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> Why clutter your Home Screen when you can so easily access the camera from the lock screen

Because if using the phone then you need to access the lock screen to use the camera?

That means hitting the power button twice (slowly so you don’t trigger the wallet) and then a long press on the camera.

Alternatively it’s just a swipe and a tap if it’s on the home screen.

Fair enough, but then I can think of an even better place to put the icon: the control center that is a single swipe away from any screen in the OS. This is all moot in newer iPhones tho, as the physical camera button in the lower right is the easiest and fastest way to get to the camera.

Anyhow, this is all just personal preference, of course. Anyone is free to put a camera icon anywhere they please. I just personally can’t stand clutter in my home or lock screens, so I tend to keep the number of apps there to a minimum and access everything else either via Spotlight or Control Center widgets.

Yeah, control centre also works, but that requires using 2 hands to do comfortably.

I swipe down to see the notifications/lock screen, then right to access the camera.

sure, but with typical one-handed operation you cant reach the top of the screen to swipe down.

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