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I'm sure that I am not the only one. After the IOS 17 update was shocked to see that horrible gray call screen. Who in the technical department decided that was a good idea? and also moving all the buttons to the bottom of the screen. Certainly is vey ugly as far a I'm concerned. I know there's no fix for it here, just getting it of my chest.
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Windows, Windows 10
As I said the call screen has always been black, incoming or outgoing calls. Now with IOS 17 the call screen is an ugly gray color, with all the buttons that used to be in the middle now moved to the bottom. I'm not even sure if apple now why? I put in a request to apple support and was booked for a midday callback, that was 3 days ago.
CCanuck2 wrote:
Grey screen in Contacts app is dull. Please, bring back black and white, or give us other choices.
This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't participate. Asking only other users to bring anything back, will get you nothing.
Tell Apple what you'd like, here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Lenis1 wrote:
It is horrible. Hard to read outdoors. May be going back to Android
If you think Android is without its issues and is a better option for you, by all means buy an Android. This is a user to user only forum and it doesn't matter to any of us what device you think best meets your needs.
tog96 wrote:
iOS 17.1.1 contacts have option to colorize individual contact background and photo. Horrible looking, very hard to read. Need option to back up from update.
You cannot go backwards to a previous iOS version
Both of you should provide feedback to Apple, where it will actually be read by them, as opposed to this user to user only forum, where Apple doesn't participate --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
You know if I owned a software company (which I do by the way), and any forum at all (whether run by my company or not) was blowing up with posts about discontent for one of our design decisions, I would be all over it as a source of valuable marketing and development information. But I take Lobster at his word that the Apple design and development staff have absolutely no interest in what is said here, no matter how heartfelt or how many tens of thousands of people are viewing these posts (as revealed by the view count before this thread was seemingly taken out of search results). So I agree with Lobster 100% you should also be sure to send your feedback through official channels: Feedback - iPhone - Apple. Just keep your comments constructive and sincere and surely Apple will care enough to listen.
Apple explicitly set up this site for Apple users to help other Apple users, not to monitor it for feedback, which is why they have a site just for that (along with Apple Support, of course).
They monitor for violations of the forum rules and other forbidden content, but that's pretty much it.
Finally, out of the many millions of iOS 17 users, and given decades of being here, I wouldn't call the complaints about this issue "blowing up" at all.
Certainly I understand if you don't like it, and that's why I urge those who agree to let Apple know somewhere where they will read your complaints:
I'm sure there are plenty of people in this thread, on this user to user only forum, who agree with you. None of them can take your or anyone's else's feedback to change anything back. Apple isn't here, nor do they participate here. You might have known that if you read past the first post, which you evidently didn't do.
If you want Apple to hear you, you need to use this link to share your thoughts with them --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
I really appreciate the advice in this thread to give feedback to Apple. I did.
"If you want Apple to hear you, you need to use this link to share your thoughts with them --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple"
bipinbalan wrote:
If I needed an android phone I could have got an android one not an iPhone that looks like android! The worst decision ever from developers at apple! Please switch us back to the old one that we used to since several years now…. Apple is Apple not orange or pear or a banana for that matter! It’s an iconic brand and a stature symbol! It’s serious…
As this is a user to user only forum, asking us to switch anything back will get you nothing.
Tell Apple what you want using this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
A lot of people at Apple and most iOS users like it.
If you don't, complain to Apple; literally no one here can do anything and Apple doesn't read complaints/suggestions left here except to make sure they don't violate the ASC terms of use - but they do read and often act on comments left at the link below:
As has been said many many times throughout this thread, no one here can do as you wish. Telling us what you want Apple to give you is pointless.
Use the feedback link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
nealtex wrote:
Please change this back to pre-iOS 17. The new version is absolutely ridiculous. It feels like I've pushed a wrong button and it shifted me from a phone call to a FaceTime Call. Just senseless UI/UX.
You aren't speaking with Apple as this is a user to user only forum. Asking other users to change anything, will get you nothing.
If you want to tell Apple what you want, you can use this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Margie61 wrote:
This change has been a disaster for anyone with sight issues. The gray/pink background with faded buttons is virtually unrecognizable to my mother. To compound it, you moved the buttons around just for the fun of it??? What in the world were the developers thinking? To say a “fix” is to update every contact individually is ridiculous! This is a safety issue! My 90 year old mother who has poor eyesight is literally without a usable phone due to this!
We weren't thinking anything because you aren't addressing anyone from Apple on this user to user only forum. No one from Apple is here and no one from Apple will see or respond to your post.
Feel free to tell Apple what you think by using this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
Apple neither collects nor acts on feedback left here, so to complain here is merely to commiserate with other users who have no power to make changes even if they agree with your concerns.
Leaving feedback at the link below does get your comments read by Apple.
Margie61 wrote:
This is a safety issue! My 90 year old mother who has poor eyesight is literally without a usable phone due to this!
Please use the Magnifier and text size Accessibility options to make your Mother's phone easier for her to use.
Accessibility Support - Official Apple Support
dionysis86 wrote:
Plus that ugly font on the caller id or the numbers. It looks like a draft, like they were too bored to finish the design of the interface. This is not an Apple interface...
Tell Apple:
Tell Apple what they need to do. You've only shared your displeasure with other users on a user to user only forum, none of whom are associated with Apple at all.
You can use this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple
iOS 17 gray call screen
