You are spot on. IIRC correctly there are built in hacks to make at least the clock and calendar icons show correct information, but for example the weather ico

You are spot on. IIRC correctly there are built in hacks to make at least the clock and calendar icons show correct information, but for example the weather icon never tells you it rains. IMHO the Microsoft Live Tiles on Windows phone do make iOS look dated. Luckily for Apple, no one is buying those phones.