# iOS 7 - any holdouts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414 "2014-05-14T04:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/1 "2014-05-14T04:11:50Z")
Well, I finally caved and bumped my iPad up to iOS7 (7.1.something, actually). After months of ignoring my app uodate requests and that little “1” in General Settings, I hit the wall. One of my apps no longer worked, and the update required iOS7 (which I thought wasn’t allowed, but okay). So I’m curious - anyone managed to cling to iOS6 still? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/2 "2014-05-14T06:23:19Z")
My iPod Touch is still on iOS 6, since apparently it can’t be upgraded to iOS 7. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/3 "2014-05-14T09:46:31Z")
My iPhone 4S is still running 6.1.x and won’t be upgraded to 7.whatever as I prefer 6.x. And as I don’t plan to upgrade to a new iPhone until this one finally dies, it may be a while, I am running 7.1 on my iPad though. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/4 "2014-05-14T14:58:03Z")
Cool to see some others have lasted. I remember all the squawking about the interface and while i’m not thrilled, it seems like no big deal. My sole gripe is my aftermarket charge cable - it no longer allows audio when it’s plugged in. That means i have to use thr factory cable on the go and the third-party one at home, since i use that one overnight. Okay, add one more gripe - everyone seeing this as Apple doing this huge favor and saving lives (apparently many house fires and fried ipads occurred with aftermarket chargers and the media forgot to report it, ever), rather than just a shameless money-grab. Some dystopia in another timeline _wishes_ they had Apple’s pr team. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/5 "2014-05-14T16:43:04Z")
I still haven’t updated. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/6 "2014-05-14T23:36:24Z")
I think I’m still on 5.1. I’ve been afraid to update because I’ve go a 10k piece jigsaw puzzle half done and if I lost all that work I think I’d die! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/7 "2014-05-14T23:40:55Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > I think I’m still on 5.1. I’ve been afraid to update because I’ve go a 10k piece jigsaw puzzle half done and if I lost all that work I think I’d die! You’re doing a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle on your _phone_? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/8 "2014-05-15T02:49:00Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > My iPod Touch is still on iOS 6, since apparently it can’t be upgraded to iOS 7. I have an Ipod touch 4 and yeah, apparently it does not upgrade. I’m sure it could run it, but it does not offer it. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/9 "2014-05-15T03:25:37Z")
IPhone 4, and still holding on to iOS 6 whatever. Hate the new interface with all of my being. I stopped updating apps - I updated my DirectTV app, and it won’t run under 6. Oh we’ll, nothing else gets updated then. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/10 "2014-05-15T03:51:29Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > You’re doing a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle on your _phone_? iPad 😃 Finished one already. Took me about 10 months. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/11 "2014-05-15T17:36:25Z")
I haven’t updated yet. I don’t know if I will. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/12 "2014-05-16T14:15:42Z")
iphone 4s here, and I thought I was still running 5.0, but apparently it updated to 6.0 without my knowledge. Not gonna update to 7 until my daughter can make sure I’ve backed everything up properly…it keeps telling me I have no storage space left but I bought cloud space! Until I’m absolutely certain all the baby pictures are safe… ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/13 "2014-05-16T14:28:56Z")
iPhone 4s still on 6. I don’t like the graphics of 7. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/14 "2014-05-16T14:39:10Z")
My ancient iPod Touch is maxed out at 4.2.1. I use it only in the car with iTunes, so it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/15 "2014-05-16T18:24:11Z")
Still using my first-gen iPad most of the time (like, ATM), so “stuck” on five-something. I have a mini on the latest, but I want to get MMW out of this one. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/16 "2014-05-16T18:30:35Z")
My iPhone 4 is still on 6. I upgraded my iPads but I really don’t like how 7 looks. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/17 "2014-05-16T18:45:04Z")
I am kind of on the skeuomorphic fence. I used Mac OS 4~6 for quite a few years – about as flat as a GUI could get and still look OK – and when I got to the later, pretty systems, I found the shading and stuff kind of stupid and annoying. In fact, for a few years on OS X, I was using an alternate theme that looked a bit like parchment and made everything pretty flat. But the implementation of iOS 7 kind of, umm, falls flat. It has become increasingly difficult to see at a glance where you can/should tap to do what you want to do. The UI elements have just become to elegantly understated (not to mention that they are using blues and reds with very thin lines on white). Maybe iOS 8 will correct the poor choices made for 7. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-7-any-holdouts/688414/18 "2014-05-16T18:49:12Z")
I’m still running System 1.0 on mine. It does everything I need.