Igor Kulman<p>My <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/windowsphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windowsphone</span></a> 8 lockscreen in 2012 looked something like this photo I found. New nice Bing wallpaper every day, next calendar event over the full with of the screen (or just nothing), icons if there were missed calls, unread sms, unread email. </p><p>In 2025 I still cannot achieve this on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> . The calendar widget shows "No events" text instead of hiding, no way to add counters for missed calls or unread sms. </p><p>The iOS response to everything seems to be "here is a ton of notifications all at once, have fun".</p><p>I hate notifications, I do not allow alert notifications for apps, just badges for a few important apps so the Windows Phone approach was just ideal for me.</p>