Zac 🛸 NOS 5.0 Beta on Phone (3a)
Here is what I found after about 10 hours of use:
1. Nothing needs to be more careful and consistent with its UI elements, especially the icons. The settings icons are completely inconsistent—some are filled, some are outlined, and they vary in thickness and height. Nothing adds extra elements to their icons that are simply unnecessary.
2. Animations and transitions feel awkward in some places (though this might improve in the stable release).
3. There is significant lag in the camera; the camera experience isn’t smooth.
4. The time taken to capture and process photos has increased.
5. They removed the ‘Inter’ font and replaced it with ‘Roboto’ and ‘Geist’; keeping ‘Inter’ would have been better.
6. The recent apps experience is smooth, but it would have been better to place the app options outside the app preview window rather than inside it.
7. The newly added wallpaper is completely unnecessary; it looks like a random assortment of elements.
8. For a beta version, the performance is still smooth.
9. The Control Center experience needs further refinement.
10. The new ‘Collector’ widget is excellent.
