iOS 7's new design to have a lot of black and white elements: report

Apple's annual developer's conference, WWDC is all set to open on 10 June and there are many speculations on what the next version of Apple's mobile software iOS 7 will look like.

According a report from 9to5mac,Apple's design chief Jonathan Ive seems to have gone for a complete design overhaul. The report states that, in software design meetings with Apple's iOS designers, accompanied by Apple's Human Interface vice president Greg Christie, Ive has shared his reasoning behind his distaste for the texture-heavy (skeuomorphic) interfaces heralded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and former iOS chief Scott Forstall.

It seems Ive also felt that iOS apps have several differing designs which leaves Apple's users confused. For example, the yellow Notes app in contrast to the Silver-coloured Maps app.

[caption id="attachment_819211" align="alignleft" width="380"] An iPhone 5 is seen in this file photo. AFP[/caption]

iOS 7 design hasblack and white elements and is flat all over. There are several new black and white user interface elements,according to the 9to5mac report.

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As far as the new OS is concerned, John Gruber ofDaringFireball.net, (previously Apple blogger,)notedthat work on the OS was running late and engineers had been pulled from OS X 10.9 team to pump up work. He also added that the team working on the next version of OS is ensuring complete secrecy.

Previously the Wall Street Journal, said that as far as iOS 7 is concernd, Ive is pushing a more "flat design" that is starker and simpler