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I use windows phone 8. No they are not the same. The style is similar but the actual functionality is nothing like iOS 7 from what I can see. It's really obvio
by harrytuttle 13y ago
I use windows phone 8. No they are not the same. The style is similar but the actual functionality is nothing like iOS 7 from what I can see.
It's really obvious on Windows Phone what is a button and what is not apart from a few shitty 3rd party apps. This is regurgitating one of the many fables about WP.
- untog 13y agoAgreed. I've heard multiple people say that iOS7 looks bad in screenshots, but you really need to use it to understand it. I'd say the exact same has always applied to WP.
- harrytuttle 13y agoYes but rationality and experience doesn't get you any upvotes in the tech communities. Raging fanboyism and denouncing the competition does. Thanks for being rational - you are spot on.
- thirdsun 13y agoAgreed - I never get those people saying that in a flat environment the user can't distinguish different elements. Both iOS 7 and Windows Phone are well done and appeal to me. And Microsoft deserves some credit for developing their own design language and UX ideas with Metro.
- danieldk 13y agoThe style is similar but the actual functionality is nothing like iOS 7 from what I can see. I have two Windows Phone 8 devices and an iPad. And indeed, they are nothing alike. Live tiles are a central concept in WP and does not really have an equivalent in iOS 7. Another use difference (although it's a bit undermined by Microsoft's Facebook app) is that iOS is app centered ("There's an app for that."), while Windows Phone centers around hubs. E.g. you wouldn't go to the Facebook app to look up e.g. the latest Facebook status updates for a person. You go to that person in the people list (or that person's live tile) where you have information of different social networks integrated.