How iOS 7 compares to previous versions [Chart]

By Rene Ritchie
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iOS 7, at least as much as we saw of it at WWDC 2013, compared at a glance with previous major releases. We began including version charts in our reviews last year, including our monster iOS 6 review, and we'll be doing more with this come the fall. For now, however, I'll just leave it here so you can check it out, and weigh in where Apple's focus seems to be this year.

Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.

8 Comments
  • Can you make another chart showing the beta builds, like last year? :)
  • You mean the release dates of the beta builds?
  • Yeah, please. I tried to find the other one you had made last year but couldn't.
  • iOS 6 was by far the worst in terms of improvements, iOS 5 was probably my favorite new OS although getting the App Store was also pretty awesome.
  • Airdrop is the additional feature of iOS 7
  • Still missing the most important piece being inter app communication.
  • So what are the new software features that we are hoping for when iOS 7 releases?
  • u can download iOS 7 for all iDevices from this site: freeios7.blogspot.com
    working :)))