Mobile operating systems is probably one of the most sensitive topics in the industry. Insult one platform and you start a flame war. But, let’s move on, shall we? Go back to basics. In its current state, what does iOS have to offer? What does it lack? Read on and join in the discussion.
No one will ever forget that moment: Steve Jobs occupied the stage and introduced the first iPhone in 2007. iOS was really meant to be easy-to-use and smart at the same time. Apple succeeded with this and they immediately rose through the charts. It expanded through the iPod Touch, the iPad and the iPad Mini.
But in a much smarter world, will the same OS conquer? Put the original iPhone OS beside iOS 6 and you’ll barely see any difference. Is that a good thing?
The Best of iOS
1. Simplicity – Take an iPhone in your hands, power it on and play with it for minutes and we bet you’ll know how to use it instantly. The use of a single home button and the elegance of the icons are enough for almost everybody. Not everyone enjoys exploring their devices, and with iOS, you don’t need to.
2. “There’s an app for that.” – iOS is an app-centered platform. It’s basically a grid of apps. Titles usually come to iOS first (Temple Run, Instagram etc.) and not only that it gets them first, but they also get the best ones. Even games like Infinity Blade won’t see the light of day in Android or any competing platform.
3. Straightforward – Apple hides everything you don’t need to see. It feels like you’re dictated upon and it’s a good thing for the average user. It doesn’t confuse people, it doesn’t show you options you don’t understand and above all, it’s all done for you.
4. It was a pioneer – Being first in the business is a good thing, and this is why Apple has a great share of the market today. No matter how tempting it is for users to shift platforms, it’s difficult and it’s all due to the money and time they’ve invested in iOS. It’s more than just an operating system; it’s an ecosystem.
The Worst Of iOS
1. Slow evolution – Take a look at iOS in 2007 and take a look at it now. What’s changed? iOS 6 has 200 new features, but who can name them? Windows Phone, Android and even BlackBerry 10 is evolving faster than iOS within the past few years. Sure, it nailed some features like Siri, but how about updates like Apple Maps? We could use some changes.
2. Lawsuits – Not really a side of iOS that people hate on, but a side of Apple itself. Most consumers won’t know about this, but the internet goes off on this topic like crazy. Apple sues mostly on the iOS front; you don’t see them suing for Macs and iPods. Their obvious love for monopolizing the market isn’t a thing to like, and the less competition they have, the less innovative they will be. So, here’s to hoping they’ll stop.
3. Price – For a device running a simple OS, it’s quite expensive. We understand that Apple is a very valuable company and that the law of supply & demand is applicable here as well. The demand and supply should meet halfway, and that is called the equilibrium price. We won’t see any cheaper iOS devices yet, because until someone wants an iOS device, the price will remain high. So we guess that’s where the sad part lies; only a few can purchase a device running iOS.
Apple’s iOS was there from the start, and it’s trying to maintain its position as one of the best mobile operating systems out there. Will we ever see a massive rethinking of iOS? Will we see cheaper iPhones? Under new management, we can’t really tell. What about you, what were your best and worst experiences with iOS? Where do you see it in the next 5 years? Please share and leave a comment down below.
Editor’s Note: This article is one of a 3-part series tackling the best and worst characters of smartphone platforms. You can read about the one for Google Android here and for Microsoft Windows Phone here. – Yuga
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The only thing I hate about iOS is that the apps are now required with a higher version of iOS (can’t download twitter, facebook, and instagram on my ipod 2nd gen because the iOS required for those apps are now 4.3 and the last update for the 2nd gen is only 4.1).
Fragmentation should never be an issue.
An old Ipad may have been upgraded to IOS6. But it can barely play the games true gamers wanted because it’s GFX can’t handle it.
Old devices upgrading to IOS6 is still worthless. Parang konswelo-de-b0b0 lang. Niloloko nyo lang sarili nyo.
Functionalities Iphone5 CAN’T do that a cheap 5k Android phone CAN:
1. Play MKV, AVI, RMVB, and FLV videos right out of the box
2. Share photos I took using the phone via bluetooth to other phones
3. Delete stored pictures inputed by computer directly from the phone
4. Change batteries when you needed
5. Use as USB when connected directly to the computer
6. No miniUSB standard in EU
7. Need Itunes to function
You need to buy apps for above functionalities that even Samsung pocket can do out of the box.
wala bang mga trabaho ang mga tao dito at itong article and masyado nilang pinoproblema? Siguro nga mayayaman o nagyayaman yamanan sila kasi sa dinami dami ng problema ng mundo eh iOS vs. Android vs. Windows and napagtuunan nilang pansinin.
wala keong mapapala sa pagbash sa mga articles ni Freking. no one will give you a medal for that. instead comment about what infos are lacking in his articles or politely correct whatever error he have committed.. kasi kahit anong OS man gamit nyo walang app na magpapaganda ng pag-uugali nyong parang skwater.
well said, @jeykoy.
the fact that i asked @salt to read again, it means i don’t have much time repeat or explain what i previously said.
@bob-o, just seeing your nick tells me not to bother reading your comments around here. but you got my attention when you commented on this thread and it’s address to me. i regret reading it though. full of hatred and cowardice as usual.
good night.
Question lang po, diba si Bob Freking ay nagrerender for Yugatech? Eh bakit po yung apple logo sa headline photo eh hindi smooth? Just asking po hehe
kung siya man nagrerender, siguro kasi hindi sya ganon kagaling. o ayan masaya ka na patunayan na hindi magaling si Bob Freking? congrats!
layo ng topic mo dito kapa nagtanong. interesado ka ba sa work niya dito? apply ka.
Mt fault. This was a fault on the resizing. The low-res photo got bloated up, unlike text which remains vector and not raster. I apologize.
Ios is good, in terms of apps feeling ko number 1 sila, pero ecosystem hindi, umaasa pa rin naman ang IOS sa google like maps. Masyado lang dn expensive ang iPhone para sa maliit na screen.
Off topic, ok naman mga article ni bob, ewan ko bkt dme nya haters, o bandwagon haters n lng dn?
I agree that ios is d best mobile platform in terms of performance. Im a musician n i use garageband igrand and sampletank. My device can act like a sound module with professional quality sound. A thing that is not yet achievable in any android device. However we cannot deny the fact that android is the mobile platform na pang masa. Think of galaxy y n lg l3. These cheap android devices made it possible even for the masa to experience having a smartphone. Its simply this: ios for the elite android for the masa.
I hate Apple. Yes I do. But I own an iPhone 5 and iPad 4. I really don’t get why buy a device with a very simple OS and has less capabilities than its competitor like Samsung with a very high pricetag. Until now its still a question unanswered. So I decided to buy an iPhone 5 and iPad 4. Well I like the simplicity of the OS and loads of apps in it. After buying it I felt that its not worth my hard earned money. I’m going to use these devices for two years and after that I will switch to Windows Phone. I find it more value for money considering it has the same smooth and sleek OS as iOS. Lack of apps? I’m not an app person anyway.
iOS = it just works
iOS: Very user friendly…
Android: It’s Complicated!
hahahahaha lol
Haha mukhang matindi ang galit ni bob-o sa author at namemersonal na. Mukhang may malalim na pinanggagalingan.
baka may nakaraan..
uu nga, kanina pa yan,, haha,,parang galit sa mundo,,,,nandadamay pa,,, sarilihin na lang nya problema nya, lol,
I just want a 5.5″ iPhone
Para sa akin ang down side ng Apple ay yung walang adobe flash support sa Ipad or Iphone.Mahilig kasi me sa mga flash videos sa net kaya maganda sana kung meron din sila nun gaya sa Android.
Newer versions of Android & Windows Phone can’t run flash either.
Just saying. :)
Ever heard that there are apps that support Flash?
I bought Puffin for live streaming of DZMM and Tambayan 101.9 which are Flash based.
As Steve Jobs, “there’s an app for that…”
so the worst of iOS is its owner deciding to file lawsuits (i.e. not iOS itself), and that the hardware carrying it is expensive (i.e. not iOS itself).
iOS itself is technically free, but it’s not for sale. it comes free with the hardware. even if you have old hardware, even the update is free, and you get it on the same day as everyone else does.
the lawsuits… come on. as if other people don’t do that. people have to protect their intellectual property. if the courts decide against the lawsuit, e di yun na yon. how would YugaTech feel if i just create a whole new website using all YugaTech contents on it? you’ll let me be? or you’ll troll me na lang? or are you gonna sue me (assuming money to hire lawyers is not an issue for you)?
I totally get your point, but in my opinion, Apple is being a bully on the iOS front. I’m not sure how things like this are possible, but Apple can sue because of how icons and rounded corners are used on competitors. Worse is that Apple sues only the threats, therefore creating a monopoly which leads to less innovation.
As someone who enjoys business, I get that business is business, but I think water overflows at times and ethics is lost.
“Not really a side of iOS that people hate on, but a side of Apple itself.”
I included that just to refresh on what to dislike, the anti-competitive practice. Imagine a world with only iOS.
@Freking
Pwede sarilihin mo na lang opinion mo?! Gawa ka sarili mong blog, “The Freking Nonsense Blog”. Tapos doon mo sabihin lahat ng wala kawenta kwenta mong posts/reactions/comments. Please? Ikaw ang sumisira sa Yugatech.
Ang reliable writer sa mga ganitong topics yung mga walang kinikilingan, open minded, at higit sa lahat hindi Dork. So please lang.
@bobo – freking has a personal blog, though he doesn’t use t. Where in these articles ang closed minded? Plus, no one uses the word dork. God society.
Why? Hindi mo alam ibig sabihin ng Dork? Shame on you. Try to google it :) or ayan si Freking, best example of Dork :)
Yun naman pala, may blog siya bakit hindi siya dun magkalat ng nonsense articles?! Hmmmm hahahahaha.
Oww, kapatid ka niya? Or nanay? O tatay kaya? Hahahahaha :)
Same on you. If u think u make sense, why dont u approach him and tell him your personal comments? Wala pa akong naririnig sayo na may sense na tungkol sa article itself.
Inggit ka ba? Lol, wala ng gumagamit ng dork na word.
Tanga lang? Paano ako magcocomment ng may sense kung ang article mismo ay walang sense. Paulit ulit?
Sure kang wala nang gumagamit sa word na dork? O sadyang hindi mo lang talaga alam ibig sabihin? Umamin ka ms.freking hahahahahaha! :))))
@bob-o
Puro naman nonsense ang pinagsasabi mo e. At least si Bob may sense yung article. Kung gusto mo talaga patunayan yung sarili mo, bigay mo sakin number mo, wag yung FAKE ah, wag yung katulad ng mga sinasabi mo :) kung wala kanang sasabihing may sense, mas mabuti pa umalis ka nalang. PULUBE!
@others
Mas mabuti pa wag nyo nalang pansinin, tingnan nyo yamot yan. :)
wahaha sama ako diyan Kanor, gusto kong masubukan yang tapang ni bob-o. pero malamang matakot lang yan. nanahimik na nga bigla eh. o baka walang pangload ng internet. hahaha
grabe naman mga nanlalait kay bob nagcshare lang naman xa ng KNOWledge.
dami talagang nilalang na d pinalaki ng matino ng mga magulang.
I agree
i so agree with you. what these people keep forgetting is that no one push them to come here and read Bob’s articles.
libre niyo lang nakukuha lahat ito pero daig nyo pa ang nagpapasweldo kung makapagreklamo at makapang insulto.
yung hindi magandang ugali ng pamilya niyo huwag niyo na sana dalhin dito.
hindi enough ang may knowledge ka at i-share mo yon. ang tanong e, kumpleto ba yung knowledge mo.
halimbawa, nung unang panahon, dahil ang nakikita lang ng tao ay tila umiikot ang araw at buwan sa mundo. ayun ang knowledge nila noon. so pinapatay nila ang mga taong nagsabing hindi totoo yon.
pero nung nadagdagan pa ang kaalaman nating lahat nung nakakapag-padala na tayo ng sasakyang panghimpapawid, at yung tinatawag na “relativity” ay mas naunawaan na natin, ayon, natanggap na natin na ang mundo pala ang umiikot sa araw.
so kung minsan, ayon ang tanong, may knowledge ka nga, pero kumpleto ba ang knowledge mo? kung minsan, kumpleto ang knowledge mo, pero alam mo ba anong gagawin dito? nauunawaan mo ba ang lahat ng ito? iba din ang knowledge sa understanding.
@frenchy sorry pero just to crack the shell, this blog/page is being run by advertisements that these readers are seeing. It might not be the whole of it, pero kabilang sila sa nagpapasweldo sa writers dito.
Wag ka masyadong pa-good samaritan.
@salt, ang ibig kong sabihin, hindi directly sa readers nanggagaling ang sinusweldo ng mga writers dito at wala naman tayong binabayaran na kahit magkano para makapag reklamo na may kasama pang pangiinsulto.
at paano naman ako naging “pa-good samaritan”? ang point ko lang, pwede naman critical ng hindi nangiinsulto. now if you enjoy seeing these ugly words being thrown to a writer here just because they don’t like his writings/opinions, etc., then YOU ARE PATHETIC.
“ang ibig kong sabihin, hindi directly sa readers nanggagaling ang sinusweldo ng mga writers dito”
Di mo ata gets? Paki-basang mabuti. Sa advertisers nanggagaling ang pera na INAABOT ni Yuga sa mga writers na ito.
“at paano naman ako naging “pa-good samaritan”? ang point ko lang, pwede naman critical ng hindi nangiinsulto.”
Come on, the comments section is OPEN to everyone’s insights/opinions/comments/suggestions. That’s part of being a writer/journalist. Kung di niya kaya, he/she should not be in the job, or he should be running a blog without a comments section.
“if you enjoy seeing these ugly words being thrown to a writer here just because they don’t like his writings/opinions, etc., then YOU ARE PATHETIC.”
Ooohh.. the irony na magsabi kang pathetic yung nagcomment. Doesn’t that make you the ‘pathetic’ one? :)
“if you enjoy seeing these ugly words being thrown to a writer here just because they don’t like his writings/opinions, etc., then YOU ARE PATHETIC.”
Ooohh.. the irony na magsabi kang pathetic yung nagcomment. Doesn’t that make you the ‘pathetic’ one? :)
BOOM! Apply cold water to burnt area… hehehehe! Kasi naman pa-good samaritan talaga si ate Frenchy eh haha
read again. ikaw ang hindi nakaintindi.
and you don’t hide on different nicks here just to reply to your own comments, kid. LOL. if you think your IP cannot be detected by advance users, think again. kaya matapang kasi nakatago? better use a VPN instead.
isa o dalawa lang dito ang critical sa articles ni Bob na hindi takot magtago ng identities. hats off to them.
Pasingit.
Wow frenchy, so youre telling you are one of those matapang to show their true identity by showing your freking face? Woah! Thats what you called the real PATHETIC.
May masabi lang para malihis ang topic, when in fact ang flow ng paguusap niyo is about you being “good samaritan” pwe! Kaya “ikaw ang hindi nakaintindi” na lang ang nasabi mo? HAHAHAHA for you!
And, hirap ba tanggapin na madaming haters ang writer na to? O ikaw ang may gawain na gumawa ng maraming name here? Alin sa dalawa? Hahahahaha!
tatapang ng mga anti-Freking ah. wala ba kayong pasok bukas? mga bum ba kayo? dami niyong time mag-bash eh. haba pa ng mga comments niyo. kaw naman kasi frenchy pinatulan mo pa mga troll. dagsa tuloy replies. dyan gutom mga trolls na yan sa replies.
@frenchy FYI I’m not connected to any of you here. Show me your proof that I am sharing the same address with any of you here and I’d be happy to argue and defend :)
Isa pa, kahit anong pagka-advanced mo pa sa pagiging wordpress user, yung may-ari lang ng blog nakakakita ng IP addresses ng comments unless you tweak your comment.php. So kung alam mo IP addresses namin…
Is that you, Mr. Freking? Hahaha! :)
And so, I salute all of you na mas defensive pa kay Mr. Freking (unless you’re all the same persons). Nakakatawa kayong tignan. Napahiran siguro niya kayo ng laway niya nung bata pa kayo. :))
@bob-o, just seeing your nick tells me not to bother reading your comments around here. but you got my attention when you commented on this thread and it’s address to me. i regret reading it though. full of hatred and cowardice as usual.
good night.
@salt I’m sorry, ano kinalaman ng laway nya sa article? o______o
@bob-o
Pasensya na ha, pero mas walang sense yang mga comments mo, ang pinaguusapan yung iOS hindi yung author. PULUBE pwe. 0______0
haha tama ka Kanor. si bob-o ay isang halimbawa ng pulubeng duwag na matapang lang sa internet.
@salt
“And so, I salute all of you na mas defensive pa kay Mr. Freking (unless you’re all the same persons). Nakakatawa kayong tignan. Napahiran siguro niya kayo ng laway niya nung bata pa kayo. :))”
hindi ba mas nakakatawang tingnan ang tulad mo na dinedepensahan ang mga Anti-Freking bums na kung makapagsalita na ay parang mga hindi naturuan ng tamang asal ng magulang nila?
“Come on, the comments section is OPEN to everyone’s insights/opinions/comments/suggestions. That’s part of being a writer/journalist. Kung di niya kaya, he/she should not be in the job, or he should be running a blog without a comments section.”
i don’t think this comments section is also open to harsh and insulting words, personal attacks to the author, and other crap.
Napakababawa ng mga articles na ito. Hindi nga ito papasa na essay assignment sa kolehiyo.
Mukhang ikaw ang mababaw. Get a life.
If your first in the business, then you would anticipate a competition, and likewise, that competition will twist your vision and make them their own and show people that their product is better than the pioneers.
All I’m saying here is no matter how fierce the competition is, we should all give respect, and I know credit is very hard to give, to the pioneers.
If you would switch them, “IF” Android or Windows or Blackberry were the pioneers, and Apple iOS ‘just’ followed the pattern, would they not sue each other with the reasonable standards.
Get over it and just use which OS you want to use, and STOP DEBATING over some software that you use just to play TEMPLE RUN.
Power of CHOICE people.
nice way to put it!
Well, I must say. Nagsayang lang ako ng pera for my android phone. Hindi ko rin pala makukuha sa android ang gusto ko. Sana inipon ko nalang yung pera ko para iPhone ang nabili ko. Hindi ko ma-achieve yung gusto ko sa applications mostly in creating music which I need, Talk about Application Compatibility? The Hell pare! Kailangan mo ng hi-end and latest android phone kung gusto mo subukan ang android ecosystem. Napaka young pa ng android OS. eg. Audio latency. (wala pang android app ang nakakapantay sa garage band ng iOS when it comes to sound and simplicity.)
‘There’s an app for that’ for me ito talaga ang strength ng iOS. Aanhin mo ang hi-specs ng android phone kung crappy ang mga apps.
Lesson learned.
My two cents. :)
– Bibili palang ng iPhone at iPad Mini. :)
Ba’t ka nagtipid? You get what you paid for.
Nagnote 2 ka na lang sana mas mura pa rin sa iphone 4. Haha.
2. Lawsuits Di ba tungkol sa iOS yung article mo? tanga much?
“Not really a side of iOS that people hate on, but a side of Apple itself.”
EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, BOB. Then don’t list it there if it’s not an issue with iOS itself.
Bob Freking haters to march in 3…2…1… :)
“Being first in the business is a good thing, and this is why Apple has a great share of the market today” — what the hell, did the writer (Bob Freking) do research on this? –It’s more than just an operating system; it’s an ecosystem. — do you know what eco system means? you’re an idiot.
Being first in a certain business is a competitive advantage aka an edge. This applies to all types of businesses.
Throw back the question at you: do you know what ecosystem means?
Took up Business lessons.
Talo ka dito fucktard. Never mess with a Dork. Sila yung mga hindi nagpapatalo sa mga debate.
Alam nila lahat. Hindi sila nagkakamali. Ganyan ang Nerd/Dork :)
Uso na pala burahan ng comments dito sa Yugatech? Congrats Freking, ikaw lang nakagawa nun, woohooo. Whatever dork hahaha!
“@bobfreking: I get that you’re trying to be logical here, but dude, did your logic ever do you right?”
“@bobfreking: When an article gets comments, it should be about the article, not the author. If you want to comment about the author, go tell him. lol.”
“@bobfreking: I want to hear sensible things. I’m quite immune to non-sense already.”
See :) this is Dork! HAHAHAHAHA! Walang mananalo sa opinyon ng mga Dorks. Hahahahaha
Excuse me Freking, kami ang gustong makabasa ng may sense na article.
Lol. The fact that you follow his twitter account is… Weird. Obvious troll. That’s his personal life. Natamaan ka lang kasi nonsense comments mo? Ahaha
I just would like to chime in on one of what’s best for iOS: the phone design, there’s nothing like it. Once you hold one in your hand, you’ll know the design and form factor has been very well-thought of.
Wala tayo magagawa jan. Windows/iOS hater po ang writer.
Sa hardware yan, di sa software. + the price nga. It wouldn’t be premium feeling if it didnt have premium price
May bad! Software nga pala pinag-uusapan. Forgive my ignorance.
FREKING DORK: The Best and Worst of
The Best: hmmmmm………
The Worst: Everything he/she writes. Nonsense.
Hoy bobo. Walang kwenta yang comments mo gago. Pulube ka, pwe. May isang araw ka para mag migrate kundi ha-huntingin kita. Ay sorry, pulube nga pala. Pasensya na. ^___^
Everytime this frecking dude has an article u are always there at the comment box bashing this kid u along with your dork friends are annoying. Im sure im not the only one who were annoyed with your ruhhish comments. Cmon guys leave this kid alone or mYbe u were the ones who applied for writer job at yugatech but end up fu?++ed up by abe and this frecking dude end up with the job thats why u hate this kid.
iOS is still the simplest and the best of them all, they make their own iOS and they design their own hardware. iba na ang orig, di tulad ng iba nakiki OS lang hirap tuloy mag update tsk tsk tsk
fire away folks! mehhh-e-e-ee-e-ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Hindi ka pa kasi nakapag try nang Android, hunghang!
haha sorry pero meron din ako samnote1 na hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin ma update
meeeee-eeeh-eeh-ehehehehehehehehe
cheers KG!
“4. It was a pioneer – Being first in the business is a good thing, and this is why Apple has a great share of the market today.”
I mentioned this before, and I’ll say it again. Apple is NOT the pioneer. Waaaay before the term Smartphone came about, there was the “PDA” or Personal Digital Assistant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDA
… this was pioneered by Palm and Microsoft but they did not enhance/improve it as the years went by. They were the true pioneers.
@justin: i agree, i also owned a palm pda and a palm phone and still working fine with 8 hours battery life, i use it once in awhile :)
@iOS Goat As much as I hate Apple, I agree on your sentiment. Bakit nga ba wala pang 4.1 update yung Note 1 ko? haha