Key
features
- Faster and more stable all around
- Siri available on iPad 3, wider language support with Canadian English, Spanish (Spain/Mexico), Italian, Italian (Switzerland), Korean, Mandarin (Chinese/Taiwan),Cantonese (Hong Kong)
- Siri now serves sports info, movie and restaurants reviews. It can launch apps and do status updates
- System-wide Facebook integration: Facebook contacts and events appear in the phonebook and calendar
- Notification center gets quick Facebook/Twitter update keys
- New Maps app with TomTom data, turn-by-turn voice navigation and 3D/Flyover view mode
- Better Safari browser with iCloud tabs, full-screen mode, offline reading and faster performance
- Passbook e-ticket app handles loyalty coupons, boarding passes, tickets
- Photo Stream can share photos with other iOS users. Likes and comments are supported
- Updated Mail app with VIP and Flagged mailboxes
- Unified FaceTime/iMessages ID. FaceTime works over the cellular network
- New UI for the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store, Music, Weather apps
- You can set songs from your music library as alarm tones
- Improved privacy settings
- New accessibility options and guided access (single-app mode for kids)
- Re-organized settings, various new icons
- Panorama mode in Camera
- Game Center now supports challenges (achievements)
- Reject call with SMS
- Do Not Disturb mode
- Lost mode
- Improved keyboards and auto-correction
- Power toggles moved to top of settings menu (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Tethering)
- Various improvements under the hood
Main
disadvantages
- No offline maps support and maps are not up to scratch currently
- Variable compatibility across the device range
- Passbook not on par with Google Wallet, not truly useful
- An altogether conservative approach to design and layout
- Notification Center could've offered more functionality
- No widgets
- Underused lockscreen
- Limited themes and personalization options
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