Where do we stand with iOS 7 bugs?

By Carla, 3 October, 2013

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I have read a lot about the VoiceOver bugs in I O S 7 and have been hesitant to upgrade my iPhone. I was wondering is it safe to upgrade my iPhone 5 yet or should I wait until Apple has responded to some more of these issues?

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By Guest on Friday, October 4, 2013 - 04:36

I'd prefer the latter since the registration of iOS 6 has already ended. P.S. I'm a 4S downgraded user.

By Amber on Friday, October 4, 2013 - 18:23

Personally, I have an iPhone 5 and I updated it. Of course there are things to get used to and things that are somewhat annoying but there are also many new features that are really neat, and some of the bugs from iOS 6 have been fixed. For instance, I don't know if anybody noticed this but when you had your phone in the messages app, you left it there and locked your screen, if you got a new message it wouldn't ring, vibrate, or do anything. Then you could unlock your phone and see 15 new messages you didn't even know were there because it didn't ring or vibrate. This bug is fixed. When you lock your screen in the messages app now, like, say you were texting back and forth with somebody and you knew you'd be getting a message pretty soon, but you wanted to put your phone in your pocket to do something really quick so you lock your screen. Now you can just leave it in the messages app and still hear the message tone, instead of having to go to the home screen every single time. This is something I'm happy about, along with the blocklist feature, the ability to turn sounds on and off with voiceover, the ability to reduce motion to save battery life, control center, and some others. I don't like the notification center changes and I don't like how the unlock button has moved and you either have to search for it or do a 3-finger swipe right. The new app switcher is a little easier to use, especially since you can do it with a keyboard or braille display now, and the new ringtones and text tones are interesting. Especially since the classic ones are still available. For someone who assigns different tones to tons of different people, I like having more to chose from. But ultimately, it's up to you. You can get used to the new annoyances and enjoy the new features, or you can stick to what you know and just not update. But I figured I'd just tell you my opinions since I have an iPhone 5. Make sure, if you do update, you read the guide that was just posted on how to save your battery. It does drain your battery by efault, but if you play with some of the settings on there, it's not that bad anymore.