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?

  • ari_wondersB
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    1 year ago

    Great question. I’m about to remove my SIM card from my phone cause I just don’t use that app lol.

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        1 year ago

        Absolutely. It’s kinda curious to me the level of attention Apple gives to that app really.

  • xnwkacB
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    1 year ago

    Making calls through the Messages app is like sending messages through the Telephone app

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    1 year ago

    Nope, phone app is nowhere near my top 4 most used apps. Probably not even top 10

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    1 year ago

    I call my husband sometimes and my parents occasionally so yes, it’s in my dock. It was also there automatically when I got my first iphone and I can only assume when I transfer my old data to a new phone that the format remains.

  • DeepChill@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    My Phone app is buried in a folder on the second page of apps. Only time I ever use it is when someone makes the mistake of calling me and I have to check the transcript of the voicemail to see what it was about.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    I didn’t bother customizing the dock. I always use the search and launch method to use apps. I have all home screens disabled anyway except one main page.

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    1 year ago

    Almost daily. I have people in my favorites like my wife, mother, father(when he was alive), best friends. I look at missed calls, I check voicemails(yes, Gen Z people, voicemail, because the grown-ups still leave voicemails sometimes). To dial people in my contacts I sometimes open contacts, sometimes open the phone app.

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      1 year ago

      I also have the Google voice app in my dock. For anything business - aka that’s not personal like friends and family - I use GV, and give out my GV number. I got burned with scam calls, and it was a royal pain to change phone numbers.

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    1 year ago

    I prefer texting people more than calling, but I keep the phone app on the dock regardless. I guess it’s a habit? Won’t be changing it anytime soon.