Apple's iOS needs an overhaul in the age of bigger, faster smartphones
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#14Z5A)
While the iPhone itself has advanced, its software is stuck in the past, making it feel like trying to drive a sports car with the handbrake on
While every other smartphone manufacturer is trying to speed up your smartphone, providing ever snappier interactions, better links and faster access, Apple is intentionally holding the iPhone in the slow lane.
It's obvious when you look at the iPhone and its default interactions. Everything has a smooth animation. Those slick-looking motions were interesting about three years ago, but today they're holding users up, slowing things down that that should be quick.
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