iOS 6 has been available for a while now. While it is a nice update, I never felt it deserved the title of iOS 6. For me, it just isn't a big enough update to make the leap from 5.1.1 to 6. At best I think it should've been deemed iOS 5.2, and I'm not the only one who feels this way.
What Apple is doing with their current software, and hardware for that matter, are things that Android has implemented long ago. It is nice that they finally have turn by turn navigation, but Android has had Google Maps with built in navigation for a few years now. They now have tab syncing for Safari, something that Android has had for years with Chrome to Phone, and now Chrome itself syncs across devices. What I'm getting at is that while these are nice updates to have, they are not revolutionary like Apple claims.
The photo above states that iOS 6 is The world's most advanced mobile operating system and it just isn't. To me, this os has gotten stale. It has a had a few a aesthetic updates like the ability to change the wallpaper and the additions of folders, but again these are things that Android had in it's first version. I have yet to see any major changes to the iOS since its debut.
With Apple's business model of releasing one new phone a year, you would think they would be blowing us away with incredible innovations, right? On the contrary. The iPhone 5 introduced many new features that were called revolutionary, but we've seen these things before, just not on an iPhone. They are only matching the Android phones on the market. There, I said it. In my opinion Android has been leading in innovation on the mobile software front while Apple is taking their implementations and saying they are brand new. Don't even get me started on the notification bar.
This could just be the Android fan boy in me talking but, I for one am tired of the same old things from the big A. Aren't you? Let me know below!
UPDATE: After actually seeing some of the features in action, I like iOS 6. Do I think it's enough for the 6th edition of Apple's os? Maybe. Overall, most of the changes I've noticed are aesthetic. That said, they look nice. I like the new sharing menu, the way the app store looks, and the ability to post tweets and statuses from the notification bar. But my favorite feature is definitely the fact that you no longer leave the app store after every download. You also don't have to input your password for every download/update, unless you are buying a paid app for the first time.
UPDATE: After actually seeing some of the features in action, I like iOS 6. Do I think it's enough for the 6th edition of Apple's os? Maybe. Overall, most of the changes I've noticed are aesthetic. That said, they look nice. I like the new sharing menu, the way the app store looks, and the ability to post tweets and statuses from the notification bar. But my favorite feature is definitely the fact that you no longer leave the app store after every download. You also don't have to input your password for every download/update, unless you are buying a paid app for the first time.
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