A video has turned up online showcasing how Apple could change iOS 7 to be more intuitive on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and the iPad 5 - it’s packed with interesting features which we’d love to see become a reality.
One of the great things about smartphone and tablet fans is a good chunk of them seem to be a creative and talented lot, because concept renderings are now cropping up practically every other day.
The latest of these is a video by a chap called Federico Bianco, who has created footage in Apple’s signature style which, if you didn’t know better, you might think came directly from the iPhone-maker itself.
Bianco imagines that with the next iPhone (or iPad) you’ll be able to do a lot more from the lock screen – he shows an icon to the right of the unlock slider which can be switched out between camera, clock, dialler, browser and one other function we can’t quite make out.
Changing the icon alters which area of the phone you’ll land on when you unlock it. The only loophole we can see here is there isn’t any Homescreen option, so presumably you’re always landing in some kind of app.
Further to this, Bianco shows a set of quick settings accessible from the lock screen, neatly you just swipe the clock to the left and can quickly toggle airplane mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a ‘do not disturb’ mode.
Quick Reply lets you send a reply to a text message without needing to unlock the handset, or if the handset is already unlocked it brings up a kind of widget overlay for typing a response without needing to launch the full-blown messaging app.
The concept handles widgets in an interesting and unique way, Bianco envisions a double tap input on certain app shortcuts will bring up a widget overlay.
The music player, for example, will bring up a bar with track information, plus controls for Play/Pause and both forward and back playlist controls. A nice touch is that these widgets can even be brought up inside folders.
Aside from the lock screen quick settings there is also a full-blown Quick Settings mode when you’re in the phone proper – a hold press on the Settings shortcut glides over to the right and brings up a menu with a more comprehensive set of function toggles than the lock screen equivalent.
Here you have the addition of volume and screen brightness sliders, 3G data, mobile network signal, Wi-Fi Hotspot, rotation lock, Siri and location data toggles.
‘Mission Control’ is accessible with a double tap of the home key and appears to be a multitasking carousel similar to what you’ll find on Android, complete with page previews and even a neat toggle for seeing multiple tabs in Safari. Rather than a swipe to close, the pages simply have a cross icon in the top left corner, but there’s also a ‘close all’ button too.
It’s worth pointing out that the concept does little to re-invent Apple’s visual design, which is something many consider overdue for an overhaul. Apple’s design chief Jony Ive has been assigned to this duty, however.
From a functional perspective at least, we think Bianco’s ideas are brilliant and we’d love to see these changes make their way into iOS 7 when the next batch of Apple hardware lands this year.
Hats off to him and if there’s any justice Apple should give the guy a job. Check out the footage below and let us know what you think.
by pbriden via Featured Articles
Reviewed by Ossama Hashim
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April 09, 2013
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