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Article misses best new feature: You can close apps on the iPhone X by swiping up from the app switcher, rather than holding down in a very small area to bring
by hardtke 8y ago
Article misses best new feature: You can close apps on the iPhone X by swiping up from the app switcher, rather than holding down in a very small area to bring the red x forward.
- scarface74 8y agoClosing apps on iOS unless they are using location services in the background (which you can disable) doesn’t save anything in terms of battery life or processor usage most of the time.
- trts 8y agoSometimes I find I do need to close an app to “reboot” it. But yes. It’s actually amusing to me to watch people compulsively close their background apps. I used to try to explain why it wasn’t important but I don’t think anyone ever accepted the advice.
- Cyberdog 8y agoMy wife is one of these people. I tried to talk her out of it and tell her it actually makes her phone run slower, not faster, but, as typical, she'll listen patiently to what I tell her and then go on doing her own thing anyway, so I eventually gave up.
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- curioussavage 8y agoI’ve seen this brought up in several threads online. I really don’t care about that. The app switcher is not a task manager as you say. The reason I compulsively close apps is the same reason I keep my chrome tabs small. It’s a pain to find the one I want if I don’t