Why can't iPhones rotate 180 degrees when iPads can?

Why are you telling us? We are users like you, and we don't care what you think or what kind of phone you have. This is a user-to-user forum; Apple does not read posts. If you want to make a suggestion to Apple, use https://apple.com/feedback.

On top of that, you are wrong. App developers have the option of 180º rotation; many of my apps do.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Bill-for-ipad wrote:

In my Navigator app, I cannot have the power cord at the top, only at the bottom. This makes it awkward in the cup holder. If 180° is possible in Maps, shouldn't it work in Navigator as well?

You need to contact the app developer. My navigation app, Waze, rotates 180º. It's up to the app developer.

So does Google Maps as I recall.

Bill-for-ipad wrote:

In my Navigator app, I cannot have the power cord at the top, only at the bottom. This makes it awkward in the cup holder. If 180° is possible in Maps, shouldn't it work in Navigator as well?

You need to contact the app developer. My navigation app, Waze, rotates 180º. It's up to the app developer.

javygonx wrote:

I agreed. I also need the mains iphone screens to rotate 180 degrees so I can have the freaking charging port upwards. And yes my ipad can do it then why apple disabled thsn on iphones? Some people needs it.

No one here can answer "Why...". No one here can change anything. Submit your feedback to Apple here:

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It is amazing to me that here in the Century of The Fruitbat that a thousand dollar iPhone can’t do something a fifty dollar used galaxy 2 has no trouble with.

If that is an important feature to you, please buy that galaxy 2.

That is something that's up to the app's developer.

Is this really a developer issue? On my iPhone X, maps only rotate 90 degrees (apple, google and waze). Onn my iPhone 7 plus the map apps rotate a complete 360. Seems like an apple issue.

The Maps app does rotate the screen 180 degrees. It is very handy in using the app while driving. The phone fits in a cup holder and does not get in line of vision at all. Wish this worked for other apps.

To be honest, I have an S7 that I love--does every single thing better than this new i8, which was issued by my employer. (And the s2 is sitting in my desk drawer, fully functional after many years of faithful service.) There is just no reason for this feature not to be present.

Sorry, Lawrence that was not helpful. If you mount the iPhone in a recessed mount it would be nice to have the charging cord at the top and not the bottom. Thinking of Navigation and Clock as examples.

I agreed. I also need the mains iphone screens to rotate 180 degrees so I can have the freaking charging port upwards. And yes my ipad can do it then why apple disabled thsn on iphones? Some people needs it.

In my Navigator app, I cannot have the power cord at the top, only at the bottom. This makes it awkward in the cup holder. If 180° is possible in Maps, shouldn't it work in Navigator as well?

I never said it was helpful. what I said was truthful. They are not the same thing. There are many things that are truthful that are not helpful. Would you prefer that I lie?