Can we revert to the old larger phone keypad buttons in iOS 7.1?

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Can we revert to the old larger phone keypad buttons in iOS 7.1?

Since we updated to iOS 7.1, my wife has had trouble using the phone keypad buttons accurately. She has shaky hands, and the buttons are just small enough now that when she tries to push a button there is a 50% chance she will misdial.

That problem happened before with another update, but there was a way to revert back, but now we can't figure out how to do it. I have tried various settings in the ACCESSIBILITY menu, and so far nothing has done the trick.

Below are pictures of the new buttons and the old buttons.

If anyone has any advice, we would appreciate it. Thank you.

NEW BUTTONS:

OLD BUTTONS:

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1

Posted on Mar 13, 2014 11:48 AM

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TheDave413

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Mar 13, 2014 11:53 AM in response to rooneydog

No, the new design is a built-in part of iOS 7. it's not a feature or component a user can change.

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lizdance40

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Mar 13, 2014 12:10 PM in response to rooneydog

Look at Speed dial - free in the App Store. (By Akash Trivedi)

If you search in the App Store under 'speed dial' there are a few more you can use.

It only works on numbers in the contacts, but you can add commonly used numbers.

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rooneydog Author

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Mar 13, 2014 8:51 PM in response to TheDave413

But didn't a similar design update happen in a previous iOS? But we had the option to revert to the old dialer?

I know this seems ridiculous, but I already can't remember what my phone dialer looked like pre iOS 7.1, but my wife claims it was not the "OLD BUTTONS" I have posted above. She says that she had that only after we changed something in her settings.

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mattcne

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Mar 17, 2014 4:58 PM in response to rooneydog

I agree! The updates to the phone appliction in the new iOS 7.1 are terrible!! What did they do!? The iPhone is a "Phone"!!! and they totally broke the key feature that made the iPhone so usable in the first place. Boo Apple! If I wanted to poke at the screen in very specific places to make a call I would buy a Blackberry. Ugh! They should at least give you the option to go back to the "classic" mode for the 100 million of us who liked the old interface.

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