I've come to the conclusion that iOS 6 is horrible. Hyperbole but the UI inconsistencies drive me mad. On one hand they are going the matte look everywhere, even with the main blue headers. On the other hand they stick with the gloss black nab bars and even changed the camera app's toolbar to a horrible looking glossy black.
The phone app has to be one of the worst stock apps i've ever seen, gfx wise.. you have the blue headers, with a white matte looking keypad (stock music app style) mixed with the old black gloss nav.
And then the inconsistent status bars across different apps. I'm fine with the coloring gradient thing, but if you're going to do it across all apps, don't hold out. Either yes or no. Yet you have apps like Safari or Video with blue headers and still a black status bar, for example. Feels copped out. The music app and app stores are going in the right direction, everything else feels like a half way/incomplete mess.
Speaking of the music app, the alphabetical grouping has done away with the transparent header labels, which make it feel like you're looking at less content on a list tbh. Settings app/icon is excellent, though.
But in all seriousness, i'm guessing a lot of these inconsistencies will be elevated by launch. This is still really early.
