It's pretty bad, but at least you can now remove that annoying torch/light icon on the lockscreen, which I (and quite a few other people I notice) always seem to be triggering, and then pulling my phone out of my pocket with the light on...
I still wish they'd allow disabling the ability to scrub playing music/podcast timeline on the locked lockscreen as well, as I seem to regularly seek to random positions in whatever's playing with my phone in my pockets and when trying to grasp my phone to get it out (in coats with larger pockets), meaning I often miss bits of podcasts or have to repeat them as the position randomly skips.
Especially with Face unlock, I don't really see why you'd want to scrub/seek playing music without unlocking, but maybe someone does, but at least adding an option to control that would be nice...
As an iPhone user since the 3G, I’ve never had these kinds of issues, and I find it hard to understand how people are triggering this. The only thing I can think of is you have the screen facing out when in your pocket? And then resting your hands on your lap on top of the phone? The simple fix is to have the screen facing your leg when in your pocket. That triggers the proximity sensor and the screen doesn’t react to anything.
I know this sounds a bit like “you’re holding it wrong”, but there’s just the simple element of physics involved.
I’m truly curious in what scenarios this is happening.
P.S. I’m also aware that there’s a large population of people whose clothes aren’t manufactured with pockets large enough to hold a phone, and they probably deal with this type of thing more often. But I’m just talking about people who have pockets.
I still wish they'd allow disabling the ability to scrub playing music/podcast timeline on the locked lockscreen as well, as I seem to regularly seek to random positions in whatever's playing with my phone in my pockets and when trying to grasp my phone to get it out (in coats with larger pockets), meaning I often miss bits of podcasts or have to repeat them as the position randomly skips.
Especially with Face unlock, I don't really see why you'd want to scrub/seek playing music without unlocking, but maybe someone does, but at least adding an option to control that would be nice...