"Did they take a design cue from the boys in Redmond, Washington?" Boys? Certainly you are aware that Microsoft has not only women employees, but also women leaders. Effective ones. Please be aware of gender bias in your otherwise enjoyable writing.
It's just an expression, not to be taken literally.
I bet from this day, we will get alot of questions from people 'Is that the new iOS7?'.
No excuse for Microsoft to not install a slide down notification center with toggle shortcuts in 8.1. And definitely no reason wp cant have slide down to close apps. If apple can do a mashup of good features so can we
Double standards. When we do it we will get sued to high heaven and I think they'll target Nokia to drive them out of business.
and now apple is gonna sue microsoft for copying them :P
As soon as Windows phone gets a notification center and the ablility to close apps and keep them running, and is treated fairly by app companies by giving us official apps just like all the other smartphones I will be happy and wont care about other competition. I think pretty soon every smart phone will be basically the saem it will just depend on how you want it to work, wether you like ios, android, windows phone, or blackberry.
Well the more they make it like Windows Phone 8, and people are IOS users, it will help people transition to Windows Phone better.
Cool and interesting comparison with valid points raised. Still the two are day and night different. Ios7 is windows phone? You're high.
good combination of
WP8 and MeeGo
but how is it in Apple's?
I understand that all companies copy and find outside influence but this is just pathetic. Apple tries to patent rounded corners and they do this ? Wow
As for transparency, I actually believe that it was a good move for Ms to move away from it with win8. It is a distraction and adds complexity, attributes that don't go along with Modern. I prefer functional over pretty. As for ios7, once the inconsistencies are ironed out it will be just fine.
Everyone on here is going crazy. No offense, but I find this article and a lot of wp8 fans' reactions to ios7 a bit overblown. Most of you just sound really bitter which is kinda funny, but because there's really nothing there to be upset about it's just kinda sad. If anything, ios7 looks more like Google and Android's design direction since Matthias took over that stuff. Anyway, whatever, I think it honestly looks pretty decent and has some nice ideas; I hope the Windows Phone team is taking notes.
It may have similaries to WP, but still doesn't change the fact that is Apple. I don't want to be stuck in their walled garden, and doesn't appear as though they changed it being just being a group of static icons.
I can see the headlines now: Apple releases the greatest OS ever!
Microsoft better take the WP Blue concepts into heavy consideration if they want to compete with IOSWP7 http://techblog.gr/software/windows-phone-8-1-concept-9727/
Holy crap I love that concept! Is that yours?
Nope. They posted an article about it on WPCentral before. It is amazing, that would be heavy competition for IOS7
This is... weird. I say this as both a WP and iOS fan. I'm not really sure I like it for iOS. I love WP's Metro UI, but it doesn't belong on iOS. At least in my opinion. Too similar.
I cannot lie IOS7 looks sexy as fuck now and it is very convenient with everything now. But every revamp has an aspect of windows phone in it. when they're scrolling through the albums in iTunes player it looks identical to Zune
Convenient.... Maybe. But sexy? Speak for yourself.
The home screen no. But other app interfaces are really nice. They look a lot like Windows Phone so if you don't think they look nice then you must have an android and for some reason you're on WPCentral
Hmmmm WP8 still has a better interface. If they had done live icons then maybe, but as is they look like they're playing catch up.
I was excited for iOS 7 when I heard of them going flat. But I'm very disappointed after seeing it. Its actually really bad on some things. They don't use enough proper typography practices in some areas and the transparency is waaaaaaaaaay overdone.
What are all you people talking about there is no live tiles and no app list. Apple may have went flat (which looks a lot better then what they have in ios 6) but, they still didn't still the best part of windows phone the start screen. My wife has an iPhone and she is looking to with a note because she said ios is boring and it looks lime that's not fix with 7. I can't get her to go with a windows phone because my lumia 900 has horrible call quality.
When Eddy said Bing, the place was silent. I coulcn't help but laugh.
Trust that this will sell millions, though.
Which will probably end up helping Bing, not just in market share, but in improving its search results. This is a potential HUGE win for MS.
I agree. Maybe Bing will finally get out of Beta in my country:-)
reminds me of when other OS were trying to mimic iOS but it just didn't quite look right. I guess it's MSFT turn for OS to mimic. Also, I bet Android and WP coporate elite are fighting to get through the gigantic window that Apple has opened as a result of this annoucement.
My opinions are indifferent...at least it looks different from the last few years. All my apple fanboy friends love it...but they also love the new mac book pro :/
You guys are hilarious. iOS7 looks awesome. Improves on a lot of WP things and is more refined in many ways. So what? MS didn't invent flat interfaces. Should apple keep their faux 3D forever as a matter of principle? Of course not. This is the first time Ive has been in charge. He's probably been wanting to do this since the iPhone first came out.
I guess fewer people on this site bought the Lumia for design than I thought...
Agree with you 100% sir.
They pretty much did...
Question of taste. I find iOS quite .. Meh. Not completely ugly, but old fashioned, and not very refined. I much prefer the WP design, so please speak for yourself.
Maybe this is why they signed the no sue contracts a while back. "we'll switch to Bing if you dint sue us for out flat design copy"
I'm not a fan of this flat implementation in IOS7. Though there some similarities to WP, but a more ugly version.
Even by fanboy standards, it would be a stretch to declare that microsoft invented "flat colors and thin fonts" and then everybody else copied them.
Regardless, it's a boring, ugly design trend that can't go out of style soon enough for my tastes.
And I doubt any of this will positively or negatively affect iOS's stagnant market share or WP's pitiful market share.
Pitiful, yes, but slow and steady wins the race. ~ Turtle
microsoft shoud sue apple for this or else microsoft should make ios type skin for windows phone 8.1. and give a letter to apple tit 4 tat
U have to realize though once this is in public hands they'll be all like this is awesome, thanks to apple. Not realizing tht Microsoft already had this but people shunned WP bcuz it was Microsoft. There goes the neighborhood.....
Yuck, it looks like they tried splicing the genes of Windows Phone and Android together, then grafted it onto iOS, but accidently mixed in too much neon and teenage girl. No thanks...
Nice analogy.... Its true. I dont much like what they've done. Im sticking with WP.
This looks like a theme I once installed on my Palm Pre.
For practical purposes, what this means is that WP 8.1 should come with a flawless execution. The notification center of iOS is nothing impressive at all (heck, I would barely call it a notification center at all) and if MS can pull something on a qualitiy level comparable to the hub of BB10 then some advantage might be retained. Other opportunity points for MS would be:
Anyway, surely there are many more ideas, point is that MS and Nokia (and maybe HTC and Samsung if they still care about the platform) can do before iOS 7 is released. Remember that WP 8.1 should be released at around the same time.
Ok now it's gonna be about having the apps that apple get first.. Hmmm. Apple running out of idea.. WINDOWSPHONE team has to make WP 8.1 a lot better and separate it from ios 7.. I recently added the gs4 to my mobile share plan, and I have to say.. LUMIA or android gs4 all the way, apple is way behind them 2 except they have all the dev support.. amen..
Wow! This is laughable and pathetic to say the least. As an Android user, I have to laugh at the blatant lack of creativity and ingenuity on display from Apple. I almost want to jump ship to WP just to spite Apple and its pretentious hypocritical practices.
as a dev when I saw this the first thing I thought was.."Awsome now I dont have to change anything in my design to port to IOS!"
Yeah, It's better if Apple intergrated .Net into their iOS
iOS 7 really does look like the next iteration of Windows Phone. It's like someone went through the current OS and refined and updated it. It has the unexpected consequence of making Windows Phone look somewhat outdated. What's really interesting is that some of it's aesthetic features is very reminiscent of Aero from Windows Vista/7.
The design language has been revised so dramatically that it's easy to overlook the fact that you're looking at the same basic OS. The core interface hasn't changed nearly as much as it first appears. On the other hand, iOS 7 feels like a mishmash of interfaces, very reminiscent of Android.
I think Windows Phone still offers the more cohesive experience. Windows Phone doesn't need a whole lot to come away feeling fresh. Maybe a small step away from the single-color look, more reminiscent of Windows 8 with the slight gradation and secondary colors.
One problem I foresee with iOS 7 is legibility; everything is way too soft. Look at that call screen; good luck trying to read any of that outdoors on a sunny day. I wouldn't be surprised if all that blows up into a big scandal. That OS also looks like it's going to be a battery hog if Apple ever introduces an iPhone with an OLED.
You know what, that's a good call on that aero stuff. Now that you got me thinking about it, it reminds me a bit of Metro in its older implementation, as in before Windows Phone, back when we had Zune Software on our Windows 7 PCs. Metro back then had some slight gradation and even some shadowing. They went super-flat later on with windows phone. Interesting.
Jobs would've never let this happen. Apple, stop following. Lead.
Metroed!
This new iOS 7 interface is Metro-sexual.
Say what you want about ios7 it looks alot better than wp8. Plus has every feature we want on wp8
Does it have Bing Scout? (In Jim Carey's Ace Ventura voice....Alllttriiighty then!)
I'm sorry, but if you go down the list of iOS 7's "new" features and total up the features that have NOT been available on Windows Mobile, Windows Phone or Android for years, I get maybe three - and that's including revamping Safari!
"Camera: The new iOS camera is four cameras in one — still camera, video..." Puh Lease! Can iPhone USers pull their noses out of Apple's Bunghole long enough to call BS on this attempt to fool iSheep into thinking they have anything new in their hands.
And anyone who wasn't rolling around laughing when Apple claimed iRadio is "New and Amazing!" needs to see about having their lobotomy reversed!
I love Apple and iOS, i love Microsoft and Windows Phone, i don't care about this, i just hate Google and Android.
Yes! I share your view totally and cannot agree with you more.
lol, 10 years ago everybody hates... microsoft :) In 10 years you will love Google :)
While I think there are highlights of where the iOS7 look is nice, overall, I think it feels less polished the WP.
Look at the photos list comparison (also the calculator). WP uses negative space far more effectively. The thick spacing between the images (and buttons in the calculator) make for a far cleaner look. And there are other examples.
I think overall it feels rather pointless to slap a fresh coat of paint onto iOS7 where there seems to be so little in the way of truely new functionality. The homescreen of static icons remains glaringly boring. If you're gonna go flat, it should bring along widgets/live-tiles with it. But then again, I have been spoiled with WP for some time now.
Hit the nail on the head. Looks cheap and not a single bit if functionality in those flat icons. That integration is the heart if WP x
I you want me to brag about this, you should've used nicer screenshot.
MS definitely have to bring it with 8.1. Gotta bring a great notification center and hopefully brings it through gestures
HAHAHAH Go Microsoft
When Microsoft does it nobody cares
When Apple does it everyone goes nuts this world is f***ed up
Seriously, what's wrong with people ?
1st world consumerism, we've got everything and want more. Pretty messed up when you look at it from a global perspective.
No creativity. I cant believe that Apple copied Microsoft on this new IOS.
The calculator app looks like a calculator! And the gallery app is a grid of thumbnails! C'mon, how much of this 'copy!' stuff is just because they're using a sans serif font that looks kinda similar to what WP uses? I bet it's 90% of it.
Yes, it looks great, hope Apple doesn't change it
Apple copied and made it better. Will probably switch from my L920 to the next iPhone after my contract ends.
Well, I would wait a little bit and see how will WP looks by then. At the very least, I expect them to release WP 8.1 at the same time iOS 7 is released.
Don't worry, I was not serious. The only thing that bugs me is that WP is a mature OS now, so we shouldn't have to do without knowing what my call duration was. Or why I can't switch on/off WiFi with a single tap from home screen. Or why my Lumia 920 died thrice while updating and I had to revive it using the Nokia suite etc. There are many things I don't like in the new ios but they have integrated the better features from WP and Android.
Alright. Bye.
There are also certain features that supposedly "copy" what Android has been doing for awhile. I've never used an Android, so I can't really comment. I wonder if anybody here can extrapolate.
Either way, it's ironic that Apple sues several companies for copyright infringement, yet seems to have no problems implementing UI models from other companies.
It's the Command Control that they copied, which also has been available to the jailbreak communities since iOS5 was launched.
Apple is the top company that uses their money on Patent wars while other companies like Microsoft and Nokia spends their monies in R&D.
Easier to copy and sue than to innovatively create =)
I don't think it was a coincidence that Apple copied Microsoft UI design and also decided to switch to Bing. Likely that was the price.
I wondered about that, too. They must have some sort of agreement going on.
Judging from this photos in this article, total ripoff of Windows Phone
yup we all can see that, I'm just infuriated as I just know the iphone fanbois at work will drive me to the end of my tether with this Apple's revolutionary ui talk. When I first got my L920 they all remarked how it was flat, bland and lacks any sort of differentiation. They even remarked how WP 7 didnt not have copy and paste however when reminded the early versions of ios did not all I got was grumbles and shrugs. People don't like to be proved wrong and this case MS must make a meal out of this and sue the seeds out of Apple; Only then from the subsequent media coverage people will realise who copied whom. But I don't see Microsoft taking Apple to court over blatant theft of intellectual property, the same yard stick Apple the beat Samsung with over the GS2.
Take heart that Apple copied Android, Windows Phone and WebOS but made a mess out of, most of all it lost its uniqueness. Glad Windows Phone was the first and only to go fully flat, though it has its flaws, its unique.
Well they took alot of, should I say inspiration from Windows Phone? None the less they changed their design language but that does not mean the apps and app developers will follow this design language right off the back. There a couple of unique takes on certain items but overall I think it's not bad. Still prefer WP any day.
Notice the Cloud logo, on IOS7. Look suspicously like the SkyDrive logo but mirrored with the background cloud removed.
Unfortunately, when Apple is involved, it's more "let the best marketing team prevail", which they inevitably will.
As much as it annoys me to see them call this the greatest thing since the iPhone and see it reported as "a radical redesign", I like the changes in iOS 7. While there are design cues from competitors, it just seems like a much-needed facelift and move toward an industry trend. I wouldn't say it even looks like Metro, as others have.
On one hand, I'd say it looks good and I'm overly glad they didn't introduce "live icons" or something like that. On the other hand, so many in the Apple community are such rabid followers or sheltered in knowing competitors' offerings...that it will be annoying to hear many call this the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Bookmarking this to show all my friends that, in a few months, will claim that this is 'brand new' and 'revolutionary'..
They both look like X-Windows programs using Athena libXaw widgets from 1987.
Nice to see Apple follow Windows Phone lead. I think they're realizing Apple just doesn't have that "cool factor" anymore and are trying to catch up.
I think its time for MS to put their foot down and take Apple to court over this.. iOS7 is a blatant copy of WPx, and it's just sad.. What a bunch of hippocrates Apple are, suing Samsung for copying iPhone hardware. And, to all iOS fans, just know that when you upgrade to iOS7 you aren't using the real thing.. And, when you look at the design of your "new" OS you're just looking a stolen aesthetic concepts.. The iPhone is now nothing but generic!... Pathetic!!
This does not change my commitment to WP at all. I still believe we have the best designed OS on mobile devices. I do think it hurts WP somewhat but I think with 8.1 coming, Xbox one and new surface/w8 tablets MS is positioning itself well for the future.
^THIS
Let me guess. . . It's revolutionary
To sheep yes,, because they know no better..
Magical!!!
I'm probably going to be shouted down, but I think iOS7 looks great. Incorporates the flat aesthetic of WP in ways that look modern and clean while also allowing lots of capabilities... I mean,the swipe from bottom settings window is something WP needs to emulate or flat-out copy.
Why when you can just pin settings to start?
exactly!!
I have it pinned to my start menu. Here is the process of toggling bluetooth on and off using Settings:
I also have quick toggle shortcuts on my start menu, which cut the process down to:
Now, Android and iOS users will have the ability to swipe once and be presented with several quick toggles on a single screen, instead of having to tap in and back out of the different settings in the settings menu. For an OS that prides itself with helping you "get on with your life" by making things quick and easy, toggling multiple settings is a tedious chore.
THIS is what I'm talking about. And even more, now they can talk to Siri to turn on/off the bluetooth.
This is going to sound like I'm trying to bait you, but I'm not. Why do you want to toggle those things so often?
I came to WP from WM, where I did toggle settings all of the time (thanks to the brilliance of Cookie's adaptation/extension of HTC Sense for WM). When I got to WP, I was really annoyed at how tedious it was to manipulate those settings. Eventually, I just stopped changing them and leave them on all of the time. My Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and NFC settings are on always. I don't have to toggle when I get home, in the car, or in the office. My battery still lasts through the day (unless I game).
So, why the need to be "managing" your phone so much? I'm sure that there are legitimate use cases, I just don't know them. In that state of (temporary?) ignorance, the calls for quick access to settings sound like WM and Android users not willing to relax and accept that things now work without needing manual intervention.
I have too, because my Lumia 920 has an autonomy of less a day (without NFC, Bluetooth, wifi...). So I don't have the choice. And it's quite boring to have 3 operations to activate/desactivate each of them
I personally find the transparencies in iOS7 just absolutely awful, e.g. the way the control center looks like faded womit with all the colors in the background. :) I prey to Santa Claus that if MS some day puts more (as there already is a bit at least in the camera UI and video controls) transparency to WP its implemented better.
Justice must be served
And blood will be shed
Microsoft, do something
Damn it!
Litigation! Litigation! Litigation!
The only thing apple has that we don't in the new UI is a wallpaper on the background wish we had that since day 1
and with 99% of the wallpaper covered with tiles it would be pointless!!!!
See Link:
http://sdrv.ms/11RZpO1
ENOUGH SAID
That was just sickening! Apple should pay MS $15 for every i device sold!!!
I'm sorry man but none of those really showed me any evidence of Apple copying MS. Don't get me wrong, I love my 920 and wp8, but I think this article and a lot of wp fans' reactions to ios7 are a bit overblown. Really, most of ios7 looks more like Android.
If the lockscreen, calc, incoming call, and weather don't convince you... nothing will
The lockscreen on iOS7 slides to the left or right not up.
Sorry, round out edges in card view is already taken too: http://i39.tinypic.com/ddnjbb.jpg
WOW!!!!!, they took something boring, and made it... (wait for it...) even more boring... props to Apple...
this is why they leaked the multitasking changes and the notification centre earlier, so they could say they did not copy it from Apple. clever.
THIS!!!!....>Clever Indeed
Hum...You are on to something here...
Yes....
Uh... The notification centre has been there on iOS since 2011.
They are talking about the WP leaks.
I know what they're talking about.
Read what he said. He said they leaked it earlier so they could say they did not copy Apple (iOS7)
What I'm saying is that although they leaked the notification centre before iOS7, it doesn't matter because it has been there for 2 years.
Android had a notification centre since it's first release, your point is?
SBSettings was there before android's notification. Your point is?
Nick Archanbault1 what are you going to say when window phone 8.1 comes out?? U don't think Microsoft is working on new designs, making live tiles better, and getting, SkyDrive,Bing, Xbox and Skype to work even better....microsoft has big plans for Xbox tv and SkyDrive.....i wouldn't switch so quickly because apple thought to copy flat design
The name is Michael Archambault. =P
And I'm not switching, lol. I'm staying right here.
iOS finally looks pretty. I might just get a new iDevice now.
...to put an end at this story...IOS 7 is a mix of mobiles Os
Apple finally releases their newest operating system ..... Metroid!
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