I agree with this. Yes there are some bugs, yes there have been bugs in every new version. I have been running IOS 7 since release date, intentionally ignoring the list so as not to hear just on and on about how terrible it is. My own experience has been that it has been like other early versions of major updates and maybe better than some. I believe that ever time we go around this same circle, the same thing happens. People react to perception. There are lots of people that will say a lot about how terrible it is and they don't even know why. They will keep putting messages out there about how they won't upgrade because it is full of bugs and they don't even know specifically what the bugs are or what it is they are avoiding. In the end it is better most of the time to learn to work around the bugs than try to avoid a version. Apple does not allow you to fully implement your own version control. If you have to do a restore, if you have to get your device fixed or trouble shoot with someone at the Apple store or tech support on the phone, guess what, likely there is a restore to the latest version in their near future. If they have to have their device replaced... The same thing. Then guess what. They will be working around the issues that exist or putting their device away somewhere or selling it!
On 9/27/13, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Mary and others, > > I didn't even know about the claim you can't edit first and last name. So, > I > just tried it and yes, it appears that once I double tap on First or Last > Name, I can't flick up and down with rotor set to characters and review the > name. However, I just tried the Delete key and I could delete the name > without any difficulties and type it in again. > I would also classify this as extremely low on the list of important bugs > because once you have a contact added, how often do you have to actually go > in and edit the first and last name. I am not saying it shouldn't be fixed, > but it's certainly not a dealbreaker. > > As far as all of the other issues, well, I don't want to sound smug or > condescending, but I have been running iOS 7 since Beta 5 in mid August and > first of all I don't think there are any more bugs than there were when iOS > 5 or iOS 6 was released. Second, a fair number of the things people report > I > for one either can't reproduce or if I can I can easily find a work-around. > Lastly, if as Raul also pointed out, people on here read the messages and > followed the advice many of us are giving, list traffic would I think be at > least 30% or more lower. I don't know how often I have seen messages about > where the Delete button on the Phone keypad has gone or how can I get rid > of > the extra characters popping up on the keyboard if I hold my finger on a > letter too long. I could come up with numerous other examples and if > somebody took the time to condense these thousands of messages since the > iOS > 7 update into a list of actual bugs along with any potential work-arounds I > still hold that iOS 7 is probably the update with the least problems and > the > best new feature set. > Another huge chunk of messages deals with complaints about how the old > notification center was better than the new, how people don't like or do > like the new app switcher and stuff like that. > Maybe you wonder what that has to do with the fact that many on the list > feel iOS 7 is a complete let down by Apple and a huge step backward in > accessibility. What I think it has to do with that is perception. People > are > overwhelmed with hundreds of messages each day, many are complaints about 2 > or 3 things or repeats about a few bugs. One person posted that he better > wait with the upgrade because such a huge jump in list traffic can only > mean > there are lots of problems. If you go back, however, and look at list > traffic right after the iOS 4, 5 and 6 update there was just such a spike. > For iOS 4 and 5 it may have seemed less because there were way less people > on the list at that point. > > In short I feel that there is absolutely no reason why somebody who has an > iPhone 4, 4S or 5 shouldn't upgrade. Yes, I know people say iOS 7 is > sluggish on the iPhone 4 and even the 4S, a few even say this about the 5. > I > do have a 4S right now and I don't see it, maybe when you open an app for > the first time it takes a second or 2 longer, but when I navigate my phone, > type or activate buttons and items like an alert in the Notification Center > my 4S does things just as snappily as before. I also heard from enough > people who have the iPhone 4 that iOS 7 performs very well, so I conclude > that if somebody has issues it's maybe because they upgraded without > bothering to empty the app switcher and do a restart and things are just > bogged down. It should be fairly common sense that one should not perform > any major updates without doing a backup first and then making sure to > close > out open apps. If I install the monthly Windows updates I don't do so while > I have 6 programs open. My advice is that if your device is sluggish, do a > restore and redo the upgrade but this time close your apps and reset the > phone first before you hook it up to iTunes and do that. Then after the > upgrade, power the phone off again, wait 30 seconds and restart it. My > guess > is that you will find a vastly improved experience waiting. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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