Personally, I really don't like the "swiping down in different areas does different things" that apple does, especially on a phone. The area is just too small for it to have multiple interactions. I much prefer how my android phone does it, with a single down-swipe area pulling down the "control panel", and swiping up to get to the apps menu/search area. I don't even know what top-left swipe down is on apple, is it just showing the time, but bigger?