The recent dock sharing post surprised me because of how many people had the Phone app in the dock.
I personally open it maybe once a month if I have to call a number I don’t have in my phone and if I call anyone I know it’s just through the Messages app since it’s all right there on the contact. Because of this I haven’t had the phone app on my dock for years.
Am I generally alone in this or were non Phone app users just not very present in that thread?
It’s down there but I don’t use it often, but if I need to make a call, it’s a lot faster than trying to find it in a folder or searching for it.
Do I use it often? No.
But it lives first in the dock and always will. If I need to dial something quick I don’t want to be swiping through pages of apps to find it.
This is why spotlight search is your best friend.
Before today it never occurred to me, but now Phone is out of my dock and on my first page of Homescreen. So any time I want to open Phone I just swipe up to get to Homescreen and then if necessary swipe up one more time to jump directly to the first page. Same way I’ve always handled Mail, Calendar, and Clock (all of which I open way more frequently than Phone).
this is the way!
Only when I want to call somebody.
I think it’s just the convenience for most of the people out there. Even tho a lot of us aren’t even using the phone for calling anymore.
Yes because when I want to make a call it’s usually for a really important reason that I might want to be able to do quickly.
The Phone app to me is like a fire extinguisher: I don’t use it every day but when I do, it’s usually an emergency and I wanna make sure it’s where I left it.
Making calls through the Messages app is like sending messages through the Telephone app
And don’t come at me with the “check ur emails”
I use the phone often, maybe daily, but it’s. It in my dock. I have several apps that supersede the phone
Yes, I keep the phone front and center on my phone 😂
It’s not just calling someone imo because there’s all the tabs. It’s recent calls (which is a fast way to call ppl I usually talk to), keypad to dial new number, contacts, and voicemail…all at most 2 clicks away
It’s called a phone
I don’t use it for that purpose often, but that’s still primarily what I see it as.
FaceTime, messages, phone, and contacts on my dock.
After all, it is a phone. Lol.
Dang that’s some feature overlap there you’re the first I’ve seen to have contacts as well.
Always.
iPhone 7 is slow enough you can’t search a contact with spotlight and it instantly comes up.
even if i don’t use it all the time, it just feels like sacrilege to move it. i’ve always had phone and text next to each other and camera on the right. and usually a browser in between.
taking the phone icon out just feels super weird.
