Anybody miss the side switch on iPad?

[flowave]

I really wish apple would bring side switch on the new iPad Pros.

I love the side switch because I use it all the time to lock the rotation.

It is a hassle when you have already set your orientation and to release the lock and lock it again watching the screen in the wrong orientation.

 

[Freakonomics101]

Doesn't bother me but everyone has different opinions.

 

[rui no onna]

I've gotten used to the Control Center but I do miss the switch for rotation lock. It was far more efficient.

I have the Control Center enabled inside apps but sometimes it doesn't work and I'd have to go back to the springboard, disable rotation lock, change orientation and enable rotation lock before going back inside the app.

 

[Loge]

Yes, much quicker to do a rotation lock with the physical button when the screen moved unexpectedly.

 

[Devyn89]

I miss it but not terribly so, I'd rather a thin iPad than the switch. The software one is fine though I agree it's less ideal than the physical switch

 

[DDustiNN]

I'd like a mute switch. I don't like when I'm trying to turn down the volume a bit, then it instantly mutes instead. Then I have to turn it back up to the volume I want.

 

[RickTaylor]

I'd like to see changing orientation become more convenient, but there are other ways to do this than adding back a physical button. Currently to change orientation one must

1. Bring up the control center.
2. Unlock orientation.
3. Dismiss the controls center.
4. Rotate the screen to the desired orientation.
5. Bring up the control center.
6. Lock the orientation.
7. Dismiss the control center.

If one changed it so one could change the orientation while the control center was open, this would become

1. Bring up the control center.
2. Unlock orientation.
3. Rotate the screen to the desired orientation.
4. Lock the orientation.
5. Dismiss the control center.

And there are ways one could shorten this further. Perhaps someone could develop a new gesture that could allow one to rotate the orientation in one step.

 

[dmillar74]

Not at all.

 

[FeliApple]

I did use it when it was there but I don't really miss it... I guess I got used to it not being there. I do use it on my phone though.

 

[TMRJIJ]

Meh...Took me a month of usage on my Air 2 to realize it was gone

 

[Channan]

When I first got my iPad Air 2, I missed the switch, but in the 2+ years I've had my iPad Air 2, I've gotten used to it and don't really miss it anymore.

 

[Aussi3]

I actually never used mine lol

 

[zedsdead]

Yes as rotation lock, not mute. However on the 12.9" iPad it's not important to me because I rarely use it in portrait mode. When the 10.5" comes out I likely will go back to the smaller model and do wish it returns, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Starfia]

I liked the convenience of the switch, but I value the tidiness of its absence more highly.

 

[Woodstockie]

Going from an Air 1 to the 9.7 Pro, yes I miss the convenience of the switch. Used it for rotation lock, not mute.

 

[mebehere]

I never used it once. But I know some folks used it all the time.

 

[Appleaker]

It was a great feature if the iPad and despite it being a very long time since i've used an iPad that has the switch, I still miss it. The control centre method is clunky and time consuming, even if the process is simplified. For me, it's like taking away volume controls and saying 'it's fine because you can do it easily in control centre'.
However some people won't care because it really depends on your iPad usage, whether you're a heavy user or not, and what scenarios you use your iPad.

 

[Chancha]

I miss it a lot. Going from the iPad 3 to iPad 2017.

With the orientation switch I could first set the iPad in place, realizing I am on with the "wrong" rotation, and then toggle the switch afterwards and lock it back immediately in under a second. The switch is always in the same place, there is no need to to multiple swaps and clicks that are required in the control center method, which is even harder to do when I am already at the wrong angle or worse in a full screen app.

 

[Osamede]

Yes missing it - must have bee a cost cutting move

 

[mossme89]

Yes! I've lost track how many times I hear an notification ding at 2am and sleepily fumble around to try and flip the switch on my iPad. Now I have to get up, turn the iPad on, and turn the sound off. The light is enough to disrupt your sleep cycle.

 

[JackieInCo]

I can do without it. I was using my 9.7 iPad Pro for several days before I realized it wasn't there. My phones and iPads are set to silent mode automatically between 2AM and 9AM.

 

[Badrottie]

I rarely touch switch button.

 

[jigzaw]

I miss it. I used it constantly on my iPad 4. I'm used to not having it, but once in a while i think about it and miss it when I'm doing the Control Center shuffle. I assume it was a thinner-at-all-cost measure, but I don't see why a smaller switch resembling the iPhone mute switch couldn't be carried over to the newer iPads.