Maybe there’s a chance that this didn’t entered your mind yet but, how many apps and folders your whole iPhone interface can have or accommodate? You see, there are times that we want our apps to become accessible, which is the reason behind putting an icon shortcut in our iPhone’s home screen. However, if this is the case, how many apps can we make accessible this way?
How Many Apps and Folders your iPhone can Possibly Have?
On the other hand, those who are more organized usually make a folder where he or she puts all of the related app icons inside. In this way, he or she can save his or her iPhone from having a cluttered appearance. However, how many folders his or her iPhone can possibly make?
In order to answer that question, some experts have conducted a serious test. In this test, they tried to make an app accessible in iPhones’ home screens by making an icon shortcut of a certain app. They found out the total number of apps and folders than an iPhone can possibly have depends on the size of its screen. Needless to say, the bigger the screen display an iPhone has, the more icons and folders it can accommodate with ease.
Disregarding the fact that the number of apps than an iPhone can accommodate depends on its total storage capacity, the experts who had conducted the tests have found these out:
- A 3.5-inch iPhone running iOS 4 – The total number of folders that can be made inside a 3.5-inch iPhone are sixteen folders per screen. An iOS 4 can make up to eleven screens along with the fact that the dock can accommodate at least four, that’s a total of 180 folders. On the other hand, a maximum of 12 apps can be put inside a folder and 48 apps inside a dock. All in all, this iPhone can accommodate a total of 2,160 apps.
- A 4-inch iPhone running iOS 5 or 6 – The total number of folders that can be made inside a 4-inch iPhone are twenty folders per screen. An iOS 5 and 6 can make up to eleven screens and the dock can accommodate at least four, that’s a total of 224 folders. On the other hand, a maximum of 16 apps can be put inside a folder and 64 apps inside a dock. All in all, this iPhone can accommodate a total of 3,584 apps.
- A 4-inch iPhone running iOS 7+ – The total number of folders that can be made inside a 4-inch iPhone are twenty folders per screen. iOS 7+ can make up to fifteen screens and the dock can accommodate at least four, that’s a total of 304 folders. On the other hand, a maximum of 135 apps can be put inside a folder and 540 apps inside a dock. All in all, this iPhone can accommodate a total of 41, 040 apps.
- 7 and 5.5-inch iPhones – In both iPhones, the total number of folders that can be made inside are twenty-four folders per screen. Both can make up to fifteen screens and the dock can accommodate at least four, that’s a total of 364 folders. On the other hand, a maximum of 135 apps can be put inside a folder and 540 apps inside a dock. All in all, both iPhones can accommodate a total of 49, 140 apps.