The other day I was visiting at my parents house and chilling on the couch watching TV. I felt a phone vibrate from the seat cushion beside me. I reached down and picked up what was my mothers iPhone. (She leaves her phone everywhere.) It was a text message from my sister. Without asking, I entered in her passcode as she has the same password for everything. I replied back to my sister for her as she was just looking for my moms famous banana bread recipe. Then I went to the home screen on her device. I was just about to lock it again and continue watching the hockey game when I glanced over her home screen. Then, I registered what I had just seen. The default app layout that all iPhones ship with. Ugh. She has had this phone for well over a year and she hasn’t changed anything on that home screen. Are you kidding me?
I do supposed it’s possible that she uses the apps like Health, Clock, Stocks and Wallet more than all of the third-party apps that I then swiped around to find…but I am betting that’s not the case at all. It also made me think about how often I seen people with home screens filled with all the default apps. You would be totally surprised at how common it actually is. I called my mom over and explained it to her and she said “I had no idea the apps could be rearranged. How do you do that?” Wow. I guess I just figured it was a no-brainer. Obviously not.
