Home screen rotate iPhone Xs Max not working

It really ticks me off Apple hasn't added home screen rotation on the XS Max. The entire point of buying the larger Plus and Max phones is to get the iPad like UI because the display is so large. What's the point of getting a Max if it doesn't do anything different other than blow up all the icons and text? Even the Xs has tabbed browsing now in landscape in Safari and 50% of apple's stock apps work in landscape mode on the Xs. The XS Max landscape split view ***** now too compared the Plus, it's not even true split view, apps like Files, Mail has the left menu pop in and out and in so it's basically useless. I don't buy for a second Apple doesn't allow landscape home screen because of Face ID either. Why would you ever need to use Face ID on the home screen? You could never unlock a Plus in landscape either so it's not because of the lock screen. It's such a poor UX when 55% of the Max allows landscape apps and then you go the the home screen or music and have to rotate the phone again. Apple needs to fix this or more and more people like the people here are going to return/not even buy the Max because it doesn't even do anything the XS doesn't, so what's the point!

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This is completely unacceptable. There are hundreds of complaints on multiple sites about this issue alone not to mention the stutter screen, no CarPlay Bluetooth connectivity (I’ve tried on 3 different cars) and you can’t have multiple screens open which is maddening as I travel constantly for work and I need multiple screens open to edit docs. This device is very user unfriendly. I’m thankful I just bought it during the Verizon holiday promo and just activated a couple days ago. This unit is going back. This is an example of a company having too many ‘smarty pants’ developers and product engineers who don’t have to travel constantly or use the device like the majority of professionals and families with multitasking all day. Apple, pay attention to the myriad of complaints. You’re not doing your stock any favors.

This is a major no no to not inclusive I understand the reasoning behind iPhone not allowing rotate 180° because of facial recognition but many of us plug in our phones in our automobiles and have the cord facing the top upside down in our center Harmful not to include this.

Apples designs the largest screen ever, cost me more than any iphone ever but apple locks the screen so users cant use wide mode for the most popular activities phones are used for ... video, apps, webpages, etc. As a Apple shareholder I now know why phone sales slumped 14% last quarter, because there is no point for having the largest most expensive iphone ever if you cant use it. Im returning this phone after 30 minutes of use and abandoning apple iphone products all together. Your competition appreciates the business and your shareholders are now looking for better investments.

Get over yourself ‘shareholder”. It’s the best phone on the market. I always get the latest iPhone on release day, from the 3G onwards, and have never been disappointed. Buy an Android, and join the smug anti-apple chaps! As far as investments go, avoid crypto currency, and maybe try premium bonds. All the best! :)

I've been wondering about this for quite some time and finally found my way to this thread. If you're new here like me, HOME SCREEN rotation is simply not supported on the Xs Max at this time. I bothered to read the thread before I posted. The details as to why are all in there but that's the bottom line.

What's even more astounding than the fact that it's not supported, is the sheer number of people that just posted answers with absolutely no clue as to what the REAL question was. Un-freakin-believable. And we wonder why society is doomed. Some people are so dying to speak that they never bother to listen first. Witness no more than this very thread as evidence.

(This response was not intended to be directed specifically at Darkmom05. I did not see the general reply at the top before I made this post originally as I am not intimately familiar with the forum's support formats and software. Please forgive that oversight.)

Dear Appel, FIX this. People are not dum, they will use portrait mode for faceID login and then use the phone in landscape.. Seriously none of us who got this phone got it for free and so for something so premium this should not even be an issue. We are the users and your coustumers and we want this fixed yesterday so react please!

Tell Apple, not us users: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

I am having the same issue, was it solved? How?

Same problem here. The article doesn’t help!

Same here. Please help..,

The home screen will not rotate.

this is like the most moronic answer i ve heard in a while... why did you even do it man?