Users Underwhelmed by iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Survey Suggests

Users appear to be underwhelmed by Apple's upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 updates, according to the findings of a new survey by SellCell.

The survey asked 3,000 iPhone and iPad customers, evenly split between men and women, aged 18 or over in the United States, what they thought about ‌iOS 15‌, ‌iPadOS 15‌, and the naming of the impending iPhone 13 series.

Over 50 percent of all of the survey's respondents claimed that the ‌iOS 15‌ and ‌iPadOS 15‌ updates are just "somewhat" or "not at all" intriguing. 28.1 percent rated the upgrades "quite" exciting, but as few as 19.3 percent are "very" or "very" excited about them.

Within ‌iOS 15‌ and ‌iPadOS 15‌, 23 percent of users said that the most interesting change is ID cards in the Wallet app, 17.3 percent are most thrilled about better Spotlight search, and 14.2 percent are most excited about new Find My features.

Very few respondents were enamored with several of ‌iOS 15‌ and ‌iPadOS 15‌'s new features. Less than one percent of respondents said that iMessage's "Shared with You" feature, Health app changes featuring fall-risk measures and data sharing, and improvements to Apple Maps with more transportation details and AR walking directions were the best new features. Likewise, FaceTime app upgrades with Spatial Audio, screen sharing, grid view, and portrait mode, the new notifications system, and Focus statuses only attracted roughly five percent of responders.

When asked what features respondents thought should have been added in ‌iOS 15‌ and ‌iPadOS 15‌, 32.3 percent said that there should have been interactive widgets, 21 percent said that there should have been always-on display features, 14.9 percent said that there should have been Pro apps such as Xcode or Final Cut Pro for the ‌iPad‌, and 13.2 percent said that there should have been better external display support for the ‌iPad‌.

Beyond the ‌iOS 15‌ and ‌iPadOS 15‌ updates, the survey also investigated triskaidekaphobia, superstitious fear of the number 13, around the naming of the upcoming ‌iPhone 13‌. As many as one in five ‌iPhone‌ and ‌iPad‌ users said that they would be actively put off by the "‌iPhone 13‌" moniker.

Respondents were also asked how they believed Apple should name its forthcoming line of ‌iPhone‌ models. Interestingly, most responses indicated that smartphones should not be called the "‌iPhone 13‌." 38 percent said that Apple should call their next smartphone series simply "‌iPhone‌ (2021)," 26 percent said that the "‌iPhone 13‌" was the greatest name, while only 13 percent answered that they would want to see the handsets called the "‌iPhone‌ 12S."