The next generation iPhone could launch with a "polarizing" iOS 7.
John Gruber, who is credited to be well connected with Apple's ongoings and runs the blog "Daring Fireball," said the Cupertino company's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design and new head of Human Interface Jonathon (Jony) Ive made significant visual changes for the upcoming mobile operating system.
According to Gruber, iOS engineers with "carry privileges" have a type of "polarizing filter" on their iPhone displays. With the filter, the screen, when viewed at angles, becomes difficult for observers to see. The move is reportedly part of a system-wide user-interface (UI) overhaul.
With what could be good news for the iOS, there is bad news. The blogger noted iOS 7 is "running behind" in schedule. In fact, engineers assigned to Mac OS X 10.9 have been pulled into working on the mobile platform instead.
"Ive's work is apparently making many people really happy, but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad," wrote iMore's Rene Ritchie on a discussion in Branch.
Ritche added, "iOS is a continuum, not a set of static things. There's a roadmap. What didn't make it into iOS 6 goes into 7, what doesn't make it into 7 goes into 8. If iPhone 5S is summer instead of fall, that'll tighten the schedule a lot. They usually get 12 months for iOS (16 for iOS 5)."
This is not the first report about Ive's work on iOS 7. As Latinos Post reported, Jessica E. Lessin of the Wall Street Journal noted Ive has been working for a "flat design" for iOS 7.
"Overall, they expect any changes to be pretty conservative," reported Lessin.
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