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wraggster
September 22nd, 2015, 21:35
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/65f817779dfad0b28f87e47fee529086/202683673/lousy-ios9-fb.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/22/ios-9-review/)iOS 9 is deceptive. When Apple first publicly trotted out the update at WWDC a few months back (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/08/apple-ios-9-wwdc-2015/), it seemed happy to hang its hat on just a few new features: Apple News, better Maps and an improved Notes app. After using the betas for months (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/09/ios-9-first-look-hands-on/) and putting in still more time with the final, ready-for-everyone build, though, it's clear that what Apple built is far more nuanced than it might have let on. (And there I was, thinking I'd have an easy review to write. Silly me.) Instead, what we've got here is in some ways a continuation of a philosophy that seemed to start in earnest in the Apple Watch (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/30/apple-watch-review/). iOS 9 is less about new, whizbang features and more about getting the stuff we do everyday done just a little quicker, a little more efficiently. And you know what? That's more valuable than you might think.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/22/ios-9-review/