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Originally Posted by Teknikal
Technology has moved on from an unnecessary lockscreen in my opinion the only real use for them is to stop someone having a quick peek and that's only if that person has a fairly basic knowledge.
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1. This has nothing to do with "technology" moving on. It does have something to do with design, but that's a completely different issue.
2. And there is a good design reason for lockscreens on tablets - the lockscreen is a start page (to use an alternate designation) on the tablet that conveys certain information (time, temperature, messages, stocks, other notifications), and allows for some limited direct interaction to a handful of common functions, such as going directly to the camera or responding to a notification.
Unlocking this screen then takes you - generally - to the main functionality of the tablet, where all programs are more or less available, as are various settings.
TL;DR: The screen on the lockscreen is itself a useful part of tablets, aside from the locking functionality.