[jamesmccann]

Feeling pretty disillusioned by another iPhone and iOS update. The 3.5mm coupled with lightning instead of USB-C just look like obvious traps for lock in with no real gain (5hr of playback time?!)

iOS still continues its march of adding minor features that should be in regular OTA updates and packing them up with some serious marketing hype. There's barely any improvement here and most of the features are already well implemented in Android / Google Apps or Facebook Messenger.

Disappointing.

[Ologn]

> already well implemented in Android

Yup. I remember the original iPhone/iPad announcements where many features were fairly innovative. Now applauded feature announcements are for features already out on Android phones.

[devrelm]

Right?

> New stereo speaker system

Oh cool, you mean like the forward-facing stereo speakers on my 2-year-old Nexus 6?

[Longhanks]

Show me an Android phone that will provide the hassle-free experience Apple promises with those AirPods. That's the most innovative part of this event for me.

[nicky0]

iOS is a free OTA update.

[jamesmccann]

I was trying to place emphasis on the regularity not the cost of an upgrade. Packaging up what seems like relatively trivial features into a major OS release isn't really progress.

[untog]

The new notification framework in iOS 10 feels like a genuine step forward. The rest, I agree.

[bobwaycott]

iOS 10 notifications are a royal pain in the ass compared to those prior. Particularly from the standpoint of dismissing with minimal interaction. You must be more intentional now to get rid of them.

[lukeholder]

Charging the Airpods in the case for 15 minutes gives you 3 more hours of audio playback. The case has 24 hours of charge available.

[shopkins]

Come on, the stickers alone are worth an OS upgrade! /s