Apple is expected to be announcing a new version of its mobile iOS 7 operating system for the iPod Touch, iPad, iPad mini, and the iPhone today, and we've seen reports of what iOS 7 may look like over recent weeks through a series of leaks.
The whole OS has that 'skinny jeans' Helvetica Nueue Ultra Light or similar that you've seen in those
pictures.instead of carrier signal bars, Apple now has 5 dots that are white or gray to represent the signal.
- iTunes is Purple-ish with white (iSync-like arrows instead of a music note).
- Camera is Gray gradient and icon is same shape as you see on the lock screen
- Facetime is like it used to be without the gray. and flat.
- The Maps icon is a different place. Perhaps near the Spaceship campus?
- Compass icon is darker and flatter.
- Safari icon is like the Mac circle icon without the silver frame.
- Photos icon is a color wheel
- Game Center is similar to the photos icon - totally different than before.
Perhaps most interesting: There are two color schemes for many of these apps - one black-ish and one white-ish. We're not sure if they are A/B decoys, if white iPhones and Black iPhones will have their own color schemes or as someone else suggested, the different color schemes might be invoked by the amount of ambient light or the time of day. But it is super-interesting, especially since we've heard whispers that the whole UI might shift slightly based on external factors similar to the way the music volume icon switches based on how you hold the iPhone.
When in "Black mode", the keyboard is black with gray letters. In "white mode", gray keys with white letters - a little like Android.
Maps has a new walking directions functionality. Also, grouped table views no longer have spaces on the left and right now - rounded rectangles give way to more rectangular like the Twitter app UI update.
On Airdrop,"the share menu has a sideways scrollable row on top of the device and and computer airdrop photos like the circles with a pic of them". The next row has sharing services Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo. Next row has copy/paste/cut/etc.
