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Take a Tour of the Huge Visual Contrasts Between iOS 6 and iOS 7

Apple's iOS 7 represents the biggest graphical overhaul to iOS in its six-year history. But if you look beyond the aesthetic changes you'll find several new features and gestures that improve the way you use your phone.
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The Home Screen
Even if you're going to pass on one of the new iPhones, you can still get most of their best new features when you upgrade to iOS 7. Apple's new mobile operating system will be available to download on Wednesday. It's the biggest graphical overhaul to iOS in its six-year history. But if you look beyond the aesthetic changes -- the skinny fonts, the new colors, and the 3-D effects -- you'll find several new features and gestures that improve the way you use your iPhone or iPad.

The Home Screen

Gone is the venerable track labeled, "slide to unlock." It's replaced by ... a whole screen that you can slide to unlock. Aside from a few aesthetic differences -- a more lightweight typeface, an adjusted camera shortcut -- it remains functionally the same as the lock screen you've grown to love over the past six years.