The icon changes to iOS 7 have not been without some controversy. Having lived with iOS for several months now (after upgrading to the iPhone 5S), there is a sense of acceptance and familiarity with the new look of iOS. For better or for worse, the icons just live amongst each other without much thought from the user. Two icons in particular feel out of place  though; reversed even. The icons for Voice Memos and Siri feel like they would be more effective if switched.

The new icon for Voice Memos in iOS 7 features a linear graph of sound, while Siri went with a microphone. It seems that this is the wrong use of two great icons. Voice Memos doesn’t just look at your voice, it records the audio. Like a microphone does. And Siri: it doesn’t record your voice for playback later, it listens your voice, like an analyzer. Siri even betrays this mix up, as it uses both the microphone icon and an animated wave of the sound when listening to your voice.

Hopefully someone at Apple with the power to act will feel the same way, and swap these two icons to their logical places.