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With iOS 6, Apple seems to be more focused on refining the overall user experience than debuting significant new feature additions. On the other hand, it's still an improvement over iOS 5. But let's face it -- this won't be a difficult decision to make.

Simply put, there’s no reason not to update to iOS 6, and plenty of reasons for you to jump onboard.

In the end, iOS 6 is to software what the iPhone 5 is to hardware: a big collection of improvements, many of which are really clever and good, that don’t take us in any big new directions. Lots and lots of nips and tucks — that’s Apple’s motto lately.

Apple iOS 6, Cupertino's latest mobile operating system, offers slick new maps, Passbook, and numerous tweaks and additions. If you own a compatible iOS device, there's simply not questioning whether to upgrade.

Apple iOS 6, Cupertino's latest mobile operating system, offers slick new maps, Passbook, and numerous tweaks and additions. If you own a compatible iOS device, there's simply no questioning whether to upgrade.

A couple of big features and a ton of tiny tweaks come together to make iOS 6 a must-have update, just as long as you can get it on your device.

Much like OS X's move from Leopard to Snow Leopard, iOS 6 refines many of the major changes introduced in iOS 5. It's a more modest release than iOS 5, but existing iOS users will be pleased with the update.

Overall, iOS 6 is a big step forward, but that’s hardly surprising given Apple’s track record. As always, there will be those who say it doesn’t push the envelope enough, and Maps has already ruffled quite a few feathers.

There’s no way around saying it, iOS 6 is an evolution rather than revolution of the iOS platform. While updates may range in significance depending on your usage model ... there are new features both big and small, and enough small improvements to keep it fresh.

Despite a subpar Maps app, iOS 6 offers plenty of reasons to upgrade, from a smarter Siri and Facebook integration to easier photo sharing.

There are lots of new features in iOS 6. Some will massively improve the way you use the phone, others won't make a blind bit of difference. With over 200 new elements and features, that's always going to be the case.

iOS 6 is superior in every way to what came before it, and lays important groundwork for the future.

The key thing remains: it all works together flawlessly, and many of the zinged up features will work with existing iDevices.

Many of these are good and solid, reducing the friction and increasing the functionality of iOS, and delightfully so. But a lot of it them are also about Apple and the future of their platform.

iOS 6 is rather like the iPhone 5 or Mountain Lion; the refinement of something that already works extremely well.

iOS 6 doesn't spoil iOS, but it'll be a few weeks or months before its benefits become more apparent, as features develop and a few niggles are squished.

It remains a stable, solid operating system with the sort of attention to detail for which Apple has become known. However, the highlight features in iOS 6 are underwhelming and, in the case of Maps, worryingly error prone.

iOS 6 is yet another welcome update to polish off what was already a solid OS. It’s got a ton of small features to make daily inconveniences that much more manageable, and that’s really what technology should be; it should work to make our lives easier. iOS 6 does that in the simplest of ways.

iOS 6 is still brand new, and Apple has plenty of time to make updates and adjustments. We don't expect the next major iOS push until WWDC 2013 next June, but hopefully we'll get a few wishes granted in point releases between now and then.

Some neat tweaks and additions, but iOS 6 doesn't quite go far enough and Maps is currently very bad

Overall, iOS 6 is very good, with some nice touches throughout that ease pain points and refine the experience. But the question marks of Maps and the App Store are big ones. These are challenges that Apple will hopefully meet, but we’ll see.