“iOS 8.2 is here! Hurray!” Greg Kumparak reports for TechCrunch. “It’s got bug fixes! It’s got stability enhancements! It’s got… an app that you can’t delete that currently does nothing but play promotional Apple Watch videos!”
“Joining the dozen or so perma-apps that Apple includes on the iPhone is ‘Apple Watch,’ an app that doesn’t actually do anything yet,” Kumparak reports. “Have you already seen plenty of stuff about the Apple Watch? Don’t intend to buy one? Too bad! You can’t delete it.”
“At this point, the list of undeletable apps is getting a bit silly,” Kumparak reports. “Weather! Clock! Maps! Notes! Reminders! Stocks! Passbook! Newsstand! iBooks!”
Apple's latest iPhone update includes Apple Watch app you can't delete http://t.co/fvNn4NgSi0 pic.twitter.com/oahBm5gvnW
— CNET (@CNET) March 10, 2015
I really hate this mandatory Apple Watch app that I can't delete
— Shareef is the magic number (@ShareefJackson) March 11, 2015
Auw #Apple, why won't you let me delete the unwanted #AppleWatch app? Not cool.
— Aoife (@AoifeMhaith) March 11, 2015
One more app for the Useless folder. Can't delete them but have to stick them somewhere. #applewatch https://t.co/XuPoTxduiD
— Chris Vacher (@heychrisvacher) March 11, 2015
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MacDailyNews Take: It’s going to be okay. With any luck*, we’ll all survive this. No, seriously, we will. Really. Deep breaths.
*Or even with no luck at all.
I’ve been playing with the app and I love it!
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooo…………
…….the inhumanity…..Apppppple is doooooooooooomedddd
ROGLMMFAO!!!
Whine, whine, whine!!! if you dont like the iPhone unremovable apps, dont use an iPhone. go get yourself a dreaded droid, or a Mickeysoft phone, or go back to your unsmart phone. People whine about everything these days. People whine about the memory, you were the one that was too cheap to get one with more RAM. whats wrong your’e welfare check doesn’t pay enough.
Apple,
The logical way to go about apps on the iPhone home screen, is to make it like AppleTV or like the Nike+ app. Have the app listed under the Settings, but please have a Yes/No option to enable it. If it’s disabled, then it doesn’t show on the home screen.
Please, I have no use for the Apple Watch app, but I want a tidy home screen also.
Respectfully,
Jim R.
The Apps don’t cause me any problems. I don’t understand the emotion. Get out your phone and look at each app and tell me what percentage of them you actually use. I’m willing to bet its less than 20% for most people, and almost certainly fewer than half for almost everybody. Shut up.
If there is some software reason we cannot delete Jony’s iToi app at least we should be able to hide it like on the Apple TV.
Hysteria???
Have people gone nuts?
Hide it in a folder.. Whats the big deal!
Another attempt by the competition’s trolls to mar apple ..
The Apple Watch app should let me use my 6+ as a phone with an arm strap. The convenience of a watch with the screen of a small iPad!