So you're claiming me that IOS7 wasn't tested on pre-production 5S phones before the release of both of them?
That Apple didn't catch such flaming obvious usability issues blows my mind, but whatever floats your boat. They shipped Apple maps so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore.
Since we have no idea what the root cause of these bugs is, I would not immediately conclude HW until it is proven so (because usually it's not). And even then, I doubt they will admit it's HW if there's a SW fix for them (which there usually is).
What I am saying is that the majority of testing would have been done with iOS7 on shipping devices which have had no issues. The issues seen are specific to 5S which clearly indicates driver or kernel problems.
That Apple didn't catch such flaming obvious usability issues blows my mind, but whatever floats your boat. They shipped Apple maps so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by anything anymore.
Since we have no idea what the root cause of these bugs is, I would not immediately conclude HW until it is proven so (because usually it's not). And even then, I doubt they will admit it's HW if there's a SW fix for them (which there usually is).