The iPhone Should Have These Features Suggested By This Michigan Designer

Designer Dana O'Dell of Michigan wrote a pretty intriguing story for Medium about some features he felt the iPhone should have.

Apple has been pushing security for its devices with features like the four-digit passcode and its fingerprint sensor and the effort has paid off. The number of cell phone thefts is dropping and thieves have reportedly told law enforcement officials they are making it a point to avoid Apple devices.

But what happens when you lose your iPhone and it falls into the hands of a good Samaritan? It depends on the vigilance of the device's owner.

Through Apple's Find my iPhone app, owners can lock devices remotely, wipe personal data from it, display a message on the device and track its location.

Those are all useful tools, but O'Dell thinks Apple should do more to make it easier for good Samaritans to return phones to their owners.

He suggests Apple to develop more ways through Find My iPhone for good Samaritans to reach device owners and they are fairly intuitive.

"For all the things a smartphone can do, its primary way to help reunite itself with its owner is essentially a high tech version of marco polo," wrote.

Owners can send a message, along with a phone number, stating their property was lost and asking Samaritans to call.

Some probably do that, but what if an owner doesn't realize they've misplaced their device yet? If the Samaritan had a means to contact that person, they could potentially return it to them very quickly.

O'Dell would like to see "Report" buttons on the lock screen and the Control Center that would allow good Samaritans to label a phone as lost. He also said anyone should be able to use Siri to report a device lost. His story even included renderings of what this could look like.