Mastodawn

Mar 22, 2023

Here's my unpopular iPhone opinion:

The mute switch that most of my colleagues say "is great because you can feel it" is terrible. When you keep an iPhone in the case, nobody can "feel" whether it's on or off. I keep my iPhone in a leather case and the switch is completely inaccessible to me. It's a horrible experience.

Bring on a new button that is easier to operate and plays a haptic pattern depending on what it does.

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Joshua Jung Mar 22, 2023

@viticci Also: a stateless button will allow us to set the mute status via Shortcuts! E.g., you should be able to set DND and unmute at the same time when going to bed, so you can be woken up by emergency calls. This is something I have wanted forever.

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Phil

@joshua @viticci @viticci I must admit, I get confused between what DND and mute actually stop. Increasingly I just use DND but allow key callers through. You can also see on the screen that it is on which you can’t with mute. I agree that Apple really need to think this through again.