U-Michal Ždanský Kolunye lwemicu yeseva Igatsha.com Izintatheli ezaziwayo ze-Apple ezaziwa ngokuba nemithombo emihle ngokuqondile ngaphakathi kwenkampani kwaxoxwa nazo: John Gruber, MG Siegler (I-TechCrunch.com) futhi nokuningi. Nakuba ingxoxo iqale ngamahemuhemu mayelana nokudayiswa kwe-iPhone entsha ehlobo, kukhulunywe futhi mayelana nohlelo olulindelekile lwe-iOS 7.
Isitatimende sokuqala esithokozisayo esivela kuJohn Gruber sihlobene ngqo nokuthuthukiswa kwe-iOS entsha:
Ngokwalokho engikuzwile: ukuthuthukiswa kwe-iOS 7 kungemuva futhi onjiniyela bakhishiwe ekuthuthukisweni kwe-OS X 10.9 ukuze basebenze kukho.
Iqiniso lokuthi ukuthuthukiswa kungemuva cishe ngeke kuthinte ukwethulwa kwe-iPhone entsha (5S?). Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, ukukhipha onjiniyela kude ne-Mac OS ukuthuthukisa i-iOS akuyona into entsha kwa-Apple. Sebenza enguqulweni yokuqala ye-iOS, leyo kanye ne-iPhone yokuqala kwakufanele iguqule imakethe yocingo lweselula, nayo idinga ukubambezeleka ekukhululweni kwesistimu yokusebenza ye-OS 10.5 Leopard. Onjiniyela abasebenza enguqulweni yesihlanu yesistimu yokusebenza bathuthelwe ku-Project Purple, okwakuyi-codename ye-iPhone.
UJohn Gruber uphinde wadalula lokho akuzwile mayelana nokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-iOS okusolwa ukuthi:
Mayelana no-[Jony] Ivo: Kuthiwa onjiniyela be-iOS abanelungelo lokuphatha ifoni ene-OS entsha banazo zonke izinhlobo zezihlungi ezihlukanisayo kuma-iPhones abo ukuze banciphise kakhulu ukubuka. Lokhu kwenza kube nzima kakhulu kuzibukeli ukuthi zibone ukubuyekezwa okubalulekile kwe-UI.
Ukuklama kabusha okubalulekile akuyona inzwabethi entsha, ibilokhu isakazwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi UScott Forstall waxoshwa enkampanini futhi amandla ayo ahlukaniswa phakathi kukaJony Ive noCraig Federighi, u-Ive ephethe ukwakhiwa kwesistimu yokusebenza. Ifomu elivamile "elithambile" lilindeleke ku-iOS 7, elizohambisana nomklamo wezimboni wemikhiqizo ye-iOS futhi lizophawula ukusuka okuphawulekayo ku-skeuomorphism ethandwa uForstall (kanye noSteve Jobs). Ngokuqondene nokuhlunga izihlungi ezibukweni ze-iPhone, lokho akumangazi kakhulu. Ngenkathi kwakhiwa i-iPhone yokuqala, abathuthukisi bezinhlelo ze-software babengenaso ngisho nesibonelo esikude sedivayisi ababenayo, kodwa uhlobo lwebhokisi elinesibonisi.
Ngokuqondene ne-iPhone ngokwayo, okulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-iOS 7 ku-WWDC 2013, u-MG Siegler uyanezela:
Ngikhuluma ngokuhleba, into eyodwa engiyizwe izikhathi eziningana ukuthi kuzoba khona uhlobo oluthile lwesithwebuli se-biometric ku-iPhone entsha. Lokho cishe akumangazi uma kubhekwa ukuthengwa kwe-AuthenTec - kodwa ngingamangala uma ngabe lokhu maduzane. Nokho, ngizwile ukuthi kungase kungabi yingxenye yokuqinisekisa kuphela, kodwa futhi nohlobo oluthile lokukhokha (mhlawumbe nge-Passbook). Futhi amahlebezi athakazelisa kakhulu: I-Apple ingafuna ukuthi abathuthukisi bakhokhele ukusetshenziswa kwayo.
Kwengezwe u-Matthew Panzarino, uMhleli oMkhulu Iwebhu Elandelayo, okulandelayo:
Ngangizwe ngemithombo mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwe-biometrics ezinkokhelweni (kanye nokuhlonza) ngaphambi kokuthi kuxoxwe ngakho kumongo wokuthengwa kwe-AuthenTec. Siphinde sicabange ukuthi ukuthenga bekuyisivumelwano esibucayi ngoba i-Apple ibifuna lezo zinzwa ngokushesha. Unyaka ngaphambi kokutholwa (kanye nonyaka nesigamu ngaphambi kokuthi i-Apple iqale ukubhekana ne-AuthenTec engxenyeni yesibili ka-2011) kubonakala sengathi kunesikhathi esiningi sokuthunyelwa.
Amahemuhemu mayelana nokuthunyelwa kwezinzwa ze-biometric ku-iPhone ngokuqinisekile ayintsha futhi ukuthengwa kwenkampani I-AuthenTec kuyinkomba ecacile yokuthi i-Apple ibheke kuleyo ndawo. Ngokusho kwedayari, singakhulula isizukulwane esisha se-iPhone Wall Street Journal kulindeleke kakade ehlobo, okungukuthi mhlawumbe ngaphambi kwamaholide. U-Apple wakhetha leli gama nangaphambi kokukhululwa kwe-iPhone 4S, eyaqala isiko elisha lokwethula ucingo ngemva kwamaholide ehlobo. Uma enakho I-WSJ Yiqiniso, i-Apple izokwethula i-iPhone entsha ku-WWDC 2013.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-WWDC izinikezele ekwethuleni isofthiwe entsha, nokho, ngokusho kwesitatimende esingenhla, i-OS X 10.9 ingase ibambezeleke ngenxa ye-iOS 7, ngakho i-Apple ngeke ibe nalutho olungabonisa ngaphandle kwenguqulo entsha yesistimu yokusebenza yeselula, futhi ukuhlanganisa ukwethulwa kwayo nokwethulwa kwe-iPhone kubonakala kunengqondo.
