What is the point?

Why is some bozo's stupid video worthy of publication? I'll tell you why. He thinks he can sue Apple if iOS 7 has any feature even remotely similar to his 'concept.' The simulated 'iPhone?' is ridiculous looking.

bull...

I'll have my mockup ready tomorrow...who should I send it to?

lots of flaw

The fonts are too small for current screen size. The person obviously didn't even test it out on real iPhone resolution. Also it's so Android-ish. Samsung, Verizon and many others like to implement their own skins over Android OS. This reminds me of that.

No thanks

Too Android-ish. If I wanted a crappy interface, I'd have stuck with my crappy Android phone.

Looks pretty good!

They wouldn't do anything like this of course, and I'm not a fan of everything he did here, but I still can totally appreciate the fact that he's excited about what the next iteration of iOS could be like.

Way to go man... Ignore the haters...

ugly, derivative ...

Also, not really a "concept" video at all. This just shows some confusing notification stuff and a calendar made to look like an Android calendar. Also quite jarring visually when they are forced to show the actual iOS screen underneath.

A real concept video would show the general layout of the new idea, what's different, why it's different, and more importantly, how it all works. This just shows off some window dressing and gives you no idea how this would actually work.

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Wow, you guys are so negative. I liked it. It's not perfect and because it's not from Apple, iOS7 is not going to be like this, but overall I liked the ideas. The more functional lock screen. Overall it has some ideas that would be nice to see.

Originally Posted by lkrupp

Why is some bozo's stupid video worthy of publication? I'll tell you why. He thinks he can sue Apple if iOS 7 has any feature even remotely similar to his 'concept.' The simulated 'iPhone?' is ridiculous looking.

Then why did you bother to "comment" on an article you claim that isn't newsworthy? Who cares what you think, anyway?

It was a nice effort by an Apple fan. Jeezus, lighten up.

I sure hope

skeuomorphism gets scaled way back as Ive takes over. I think that consumers are familiar enough with using PCs/tablets/mobile phones by now that they don't need to be reminded at every step of some familiar, real world analog to the digital counterpart.

Originally Posted by Geoduck

Wow, you guys are so negative. I liked it. It's not perfect and because it's not from Apple, iOS7 is not going to be like this, but overall I liked the ideas. The more functional lock screen. Overall it has some ideas that would be nice to see.

How is that a lock screen if you can do all kinds of tasks from it? Why not just get rid of the lock screen altogether then? People dislike the concept video because it sucks, not because it wasn't done by Apple.

Originally Posted by climacs

skeuomorphism gets scaled way back as Ive takes over. I think that consumers are familiar enough with using PCs/tablets/mobile phones by now that they don't need to be reminded at every step of some familiar, real world analog to the digital counterpart.

I think you're wrong, because every single user is unfamiliar with this technology at some point, and we've long reached the point where it's clear that many people just don't give a shit about technology as long as it gets out of the way of what they need to do, and will gladly pay to get technology out of the way. The less need to familiarize themselves with anything, the more effective. Skeuomorphism is a good thing, and it isn't going anywhere soon.

I DO think you're right that it will be toned down in those areas where people are even LESS familiar with a real-world counterpart — tear-off monthly planners and actual address books are becoming increasingly rare.

Also, it may not need to be stitched leather. But the people who keep bringing that up are completely missing the point about what skeuomorphism IS, and why.

People forget what the iPhone is

The problem is that all of these focus on the "Home Screen". This is the big problem with Android. They have all sorts of cool home screen stuff, but that misses the point. iOS is about the apps. iOS could use some refreshing, but the star should be the apps. I don't want to see fancy graphics and wizbang stuff. What I want is the ability to quickly find the app I want. The big changes to iOS 7 should be the back end: Better data sharing. Better data entering, Better way to handle the apps.