[MCRed]

If I recall correctly, wasn't the iOS7 update a shit show?

No, you don't recall correctly. iOS has had the ability to update via iTunes since it's very first release in 2007. iOS users have been able to update their devices regularly to the latest and the greatest without problems for many years, while on Android it's the exception rather than the rule.

This includes iOS 7, which like previous and later releases works across a variety of new and older devices.

The only thing controversial about iOS 7 was the UI was "flatter" and more colorful which some people didm't like.

[duncanawoods]

Huh. The IO7 update bricked my iPad. I had to get it replaced in store.

I would say that an update can't get worse but at least I liked IOS7 when I got to use it so I wasn't too phased. What actually makes me much more miserable is when software updates introduce new bugs, remove features and slow the device down and I can't do anything about it.

[BlakePetersen]

So one needs a computer with iTunes installed to update an iOS device? It doesn't do it over the air?

Also, the "update shit show" reference was toward the software that was updated, not the update process itself, regardless of the hardware/software needed to pull it off.

Source for the downvoters: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/17/apple-ios-7-pr...

[syncsynchalt]

It's updated without need for iTunes for the past several years, IIRC.