This is a damned if they do, damned if they dont moment for Apple. The UI needed a refresh. They have to follow design trends that make sense. The mobile UI is

This is a damned if they do, damned if they dont moment for Apple. The UI needed a refresh. They have to follow design trends that make sense. The mobile UI is maturing and standardizing since there have been a lot of smart people thrown at the problem. I think the design is classy, functional and is refreshing. I dont know that there is a "best" in class anymore. I think WP stepped up the UI frontier and Android seems to get the message that things need to have good design aesthetic. I dont think apple nailed every aspect of the refresh, and its not perfect. I do think that it will provide a solid foundation to move iOS forward, and Im very glad they got away from skeuomorphic design. I've never been much of a fan of that design, as it usually ends up negating all the advantages of software UI.