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?
Great question. I’m about to remove my SIM card from my phone cause I just don’t use that app lol.
You don’t need to use the phone app to make phone calls lol
Absolutely. It’s kinda curious to me the level of attention Apple gives to that app really.
Making calls through the Messages app is like sending messages through the Telephone app
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.
Nope, phone app is nowhere near my top 4 most used apps. Probably not even top 10
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
