Poll Finds That Most Users Prefer the New iOS 7 Icons

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Posted June 24, 2013 at 5:16pm by Shalom Levytam

A poll of over 46,000 people found that most people prefer the new iOS 7 icons over the old ones, reports TechCrunch. Created by Polar, the poll results indicate that people prefer the new icons almost two to one.

Those numbers represent the cumulative totals for all votes gathered on individual iOS 7 icons by the service since their unveiling at WWDC, and the data reveals that not only do people tend to prefer the iOS 7 versions overall, but they strongly prefer them in most cases. The redesigned Phone icon, for instance, garnered 80 percent pro-votes, with just 20 percent preferring the older design, and the Messages app icon was preferred by 84 percent of respondents, vs. just 16 percent for the older edition.

The old Reminders, Safari, Game Center, Camera, and Calculator app icons were preferred over the new ones but they won by a smaller margin than the iOS 7 icons that beat the iOS 6 ones.

It's thought that Apple may make some changes to its icons in future betas based on user response. You can see a side by side comparison of the old and new icons here.

You can vote for your favorites at the link below...

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Poll Finds That Most Users Prefer the New iOS 7 Icons

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Nalin - June 27, 2013 at 6:35am

It's like a cartoons I don't like

DonutHands - June 26, 2013 at 3:37am

When you put the individual icons up against each other in a A to B comparison I will agree that most of the iOS 7 icons do look cleaner sleeker and more modern than before... but... when all put together on the home screen the over all effect is quite lackluster. It's all very flat and boring. Very amateur in terms of overall look and feel of the design.

gamerscul9870 - June 25, 2013 at 11:44am

I'm not going to lie but I have asked wwdc about making a pool for ios icons like 2 weeks ago, and this is how it happens! No joke, check wwdc's page!

NoGoodNick - June 25, 2013 at 12:24am

It WASN'T a random poll, it was only the people visiting their site that decided to vote on it. That's hardly proof that the majority of users "prefer" the new icons. This is nothing more than an ad for their site mascarading as scientific research.

ipadguy - June 24, 2013 at 8:38pm

It's just colors people if u care then your adult kids cuz all I care about is my phone working well n doing new stuff

Loki - June 24, 2013 at 8:24pm

Individually the icons are ok, some are good. The problem for me is the inconsistency. Some icons go from light to dark top to bottom, while others go from dark to light. Together it just looks wrong. Well it does to me.

Delric - June 24, 2013 at 6:47pm

I dont like the icons, but at the same time i don't hate them. Some the the icons are jacked-up, like the Camera, Compass and the Stocks.

Juanleche - June 24, 2013 at 5:58pm

Fruity icons . The survey was done among women a gayer hats

Got boost - June 24, 2013 at 5:48pm

I will admit it took some getting used to, but iOS7 appearance is growing on me. I agree though... As long as it performs like iOS, that's all that really matters... However it would be interesting to see just what 46k people were polled?

Petr - June 24, 2013 at 5:46pm

I don't care about polls, I buy SGS4 Google Edition. If I have to choose Androidish iPhone and Android, I choose Android. 26 June will be my last day with iphone since iphone 1.

Alex - June 24, 2013 at 5:41pm

Poll finds that most users have no taste.

Statistics... - June 24, 2013 at 5:30pm

Statistics never lie; people do. Whoever conducted this survey obviously had an agenda because I don't see how the majority (or anybody, to begin with) will pick the new ones over the old ones.

justabrake - June 24, 2013 at 5:18pm

who cares about the icons ! The features are the important fact

Steve Jobs - June 24, 2013 at 6:06pm

Get Out !