Sorry (though I don't know how they can't be in order)

Ev Williams highlighted What You Don’t Know about the New iPhone Bottom Tab:

First up, yes, it is better to have the tab at the bottom because it’s easier to reach there. More importantly, when you only have a few tabs, switching between them by swiping is quicker than clicking on the tab icon and then clicking on the tab you want.

at https://medium.com/tonys-tech-corner/what-you-dont-know-about-the-new-iphone-bottom-tab-7b06c8dc07b

Now the weird thing is that this story was published late in the afternoon on the 27th, was not distributed and cannot be found on the Tag pages, but it now has over 2K views and 22.5 hours of reading time.

Kind of weird, ya know?