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Some things I noticed after the UI update:

1. Phone app: When using the device with one hand, phone used to be the easiest (some may argue the most commonly used as well, but I don't know) app to launch when the top row of the apps was visible in the home screen. After the update it's in the top left corner, which is the hardest to reach (in my case, impossible). So the update requires re arranging the icons. Easiest to use are apps that are somewhere below 3rd or 4th row. Usually the most important ones should be the easiest to use and also on the spots that get most of attention. In western countries this pretty much would mean lefto to right, top to bottom.

2. The obvious way to come around is to keep the apps open which leads to the next thing: If that's the way the device is ment to be used, why many of the application covers look the same? Probably the reason I noticed the first point is that I have hard time to find out which one is the phone app with just a quick look. E-mail app for example has a big clear @ symbol as a background. I think it would help if Phone had phone symbol as a background. Well, message app cover has a message symbol, but it's rather small.

3. Phone shouldn't be that hard to lock. Swiping from top edge isn't easy to reach and then you also have to tap an icon that's on top while overall design is that you shouldn't have to reach the top edge for e.g menus.

Of course there are good things as well. Ten fold improvement to events view and horizontal swipe is effortless compared to previous. Also it's convenient to see battery/clock/network coverage in the home view. Those things aren't visible on other devices by accident :)

Some things I noticed after the UI update:

1. Phone app: When using the device with one hand, phone used to be the easiest (some may argue the most commonly used as well, but I don't know) app to launch when the top row of the apps was visible in the home screen. After the update it's in the top left corner, which is the hardest to reach (in my case, impossible). So the update requires re arranging the icons. Easiest to use are apps that are somewhere below 3rd or 4th row. Usually the most important ones should be the easiest to use and also on the spots that get most of attention. In western countries this pretty much would mean lefto to right, top to bottom.

2. The obvious way to come around is to keep the apps open which leads to the next thing: If that's the way the device is ment to be used, why many of the application covers look the same? Probably the reason I noticed the first point is that I have hard time to find out which one is the phone app with just a quick look. E-mail app for example has a big clear @ symbol as a background. I think it would help if Phone had phone symbol as a background. Well, message app cover has a message symbol, but it's rather small.

3. Phone shouldn't be that hard to lock. Swiping from top edge isn't easy to reach and then you also have to tap an icon that's on top while overall design is that you shouldn't have to reach the top edge for e.g menus.

Of course there are good things as well. Ten fold improvement to events view and horizontal swipe is effortless compared to previous. Also it's convenient to see battery/clock/network coverage in the home view. Those things aren't visible on other devices by accident :)