Back in 2011, we shared our phone homescreens with you. We get a kick out of how others personalize their mobile phones. A lot’s changed in 2 years: retina-ized screens, bigger phones, redesigned OSes. We thought it’d be fun to see how much—if at all—our homescreens have changed. First up, the side-by-side comparisons:
Attention: there are a lot of homescreens in this post. The screens all start to blur together (apart from the Android ones), but they’re all interesting when you take the time to examine them. This is a great article for your lunchtime/afternoon break browsing…
New employees, new homescreens:
Phew! You made it to the end. How has your homescreen changed? Did you switch from iPhone to Android? Or vice versa? Use Windows Mobile? It’ll be fun to see what happens in the next 2 years! Thanks for checking out our homescreens.
blackjid
on 08 Nov 13Please! Windows Phone… Windows Mobile is gone for years now….
pk
on 08 Nov 13I’d love to see people’s workspaces. It’s always fun to see where other people work.
JZ
on 08 Nov 13@pk we did a post showing our workspaces last year: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3120-all-hands-battlestations
Scott
on 08 Nov 13Here’s my home screen.
...I need an upgrade too.
frank
on 08 Nov 13Interesting that so many employees use Flint over the first-party Campfire app…
Eamon
on 08 Nov 13I’m kind of shocked none of the Android screens are making use of widgets; that’s where Android’s strength really stands out. Having the weather, my calendar, and social media timelines available at a glance is a real win for me.
Jeff
on 08 Nov 13I see a lot of 1Password, which I used for years, but I recently moved to Dashlane and really like it.
Jenny
on 08 Nov 13Stay strong, Scott Upton!
Matt Smith
on 08 Nov 13So what’s this Messenger app on a couple of the home screens? A new product in development?
Erick
on 08 Nov 13My home screen featuring Basecamp (not on purpose). The proximity by color IS on purpose tho ;)
John
on 08 Nov 13Whats the messenger app on Sam, Ryan, Travis and Jeff’s Homescreen? It has the empty app icon. New app :)
Justin
on 08 Nov 13The proportion of iPhone to Android screens certainly does not mirror % of sales to the general public. I wonder what that says about the staff of 37Signals vs. the world? Probably nothing, but I’m sure someone creative could draw some wacky conclusions!
Jonathan
on 08 Nov 13(because I have it ready and can share it, here’s mine: http://t.co/9lZiiMnbvY)
...but, I love looking at these. My biggest question: how is no one on mailbox? I get that some people just simply prefer other apps (gmail, sparrow, apple mail, etc.), but I was very surprised not to see Mailbox at all…?
jonathan poma
on 08 Nov 13oops, i was wrong. there’s one with mailbox! still, i thought it’d be more prevalent.
Eric
on 08 Nov 13Noticeably absent – Highrise. Probably because it’s not very useful in current form.
Richard
on 08 Nov 13Be interesting to see how you guys set up your iPads/ tablets vs your phones as well
@Frank
on 08 Nov 13I believe the creator of Flint now works for 37… so maybe Flint is now their native app. If you can’t do beat them… hire them :)
Michael
on 09 Nov 13Interesting. A few observations:
1. Nobody uses OmniFocus anymore. :(
2. Twitter on its way out.
3. Highrise not used, even by Andrea (as far as I can tell; she’s showing her second screen.)
4. Employees don’t call work “Work.” It’s 37signals. I suppose it’s because they’re proud of the company, or because they are freelancing and call that work.
5. The trend to keep fewer icons, and apps in general, on the phone continues.
Geof Harries
on 09 Nov 13Here’s my Windows Mob…err, Windows Phone start screen. I don’t use very many third party apps – nor have I ever when I think about my previous iPhone setups – as bare-bone Windows Phone is pretty awesome with just a few extra additions. More people should really give it a chance if you’re looking for a change.
Mac
on 09 Nov 13And here’s mine. Most often used apps are placed the way so it’s easier to operate with just the thumb.
Emily
on 09 Nov 13The best part of this is learning about some new apps!
GeeIWonder
on 09 Nov 13Slightly surprised at the lack of widgets.
fwolf
on 10 Nov 13I switched from dumb phone to slightly less dumber phone (aka from a regular brick mobile phone to a “smart phone”) ;)
The other “smart” phones I own are either around for testing purposes, or for my (p)leasure (eg. the iPhone is almost entirely being used as a “in bed”-surfstation, and the Motorola Defy Mini is an excellent MP3 replacement till I finally get the time to buy a proper one).
The start screen of my regular phone looks rather plain .. the one of the Defy Mini though is quite “form follows function”-like. Just the basic “unremovable” apps, the icons for the music lib, cam and browser. And of corpse the iPhone is cluttered with the usual useless crap ;)
cu, w0lf.
meridia
on 12 Nov 13Brandy Anderson
on 12 Nov 13Fun article! Travis’ message and email counts are pretty scary though…
Brian Muse
on 13 Nov 13The Lantern sighting on Noah’s Android phone made my day!
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Travis Jeffery
on 13 Nov 13Brandy – the night before, those were all 0.
Mac
on 13 Nov 13David likes sunsets. He still hasn’t returned that one call though.
valium
on 13 Nov 13Post traumatic stress disorder is related to anxiety in that the body reacts to it in the same manner, but the two conditions have unrelated underlying causes.
Amanda
on 15 Nov 13Hey Jamie! I don’t know if you noticed, but Tom Ward’s banig background is actually by a Filipino illustrator, Dan Matutino (Twisted Fork). :)
Eugene
on 15 Nov 13As I see many people switched to Android. So am I :) and here is a question: when Basecamp for Android is coming??? :)
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