iOS 11 is the worst for me. It's amazing to think that April will be the first month it has gone without an update.
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Worst Version of IOS ever? (Poll) (2018)
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If there were an, “Other - please comment” option, I’d have voted that.
My answer is every version since iOS 7.
I’ve always said it’s just too bright for my personal tastes and I’m disappointed in Apple for never having implemented a system wide Dark Mode for those that want it.
Would be much easier on the eyes.
(And before anyone says it, even the recently slightly improved Smart Invert is not a Dark Mode)
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Edit: By far the best thing about iOS for me is the regular security updates, no other cell/mobile phone operating system can compete with this important aspect.
How did you add more than 10 options? Edit: Or is the limit 20
I feel different versions could be called the worst for various reasons. Such as the first release having the least features.
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iOS 5 and iOS 6 was the glory years of iOS.
iOS 7 was by far the worst... although it was the most exciting update. Followed by iOS 9. iOS 9 I think was the first time they released a different GM to the public on launch day than the one that was released at WWDC
iOS 7 was by far the worst... although it was the most exciting update. Followed by iOS 9. iOS 9 I think was the first time they released a different GM to the public on launch day than the one that was released at WWDC
Strange... I haven’t experienced any problems yet. Not doubting your experience. But I can’t say that I’ve observed any problems yet.
Lucky you have so many options to switch away from iOS.
https://www.android.com/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/windows-phone?rtc=1
https://www.htc.com/us/
You're welcome
I believe Microsoft's mobile phone offering has been essentially officially discontinued for some time now.Lucky you have so many options to switch away from iOS.
https://www.android.com/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/store/apps/windows-phone?rtc=1
https://www.htc.com/us/
You're welcome
Absolutely no doubt in my mind on this. iOS 11 is not just the worst iOS but one of the worst operating systems I have ever used. Windows Vista would be a close second.It would be a tie with Android Lollipop.
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‘Never looked back’. But you’re right here, now and looking.
Aside from its flaws [improvements iOS 7 made like implementing control center, and swipe to close apps instead of clicking down on the small X at the bottom], I enjoyed iOS 6 the most.
I feel iOS 7 was the worst because off consistency with its versions features, battery drain, and I noted a ton of instability with it. Back in HS, we had loaner iPad 2's. Out of all the HS schools who updated our iPads to iOS 7 (All 300 of us aside from at least 10 holdouts) Before 7.1, We'd have at least 10 people's iPads freeze during our 30 person class. Mine would freeze at least 3 times a day during a 8 hour period.
When it came to battery life, iOS 7.0 added by default parallax wallpaper, background app refresh both of with I noticed significantly decreased battery life.
Then there was the problems with parallax. First, it messed up wallpapers to the point where whatever wallpaper you set, it zoomed in significantly [got to the point where people made 3rd party fixes]. Also at the first public release, Reduced Motion just disabled the parallax wallpaper. Later on, (something like iOS update 7.0.4) changed reduced motion to disable both parallax AND animations. Thankfully later, you could disable parallax when setting wallpaper (did not disable it completely though)
Edit: thanks to IOS 7, once my 4S died, I switched to Android and, when my old iPod was declared a total loss, I went out of my way to find a good old 64gb iPod Touch 4th gen
I feel iOS 7 was the worst because off consistency with its versions features, battery drain, and I noted a ton of instability with it. Back in HS, we had loaner iPad 2's. Out of all the HS schools who updated our iPads to iOS 7 (All 300 of us aside from at least 10 holdouts) Before 7.1, We'd have at least 10 people's iPads freeze during our 30 person class. Mine would freeze at least 3 times a day during a 8 hour period.
When it came to battery life, iOS 7.0 added by default parallax wallpaper, background app refresh both of with I noticed significantly decreased battery life.
Then there was the problems with parallax. First, it messed up wallpapers to the point where whatever wallpaper you set, it zoomed in significantly [got to the point where people made 3rd party fixes]. Also at the first public release, Reduced Motion just disabled the parallax wallpaper. Later on, (something like iOS update 7.0.4) changed reduced motion to disable both parallax AND animations. Thankfully later, you could disable parallax when setting wallpaper (did not disable it completely though)
Edit: thanks to IOS 7, once my 4S died, I switched to Android and, when my old iPod was declared a total loss, I went out of my way to find a good old 64gb iPod Touch 4th gen
7 for me, only because it was a tough transition. It needed to happen though as the pre-iOS 7 versions were extremely dated, looked terrible, and had many more bugs than I recall in recent years. I have been very happy with iOS 8-11.
iPhone OS 1 is the worst one ever.
No App Store, No Copy & Paste, No MMS messaging, No Video Recording. No wireless backup. No home screen wallpapers (you could change the lock screen but that was it).
No multitasking (Though some will debate it still doesn't have "true" multitasking, you could only listen to music in the background in iOS 1)
Notes used that awful Marker Felt font.
No App Store, No Copy & Paste, No MMS messaging, No Video Recording. No wireless backup. No home screen wallpapers (you could change the lock screen but that was it).
No multitasking (Though some will debate it still doesn't have "true" multitasking, you could only listen to music in the background in iOS 1)
Notes used that awful Marker Felt font.
I voted 7, although I could easily go 6 or 8. I started using iOS in early 2012, so that was ... 5, still, I think? I liked every version at the time, but in retrospect 5-8 really lacked functionality for me. I also went for 7 because while I don’t mind flat so much, I do think there’s too much white and they really shouldn’t have had to add all the accessibility options to compensate.
By contrast I LOVE ios 11 and I’m excited for 13 as it sounds that 12 will be very much a consolidation release. I’m a heavy iPP user and a relatively light iPhone user, so perhaps that’s why. I’ve had very few glitches on my iPad (in fact, I genuinely can’t think of one off the top of my head) and I’m a huge fan of the new workflows. My iPhone experience has been less good with iOS 11 as I’ve had glitches and unexpected shutdowns, but I think I’ve pinpointed that to having BT on all the time. When BT is off in settings, the 6s runs really well — and I remember similar issues on 9 & 10, so I can’t even be sure it’s an 11 problem!
By contrast I LOVE ios 11 and I’m excited for 13 as it sounds that 12 will be very much a consolidation release. I’m a heavy iPP user and a relatively light iPhone user, so perhaps that’s why. I’ve had very few glitches on my iPad (in fact, I genuinely can’t think of one off the top of my head) and I’m a huge fan of the new workflows. My iPhone experience has been less good with iOS 11 as I’ve had glitches and unexpected shutdowns, but I think I’ve pinpointed that to having BT on all the time. When BT is off in settings, the 6s runs really well — and I remember similar issues on 9 & 10, so I can’t even be sure it’s an 11 problem!
