The Next Generation Of Multitouch
I usually use my phone before going to bed. It works well. But a few days ago when I woke up I realized that the phone was out of battery.
So after charging it I checked the battery stats. Apparently one app was left running on the phone: the camera. OK, so I think I know what happened. On the lockscreen there’s a button to activate the camera and flashlight. I must have accidentally pressed it and it must have been left on overnight killing the battery.
So I looked into how to disable this lock screen shortcut and… you can’t. The best you can do is disable raise and tap to wake. But I like those features, I don’t want to turn them off. What I want to do is turn off the oversensitive camera shortcut.
It makes me so mad. Especially as we’ve previously had a way to fix this problem but Apple, in their infinite wisdom, took it away. And that feature is 3D touch.
The Death Of 3D Touch
3D Touch was a feature introduced by Apple in 2015 with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. It was a pressure-sensitive technology that allowed users to interact with their devices in new and unique ways. The feature was based on a specialized display panel that was able to detect the amount of force applied to the screen, allowing for…
