@wildflower @a2batic @amitosh @jflory7
what do you people think??

@shilpi1958 Thanks for creating the issue for an open-ended discussion.

You have entirely misinterpreted the design pattern. There are separate screens for the mag and calendar which can be accessed from the front page itself (dedicated screens for those particular features.) I have not "Combined two features", the features exist independently, but another way to access them has been introduced.

Home Screen

Other Tabs

Another thing, Rather than asking people, I believe in actually testing out with them. Quoting Henry Ford, "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses". People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.

PS: we can have upto 5 tabs easily at the bottom.

That's unnecessary cognitive load. More choices result in longer to think about these choices and make a decision. We must simplify choices for the user by breaking complex tasks into smaller steps, hence the 4 options upfront on the home screen and lesser options in the tabs below.
Further readings: Hick’s Law: Making the choice easier for users

Do you think we should have above combined tabs or individual tabs?

I am not at all hellbent on implementing this pattern, this is just one of the choice. The point is to ideate new patterns :-) I will share the results of usability testing of this pattern once I am done with a threshold of users, and then we can think of other alternatives.

Cheers :-)

Good to know your view!
what do others think?