The first of all deals with the social media sites Facebook and Twitter. It has been reported that other people can send Facebook message and tweets from your new iPhone even if the phone is locked. This is because Apple has enabled Siri voice command to interact with Twitter and Facebook even when your phone is locked. The simple fix for this is to go through your settings to "disable" Siri from being activated in the passcode state.
The second thing that has many people anxious is a fix for it's new Apple Maps program. Since Apple has decided to drop Google off of their preloaded apps lineup as well as the Apple Store since they haven't been "playing nice" now that Google has teamed up with Android. Then they decided to create their own new program called Apple Maps. Unfortunately for many, the Apple Maps program is said to have very basic maps with little detail and GPS guidance that is off kilter. To get around this for now, you can bookmark the much more detailed and exact Google Maps in your browser and can get to it anytime you have access to phone service.
There are many quirks that most phones endure the following days after launch and there is no doubt in my mind that the latter of these two issues will be addressed in the coming months. It has been reported that Apple made this risk because they wanted to get away from Google and make their own version of maps, even if it wasn't anywhere near ready yet. Polls have shown that despite these minor hiccups, Apple has done exceeding well in their sales.
References
Cooper, C. (2012, sept 22). ios 6 maps was no big surprise to apple. Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57517967-37/ios-6-map-mess-was-no-big-surprise-to-apple/
Mills, E. (2012, SEP 20). ios 6 allows tweets, facebook posts from locked device. Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57517364-83/ios-6-allows-tweets-facebook-posts-from-locked-device/
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