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You know how most people who’ve used Google Maps and Apple Maps realise that Apple Maps is inexcusably bad and most definitely inferior? Yeah, these are definitely not those people. These people don’t give a crap what you think, and actually really love the new Apple maps!
The reasons for such backwards lovin’ range from features like “talking maps” to “street view” to just pure unadulterated joy. Sometimes very good, well-to-do people love very bad things, I guess. Or maybe it’s just not that big of a deal. Anyways, I applaud them for their positivity.
Apple has outdone themselves with iOS 6. The Maps update is the best thing that has happened since the iPhone. #awesome #sohelpful
— Aubrey Raupe (@aubraupe) September 26, 2012
How did I ever use an iPhone 4S? The iPhone 5 is just so awesome. And the Apple maps app rocks. fb.me/NErkqTJd
— Michael Baum (@michaelbaum) September 24, 2012
Wow new iPhone update is awesome! New maps rocks my world!
— Lili Forberg (@LiliForberg) September 21, 2012
Why is Lindsey being a douche to me…. Like sorry I think the new maps on the iPhone 5 are awesome #sueme
— Emma Collins (@E_Collii) September 20, 2012
The new software for the iPhone is awesome! The maps app is 3D and speaks! Simple things make me so excited!!
— Natalie Sheary (@NatSheary) September 19, 2012
With the awesome new maps app on the iPhone I won’t get lost going places (like ATL
— Ashton Noe (@AshtonNoe24) September 19, 2012
Omg LOVE the iPhone 5. Love the talking maps and Siri. Just got my phone screen covered and my case. I can breathe now!
— ChristinaPryor (@ChristinaPryor) September 26, 2012
I just discovered the street view function on the maps app on the iPhone. Holy balls, it’s awesome.
— Anya Cleaver (@anyamcleaver) September 19, 2012
I LOVE THE NEW MAPS APP ON THE iPHONE
— Kaitlyn Tierney (@_KaitlynTierney) September 26, 2012
Wow! Can see my roof deck, chairs and all, with the new iPhone maps! Crazy stalker software. But love it!
— Nikolas Stavros (@nav0876) September 19, 2012
The Maps/ Navigation on iOS 6 is sweet! About time the iPhone gave talking directions.
— Sonz (@SoSo_Dope) September 21, 2012
The new iPhone maps is niiicceee.. So nice that I’m using it for a destination that I already know how to get to
— Gabriel E. (@Stephon_Urkel10) September 23, 2012
The new update for Maps on iPhone is sweet. I just stared at my house for 10 minutes.
— Megan Moore (@meggmoore) September 26, 2012
The new maps update for iPhone is nice… Wondering why it hasn’t always been this good.. until now iPhone was slacking in this department
— Grant (@G_Bunk) September 20, 2012
Love the new iphone maps app! Free sat nav and 3d landscapes! Prefer the new youtube but still not so sure what passbooks point is!
— Tobean (@TobyCrabtree) September 19, 2012
Love the new iSO 6 iphone software update. Its so cool!! Specially the maps!!
— francesca (@francescatoma) September 19, 2012
new google maps on iPhone is awesome
— hi, im brett(@Brett_Steggles) September 19, 2012
I can totally imagine Forstall shielding his beaten down Apple Maps team from all the Maps negativity and showing slide after slide of these Tweets on an overhead projector, all while wearing squeaky pleather and claiming that they’re fighting the good fight. Keep on, keeping on. To be fair, Apple Maps can be impressive on the surface — 3D when it works, turn-by-turn is lovely — but any deeper than that and you run into chaos.
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I reckon that about 17 of these tweets are sarcastic.
You gotta remember that there are people on Twitter who thought Titanic was just a movie too..
http://gizmodo.com/5900628/these-imbeciles-thought-the-titanic-disaster-was-just-a-movie
Good point.
“I just discovered the street view function on the maps app on the iPhone. Holy balls, it’s awesome.” – I was under the impression it didn’t have street view.
I’m guessing they mead the 3D satellite view with rendered buildings which is a bit like street view in the same way that curly-wurlys are a bit like antimatter and the Crown Prince of Qatar is a bit like an intercontinental ballistic submarine.
I also questioned that as well. Im pretty sure some of these were bullcrap or someone hasn’t actually updated their maps and are actually using googlemaps lol
Apparently there are Chinese users who find Apple’s version far superior.
http://tinyurl.com/9kbz8fk
I guess Apple had to ditch Google sooner or later – using a handicapped product doesn’t make a lot of sense.
And I am wondering how many Apple Maps articles I have seen on Giz recently. Seems an awful lot.
The number of Apple Maps articles recently shows how much Giz loves us. It’s an Apple article that everyone else can enjoy. I’m surprised we aren’t swimming in iPad Mini rumours by now.
Wait, those will be coming. Followed closely by iPad4 rumours. Followed closely by .. wait a minute! A pattern emerges ..
The reality distortion field has obviously been turned up to 11.
Where I live Apples Maps are better than Google !!
I too live in Narnia
Where is this Narnia you speak of ?
Where is Narnia? Apple maps doesn’t know either…
I’ll get my coat.
Are you ALLOWED to live in an Apple Store?
No soft furnishings so wouldn’t want to live there..
Try zooming in on the Apple store in Brighton…
I’m just impressed Tafs had the time to create 17 bogus twitter accounts, that dudes dedicated!
We’re still not entirely sure he doesn’t have 17 Giz accounts too….
I quite like it too. I’m not going to even attempt to defend Apple’s decision to switch over to it, and given the chance I’d go back to the old one for the time being, but I make my own mind up about stuff and my use of it has been almost all positive (and actually more positive than the old one because of much faster loading times and turn by turn).
Sure, if I’d been using it to find locations more often then I might’ve had a worse experience, but I’ve used it maybe a dozen times and it’s all been good for me.
It’s clear Apple have removed a mature and trustworthy application and replaced it with a half-baked one and that’s shit, but if I hadn’t read about all the inaccuracies, it might be quite a long time before I decided it was a big pile of poo.
Google Maps on the iPhone was just a map. It’s major drawback was the lack of turn-by-turn navigation that takes into account traffic jams and re-routes users. The iPhone’s Google Maps didn’t have this feature, so what’s the point of staying with a competitor’s handicapped product? With all Apple’s cash, they should probably have gone out and bought Garmin or TomTom.
Or paid Google to make it like the hallowed Android version. They could’ve released it as a voluntary app though. They still had a year on the API agreement with google, so taking away the old one was almost an admission of guilt, the only way they could mature their new app would be to force users to use it.
The features and, dare I say it, the look of it is a step forward. I think it looks much nicer than Google maps, but that’s partly because it isn’t cluttered with stuff that actually exists in the real world…
You’re right about the look. Uncluttered looks better so long as I know all the POI’s are there somewhere.
Like Stratford-upon-Avon and Solihull.
Stratford upon what? Never heard of it. You’ll be telling me that Duncaster has disappeared next….
Apple maps IS awesome. I use it all the time, to cheer me up by laughing at how bad it is.
Apple really need to set up a page / twitter account where people can report problems as they find them, so they can get things fixed. After all, how else are they going to know that the pub outside my office is shown as being about 150 yards from it’s actual location?
Yes, you need to get in touch with Apple and have them move the pub INSIDE your office.
These are probably people who have never owned an iPhone/Smartphone before, or never actually used Google Maps on old iPhone.
Oh he will be along soon enough as #18, spouting Apple PR as usual
But don’t expect him to just agree, he’ll spin this into a remark about copying (oh crap I have done it for him)
I’m ashamed to have the same first name as the last guy