iOS 13 should not be Apple’s ‘Windows 10

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On September 19, 2019, Apple released iOS 13, perhaps one of the biggest releases of its mobile platform.

 

 

 

Since then in the span of ten days, iOS has gone from iOS 13 to iOS 13.1 to iOS 13.1 to, now, iOS 13.1.2. The rapid rate of releases isn’t exactly good news as only one (13.1) actually brought new features. In fact, having two maintenance releases within just three days may be cause for concern for iOS and perhaps even macOS users.

 

iOS 13 has started out on the wrong foot but Apple has hopefully watched Microsoft long enough to know what steps to take to prevent it from becoming its version of Windows 10.

 

Big shoes to fill

 

Apple has been both popular and notorious for its eye for detail. That’s especially true in the physical design of its products but also applies to its digital ones. Apple is not one to take design lightly and almost every choice has been thought out or debated.

 

Even if you disagree with those design choices, you’d be hard-pressed to deny the rationalization that went into them.

 

Apple’s legacy has always been its design and its quality and those two go hand in hand. When people bemoan the almost exorbitant price tags on products and services, fans are ready to argue that they are getting more than just the product itself but the care and thought that went into creating them, from the hardware to the software and everything in between and on top.

 

The past years, however, have seemingly been unkind to that legacy and things seem to be coming to a head in the latest iOS release.

Unlucky number

Some might call on superstition but iOS 13 might be bad luck for the company. Initially thought to be delayed, iOS 13 did launch as promised but it didn’t come with all the features promised at WWDC. Worse, it actually came with big bugs that made some even suggest to do a clean upgrade from a freshly reset device rather than an already configured one.

 

iOS 13.1 was scheduled for September 30 but Apple pushed the date nearly a week earlier in order to also include important bug fixes. Three days later, it would roll out 13.1.1 to quickly squash critical bugs, followed by yet another important 3.1.2 maintenance release three days later again. Even with all that, iOS users still experience some problems that have to do with mismatched versions of apps because macOS 10.15 Catalina is still nowhere to be seen.

 

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