My #windowsphone 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.
In 2025 I still cannot achieve this on #iOS . The calendar widget shows "No events" text instead of hiding, no way to add counters for missed calls or unread sms.
The iOS response to everything seems to be "here is a ton of notifications all at once, have fun".
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.
