iPhone Feature Idea: Phone-only Mode

There are plenty of ideas that float in and out of HQ, some we hope will make millions of dollars, and others that we're willing to part with for the good of humanity. This is one of those. 

Wouldn't be great to have phone-only mode on the iPhone? Why, you ask? Several reasons.

Let's say you're looking forward to a weeklong vacation this summer, and you want to have your iPhone with you, but leave the email behind. Just throw your iPhone into Phone-only mode, and you won't have those new message notifications mocking you at the bottom of the screen.

Or imagine you have a young child or a technophobic parent who needs to borrow/use your phone. Make it easy on them and you by enabling phone-only mode!

Perhaps a friend wants to borrow your phone at a party. Maybe that friend is known as a prankster, and you would prefer that they not have access to your email, contacts, safari history etc.

So how about it Apple, A pin-based phone-only mode for those times when we have to trust others with our iPhones, or we're just looking to shut off the rest of the world for awhile. It's yours for free. Of course if you have a few extra minutes to fill at the next keynote, you know where to find us...