I can't believe they missed syncing silent mode to phone switch

[profdraper]

Forget needing a watch ... on the iPhone itself, silliest & most useless waste of hardware & related production costs: the iPhone 'mute' switch.

Surely one would assume that this simply mutes ALL sounds (like say, when you may be in a meeting, giving a talk, going to a theatre show, etc etc.). But no, it only turns off the ringer & allows everything else to annoy, like the messaging app, or music /youtube going full blare ... So you're in a meeting with the ringtone muted, but the a messages app keeps quacking, then you may also need to sort thu' a zillion notication settings for each app & to mute them. Why the hell wouldn't the silience button simply silence everything? What nitwit Apple propellorhead came up with this?

On my other Android phones, sure, there is no physical switch, but one swipe allows *everything to be put on silent; but Apple continuse to use this switch which is damn near useless (yes, muting can be acheived in other ways, like focus or airplane mode). No wonder there's talk about dumping it.

 

[ovbacon]

Forget needing a watch ... on the iPhone itself, silliest & most useless waste of hardware & related production costs: the iPhone 'mute' switch.

Surely one would assume that this simply mutes ALL sounds (like say, when you may be in a meeting, giving a talk, going to a theatre show, etc etc.). But no, it only turns off the ringer & allows everything else to annoy, like the messaging app, or music /youtube going full blare ... So you're in a meeting with the ringtone muted, but the a messages app keeps quacking, then you may also need to sort thu' a zillion notication settings for each app & to mute them. Why the hell wouldn't the silience button simply silence everything? What nitwit Apple propellorhead came up with this?

On my other Android phones, sure, there is no physical switch, but one swipe allows *everything to be put on silent; but Apple continuse to use this switch which is damn near useless (yes, muting can be acheived in other ways, like focus or airplane mode). No wonder there's talk about dumping it.

You seriously responded to a thread from 2015 talking about nitwits while unable to spell correctly and being incorrect about the iPhone silent mode to boot.

 

[jz0309]

Forget needing a watch ... on the iPhone itself, silliest & most useless waste of hardware & related production costs: the iPhone 'mute' switch.

Surely one would assume that this simply mutes ALL sounds (like say, when you may be in a meeting, giving a talk, going to a theatre show, etc etc.). But no, it only turns off the ringer & allows everything else to annoy, like the messaging app, or music /youtube going full blare ... So you're in a meeting with the ringtone muted, but the a messages app keeps quacking, then you may also need to sort thu' a zillion notication settings for each app & to mute them. Why the hell wouldn't the silience button simply silence everything? What nitwit Apple propellorhead came up with this?

On my other Android phones, sure, there is no physical switch, but one swipe allows *everything to be put on silent; but Apple continuse to use this switch which is damn near useless (yes, muting can be acheived in other ways, like focus or airplane mode). No wonder there's talk about dumping it.

really, this is a 8 year old thread from when AW was first introduced ...

 

[ovbacon]

really, this is a 8 year old thread from when AW was first introduced ...

It appears profdraper intended to post his rant in a different thread (unless he is just posting it in multitudes).

 

[jz0309]

It appears profdraper intended to post his rant in a different thread (unless he is just posting it in multitudes).

maybe, maybe not, but you really got to put some effort in to dig up an 8 year old post ... oh well, welcome to the internet

 

[ovbacon]

maybe, maybe not, but you really got to put some effort in to dig up an 8 year old post ... oh well, welcome to the internet

Yup, that was my thought exactly..... how do you find a thread this old with not that many responses to begin with.

 

[jz0309]

Yup, that was my thought exactly..... how do you find a thread this old with not that many responses to begin with.

yea, well, mods can deal with it if they find it violates any rules, it's certainly off topic for this thread

 

[arc of the universe]

its complicated.

it took me several weeks to get a better understanding about the relationship of alerts and notifications between the iPhone and the Watch.
there are the overlapping factors of Focus, iPhone &/or Watch, Notification type (sound/haptic), how long ago you used yr iPhone or are wearing your Watch right now, in addition to app specific Notification behaviours that can be set.

for myself, i like the way apple is doing it.
one of the best parts of the overall current way is that apple understands (through iCloud) if i am actually using my iPhone right now or not, or i may have left my iPhone on my desk in the other room, and even if i have silenced Notifications on my iPhone, i still get a haptic notification on my Watch.
the relationship for getting what if any Notifications only on the iPhone, or only on the Watch, or neither or both, is really complicated.

i think apple is trying to understand and implement Notification policies that reflect its vision for what the Watch's potential is. and a big part of that going forward is centred around use of Focus.

probably even into the future the top usage cases for the Watch are for
- body/activity/location recording
- Notifications
- Emergency calling
- payments

placing all of the Focus kinds of functions together (swiping up) was for a purpose. to easily control what level of Notifications you want in what kind of activity way (ie. Focus).
in the next version of WatchOS, they will be even more convenient to access since you get them by pressing the side button to open the Control Center instead of swiping up.