A while ago we talked about the fact that some recent UI design changes Apple made weren’t really that fortunate. When they replaced the iPod app with the “Music app” (which is actually a better name) they also went with an extremely UGLY icon that didn’t really match the rest. I mean come on, a dark and suspiciously thin note on an orange background just doesn’t do it for me. The Phone app, the messsages, the App store – they all have white icons on colorful backgrounds. This Music icon just doesn’t fit. At all. We’re not sure yet if it’ll be changed (but we seriously hope so) in iOS6, but it’s only a few more days to find out.
Right now take a look at that awesome retro-Mac icon set for the iPhone. Maybe Apple should go for that look? And we’d see Black&White pixel icons on Galaxy S4 ;)