No, I very much think they could be better :) And tbh, I'm not all that much of a fan of the iOS7 changes, but I'll have to wait and see how it all works toget

No, I very much think they could be better :) And tbh, I'm not all that much of a fan of the iOS7 changes, but I'll have to wait and see how it all works together. Screenshots are usually poor examples of a system as a whole. As to copying mediocrity, what's the best flat style out there now? Or are you referring to flat styles in general? I would expect improvements through iteration, but I can't recall seeing any great flat-ish UIs. I think Windows 8 / phone 7 has some great concepts (live tiles) but poor execution (live tiles, button == label visually). Android is overall decent (though those neon underlines are a bit odd) but they're not very consistent. Individual app implementations are sometimes awe-inspiringly well done but don't necessarily scale up to an OS as a whole. I'm not sure there's anything but mediocrity right now, similar to when Apple got into the phone market (with something relatively mediocre).