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iOS 7 to be Available for Download Starting September 18

iOS 7 to be Available for Download Starting September 18

Posted September 10, 2013 at 5:28pm by iClarified
Apple has just announced at their iPhone event that iOS 7 will be available for all to download starting Wednesday, September 18.

The iPhone 4 and later, the iPad 2 and later, the iPad mini and the 5th generation iPod touch will be the only devices compatible with the update. It will, of course, be free for all.

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Apple today announced iOS 7, featuring a completely redesigned stunning new user interface, will be available starting Wednesday, September 18 to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users as a free software update. iOS 7 has hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop, enhanced Photos, Safari, Siri and introduces iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service based on the music you listen to on iTunes®. In addition, iOS 7 has been engineered with deep technical and design integration with both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.

“iOS 7 is completely redesigned with an entirely new user interface and over 200 new features, so it’s like getting a brand new device, but one that will still be instantly familiar to our users,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Next month we’ll be shipping our 700 millionth iOS device, and we’re excited about what our hundreds of thousands of iOS developers are doing to bring great new features to their apps.”

Apple engineered iOS 7 to take full advantage of the advanced 64-bit technologies in iPhone 5s, including the native 64-bit kernel, libraries and drivers. All the built-in apps have been re-engineered for 64-bit, and iOS 7 provides a seamless developer transition with Xcode® support and the ability to run both 32-bit and 64-bit apps. iOS 7 also provides deep integration with the new Touch ID™ sensor and takes full advantage of the new iSight® camera sensor to enable new features like automatic image stabilization, Burst Mode and Slo-Mo video with 120 fps. Combined with the new Camera App in iOS 7, iPhone 5s provides up to two-times faster auto-focus, faster photo capture and better dynamic range. iOS 7 is designed to complement the gorgeous exteriors of iPhone 5c, with matching wallpapers and translucency that carry the color through the entire experience.


With more than 200 new features, iOS 7 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch includes:


● Control Center, which gives you quick access to the controls you want in one convenient place with just one swipe from the bottom of your screen;
● Notification Center, now available from the Lock screen so you can see all your notifications with a simple swipe, and the new Today feature gives you an at-a-glance view of your day with a summary of the important details such as weather, traffic, meetings and events;
● Improved Multitasking that gives users the ability to switch between their apps in a more visual and intuitive way, and iOS 7 pays attention to which apps you use most and automatically keeps your content up to date in the background;
● AirDrop, an entirely new way to quickly and easily share content with people nearby;
● New Camera app filters so you can add real-time photo effects, a square camera option, and you can quickly and easily switch between your four cameras—video, photo, square and panorama—with just a swipe;
● A redesigned Photos app that introduces Moments, a new way to automatically organize your photos and videos based on time and location;
● Full-screen browsing with Safari’s new redesigned user interface, the new smart search field helps simplify searching, and there’s a new view for your bookmarks and your Safari tabs;
● Siri with new male and female voices,* Twitter search integration, Wikipedia integration and Bing web searching within the app; and
● iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service featuring over 200 stations and an incredible catalog of music from the iTunes Store®, combined with features only iTunes can deliver.

Additional new iOS 7 features include a new Find My iPhone Activation Lock, that requires your Apple ID and password before you can turn off Find My iPhone, erase data or re-activate a device after it’s been remotely erased; FaceTime audio for high quality calls over a data network; and new ringtones, alarms, alerts and system sounds.

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iOS 7 will be available as a free software update starting on Wednesday, September 18 for iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini and iPod touch (fifth generation).

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Albarghouthy
Albarghouthy - September 11, 2013 at 8:48am
OMG I love this new innovative feature, AirDrop. I can simply share pictures with people around me. It's as simple as 1 2 3. Wow how smart are you guys at apple. Oh wait isn't this the same feature phones been using for the past 10 years. Which is sharing file over Bluetooth. Even the $10 phones were capable of doing so. Mmmmm ... The name is different. Good job apple engineers you are so OUT OF THE BOX thinkers
Bokyto
Bokyto - September 10, 2013 at 7:29pm
This is all so big like the end of it will be. If they didnt finish ios why the keynote bullocks Jobs woul d do this very different mostly fire all snowdens
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Sam
Sam - September 10, 2013 at 6:41pm
Well im not going to be one of those millions...
Knight Dragneel
Knight Dragneel - September 10, 2013 at 6:16pm
Really What The Heck!
Whatamidoinghere
Whatamidoinghere - September 10, 2013 at 6:11pm
Waited ages for this!!!! :(thought it was released today xx
ipadguy
ipadguy - September 10, 2013 at 8:21pm
I feel u 8 more days iOS 7 is all I care about now 5S n 5C r ok... but the iOS is what I want...
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