In addition to its usual
swiping through open apps, the top of the screen now features circular profile photos of your most recent contacts.
The Charms Menu leapt onto the screen when we swiped in from the right side of the bezel, and we quickly rotated
through open apps by swiping in from the left.
This will allow you to
step through open apps (Start screen and desktop) until you have the one you want to manipulate.
On a more positive note, the Fairphone 2 was stable and fast, although there were a few stutters when quickly
moving through open apps.
That extra RAM lets the Samsung phone
breeze through opening apps from memory, and it's something we saw happen with the Galaxy Note 8 last year and other phones that pack more RAM than Apple's iPhones.
Multitasking also works pretty well, with the ability to snap multiple apps to separate portions of the screen, or swipe in from the left to quickly
cycle through open apps.
When we flipped the tablet from landscape to portrait mode, for example, the accelerometer changed the orientation of the screen in just over a second (some devices such as the VAIO Duo 11 take two seconds or more), and
swiping through open apps was fluid.
In comparison, navigating the iPad Mini requires opening and closing apps or «swipe navigating»
through open apps.
By contrast, iOS 7 lets you swipe
through open apps and flick up to end any task.
This works as an iMessage app that can be called upon in conversations, either
through opening the app itself or via contextually - aware QuickType suggestions.
Multitasking also works better here than on smaller tablets, with the ability to snap multiple apps to separate portions of the screen, or swipe in from the left to quickly cycle
through open apps.
This last part in particular is one of the most genius implementations you'll find on any Android phone, as it essentially «alt - tab's»
through open apps.