iOS 7 Is Secretly Baby-Proof

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Regardless of what you think of its icons, iOS 7 is a big design shift for Apple, and it's here to stay. When the new OS finally hits consumer phones everywhere, it might be a little surprise for some, but there's one demographic it's really going to flummox: babies.

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The clip pretty much speaks for itself, but it's crazy to see how a slide-to-unlock change that seems relatively minor—and awesome—to us can completely bewilder an illiterate kid, a kid that's a whiz at iOS 6, no less. If you had any doubts that skeuomorphism serves a real purpose, here's your proof that it does. But that doesn't make it any less ugly.

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As for this little tot here, I'm sure she'll figure it out soon enough. But until then, it looks like the iPhone is a grown-up toy again. [Redmond Pie]