Visuals
Hands up here, the visuals are stunning on the new iOS. Even on the iPhone 4 which misses out on certain features and quality in terms of visuals, it still left me impressed by the look of the new operating system. The layout was relatively the same, which was more of a good thing, because as the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and to their credit they realised this. The icons have clearly had a revamp as they appear look flatter going hand in hand with the background, and grouping of the apps. Another key implementation which had me mightily impressed was the new control center. This allowed the user to swipe up from their lock screen and have the ability to play music, turn on bluetooth, wi-fi, etc, and with the translucent/transparent background on the iPhone 4, it looked extremely slick. The two big features being iMessage, and Music also got a pretty smart revamp "as seen above" and they also look devilishly smart. Troublesome as the new iOS was, it really did play into the phone's thesis of being not only the best phone on the market, but the smartest as well. The only downturn as I explained previously, is that the specs of the phone in play with the new iOS impede the visual performance. The iPhone 4's GPU clearly struggling to maintain the stunning visual, whilst the more modern devices will prosper. This was without any shadow of a doubt due to the fact it was an iOS that was built specifically for the more modernised models, than it's predecessors. I also took it upon myself to look at some of the statistics with boot time comparison and other features between iOS 6 & iOS 7 on the iPhone, and there is a clear difference in speed and all round performance. But I will say it again, if you are on a 4S or 5or soon to be 5C or 5S, you will feel no problems in terms of performance as the specs are clearly suited for the new iOS and it is exactly what is needed to have smooth sailing on this new iOS.