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Agreed. I've heard multiple people say that iOS7 looks bad in screenshots, but you really need to use it to understand it. I'd say the exact same has always applied to WP.

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Yes but rationality and experience doesn't get you any upvotes in the tech communities. Raging fanboyism and denouncing the competition does.

Thanks for being rational - you are spot on.

Agreed - I never get those people saying that in a flat environment the user can't distinguish different elements. Both iOS 7 and Windows Phone are well done and appeal to me.

And Microsoft deserves some credit for developing their own design language and UX ideas with Metro.

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