The Apple menu is a drop-down menu that is on left side of the menu bar in the classic Mac OS, macOS and A/UX operating systems. Type of Connection - LTE, 4G, 3G, E, GPRS, 1x - these are ranked by speed with LTE the fastest and GPRS/1x the slowest. Carrier Name - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint etc, will show here. What are the iPhone symbols?Ĭommon iPhone Symbols Five Dots - Signal Strength. It displays icons indicating that you've received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone's status (on the right), along with the current time. The Status Bar appears at the top of every screen.