If iOS 16 is like this, then I will change my mind about selling the iPhone

Recently, there is a feeling that iOS is stagnating. No, really, if earlier the release of a new update was a whole event, now many are still sitting on iOS 14 and don’t worry at all. There are fewer and fewer new features, and the changes are so minimal that a simple user will hardly notice them. This and a number of other reasons make me think about switching to Android every time. Moreover, the latest version of the green robot is called almost the main update over the past five years. In this article, I tried to collect the main complaints about the apple operating system and shed your eyes on the future iOS 16, which should be shown this summer.

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Always On Display on iPhone

Let’s get to the point! At the moment, there is no objective reason why Always On Display cannot be installed on new iPhone models. Previously, when iPhones had an IPS display, this could be explained by the rapid discharge of the battery, but what now?

Agree, cool idea?

Many probably know that IPS matrices are not capable of highlighting individual pixels, and if the Always On Display function appeared in the iPhone, charging would run down much faster. AMOLED screens don’t have this problem.

The only reason Apple hasn’t added Always On yet is device separation. Let’s figure out what is usually displayed on the lock screen? Time, weather, notifications, right? Well, if you want such a feature in your iPhone, then get an Apple Watch. All watches, starting from the 5th version, are provided with such functionality. So we were once again heated by 30k. What can I say, it’s Apple.

How to download an app on iPhone without the App Store

Now, when applications disappear from the Russian App Store, we need third-party downloads of programs like air. In fact, this is the main reason why many users moving from iPhone to Android. It is clear that under the sanctions, such an opportunity for the Russians would be a breath of fresh air, and Apple is unlikely to do so. But the whole point is that foreign colleagues dream about it no less than ours.

Huawei smartphones have an App Gallery. I wish they brought this to the iPhone.

It is important to understand that Apple already has experience in this matter. Let’s think about macOS. Now on any Mac, you can easily download almost any third-party software without any problems. This is done using Gatekeeper technology.

macOS verifies the signature of the developer ID to ensure that the software was released by the identified developer and has not been modified, Apple writes. on your site.

Why not add then third party download on iPhone and iPad? Even if all this will work under the strict control of the Cupertino people with all sorts of warnings and verification of certificates, will you agree that it will be better for everyone? Alas, friends, but this is how business works! They are not going to voluntarily refuse a commission of 30 percent in the App Store in Cupertino.

Setting up the lock screen on iPhone

My next claim to iOS is very small, but it affects the experience of using a smartphone significantly. No, I’m not asking for customization of dials or changing fonts, let all this remain in the distant 2007. I’m talking about two buttons that are located at the bottom of the display.

Agree that it looks very cool?

For some reason, Apple decided that everyone uses a camera and a flashlight very often. At the same time, if you can still somehow understand the Cupertino people with a flashlight (you never know some kind of emergency, it’s dark), but with the camera everything is very ambiguous. Every iPhone owner knows that you can launch the camera with a right-to-left swipe. This is very convenient and very helpful when you need to quickly take a picture. Can someone explain to me why there is another button for the camera?

Let’s try to approach the issue a little differently. Even if iOS 16 does not add the ability to customize icons, what button would you replace the camera icon with? Messages, Photos, maybe a Phone? Be sure to write in the comments what you think about this.

App Library on iPhone

iOS 14 brought two important features to the iPhone — widgets and the App Library. And so far, both features look raw and require a global overhaul. Widgets obviously need to be interactive. Already mentioned this AppleInsider.ru author Ivan Gerasimov, when he covered all the innovations of iOS 16, so we will not return to this chip. But about the library, I have a couple of serious complaints.

First, the folders here are not ordered in any way. For example, it is absolutely unclear why the Apple Music, Podcasts, Radio and Movie Search applications were combined into the Entertainment folder. Well, that is, who gave such names? Plus, for a Russian user it is not clear what can be hidden behind the Productivity folder. It is strange that a VPN service got here somehow sideways.

Entertainment is Radio and Productivity is VPN. Well, that’s it.

Navigation in the application library is also the same. To open a folder, you have to click on the icon with four programs inside the main folder icon. Is it convenient? Of course not. Accidental clicks are not uncommon here. You go to open one application, you get into another. You also need to try to get out of the folder. Especially when you hold the phone with one hand, and there are a lot of applications in full screen. You have to reach either in the upper or in the lower corner.

Setting default apps on iPhone

In the same iOS 14, another cool feature appeared, thanks to which each user had the opportunity to change the default application on the iPhone. This is especially convenient if you use Chrome instead of Safari or Gmail instead of your native Mail. However, there are still a lot of restrictions here.

I really want to see the integration of messengers in Siri.

Personally, I suffer the most from the inability to bind Yandex.Music as the main application. It would be really cool to say “Hey Siri, turn on the Movies group” and see the domestic app open natively.

The same goes for messages. Recently, we told you about 5 cool ways to quickly call from iPhone and praised Apple for the ability to link Telegram or WhatsApp to the Favorites menu in the Phone app. Why not connect Siri here?

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It is clear that in addition to the above minuses of iOS 15, there are a bunch of others. It would be nice to see the ability to set a password for the Hidden in Photos folder, the battery percentage in the top line, Siri could also be a little wiser, but all this seems to be trifles. What are you missing in iOS 15? Write about it in our Telegram chat or in the comments below, it will be interesting to read.