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iOS 14 Could Offer Home Screen Widgets, Wallpaper Customizations
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T-Mobile was selling these at that price two months ago. Taxes included. Jumped on that like no tomorrow.
Not even close? Did my statement ever say, "The iPhone night mode is superior to Google's NightSight?" I specifically mentioned that both have night sight capabilities.
I've done that and it has always somehow brought me back to the lock or home screen which is strange.
That is a good deal. The battery life on that device seems to be problem, though. How's it for you?
Yep that is indeed an issue depending on usage. The iPhone 11 would smoke it in battery life.
Not bad, but I'm not a heavy user. Does charge very fast using a standard charger though-no fast charging.
Love the pure Google experience though-previous phones were Samsungs. As in no carrier bloatware. Refreshing for a Android device. I added Nova Prime as that is my preferential launcher on Android
Love the pure Google experience though-previous phones were Samsungs. As in no carrier bloatware. Refreshing for a Android device. I added Nova Prime as that is my preferential launcher on Android
Good to hear, I got the S20+ on March 30. It's been 5 years since i was in Android land and it is just like riding a bike. You don't forget how to ride. I've missed the customization freedom, along with the small incoming call bar that floats and the messaging that comes in as a chat head.
By far the most overdue feature. The current “static icons” design feels horribly dated.
It immediately refuses the call and sends it to voicemail which is rude. Just want to be able to swipe away the call notification like on Android so it doesn't tie up the whole screen so I can do other things while the call times out to voicemail without the other party knowing I refused the call. Also, swipe is better than wearing out the power button.
I'd be fine with iOS 14 being mainly bug fixes and customization. I feel like iOS is due for a big customization overhaul. There was another rumor about being able to set default apps for things like calendar and email, so that kinda dovetails into this customization rumor as well. Lots of loose ends yet to cover, not a lot of big features we really need at this point except for maybe iPadOS to continue that in a new direction.
They'll probably change all the gestures again. Maybe swipe to open will return.
Definitely need to eliminate the annoying false triggers when swiping up while playing games. On iPads with home button there should be an option to disable swipe up gesture in-game and use home button to go home screen/task list. On devices without home button adopt Android's navigation buttons which has far fewer false triggers and is less effort than finger gymnastics gestures.
So, what, it would be better if every one only owned/used an iPhone?
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If iOS allows full customizations and cleaned up their dumpster fire notifications system I'd consider an iPhone, till then...nope. At least this is a step in the right direction I guess, only took them a decade to figure it out.
I close apps I am not using to make multitasking easier...doable. I would like to see apps I have running show-up on the lock screen. I can choose the app right there. It could be as easy as showing running app icons on the lock screen after the phone unlocks.
I don't know what this means: 'They need an app tray to remove them off the screens'.
I don't think it should be on the user to make choices about efficiency and design. When I spend $1500 on a phone I expect someone took the time to figure out the optimal way to make the device work.
As far as widgets go, can you give me an example of information you would need access to that cant be the first thing you see when you open an app? I have never seen a widget handle text well, so it can't be email, messages, news alerts, weather updates, or anything else that expects you to read more than 2 words.
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I'd like to see multitasking look more like how Chrome handles multiple tabs.
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I am also convinced that robocalls flag your number as real if you send them to voicemail. And, like you said, there is no way to ignore them but keep working.
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Holy cow, I'm onboard with this! Hell, it doesn't even have to look exactly like Windows Phone. Just use the rounded tiles from the Home/Shortcuts app. Those are pretty good!
Android widgets used to be good, I had more widgets than actual app icons... But from 2015-onward, widgets have gone to cr@p, most of the apps I use don't even have widgets now, and many of the dedicated widget apps on Play Store are just spyware from China and Russia.
Hopefully iOS will have some way of ensuring the widgets are all high quality and aren't adding spyware.
It's the same with alternate launchers, once-upon-a-time they were decent, GO Launcher used to be one of the best, and it added new features to old phones, but now it's just spyware. Hopefully iOS doesn't follow the same path by allowing spyware or garbage apps on the App Store.
Hopefully iOS will have some way of ensuring the widgets are all high quality and aren't adding spyware.
It's the same with alternate launchers, once-upon-a-time they were decent, GO Launcher used to be one of the best, and it added new features to old phones, but now it's just spyware. Hopefully iOS doesn't follow the same path by allowing spyware or garbage apps on the App Store.
Slowly catching up with Android. I like the Apple cloud, but hate iOS. I miss Andrioid on my Sansung. Clean, intuitive, snappy, clever, and efficient. iOS feels like an old, wet dog that'a got no more tricks.
Really?? I had no idea. This seems like something all the Apple sites should report on, but I don’t remember any articles.
I just love Apple strategy. Hardware is not going to be that much more impressive in the next 3-5 years, but software ... Apple will prop that up big time in the coming years.
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You make no sense.
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With one exception. Pixel 4 is a mediocre with no resale value.
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Oh this.
Notifications are horrid. My RAZR Android phone 8 years ago was light years ahead of even the latest iOS.
And can we talk about a notification LED? (lol) (ducks)