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How do you set yours?

  • Off

    Votes: 38 41.3%
  • On - time only

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • On - time + wallpaper

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • On - time + notifications

    Votes: 21 22.8%
  • On - time + wallpaper + notifications

    Votes: 27 29.3%

  • Total voters
    92

cman-uk

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Keen to understand whether people have kept theirs on after 'testing' the impact to battery life.

Refer to poll and vote! :D
 
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I prefer it off as I kept thinking I received a notification when seeing the screen on. Also, I just don’t see the benefit like I do with my watch. Furthermore, the battery draw is not inconsequential as I believe it was reported to discharge about 1% battery per hour.
 
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I voted off, but I actually would leave it on if I was convinced it would not result in image retention. I tend to keep my iPhones 2-3 year each. Also, when I place them on a table, I leave them face up, so the AOD would be on all "always" ;). I know myself well enough to know how retention would bug me.
 
Everything on... YOLO!!!!

I do however have an automation that turns it off when charging... Since its right next to my head on my night stand.
 
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I prefer it off as I kept thinking I received a notification when seeing the screen on. Also, I just don’t see the benefit like I do with my watch. Furthermore, the battery draw is not inconsequential as I believe it was reported to discharge about 1% battery per hour.
This. A coworker I always eat lunch with uses always on display and my eyes are drawn to his screen like a moth to a flame. I find it very distracting.
 
I leave it all on, and recognize I’m using battery for it. Sleep focus turns the display off automatically at bedtime for while I’m sleeping and on automatically when I wake up. If I want to save battery during the day or don’t care about seeing stuff on the screen, I lay it down screen down which causes the screen to turn off. If I’m trying to really stretch the battery (Disney World or something), I’ll use the control center quick toggle for low power mode which turns off background polling and the screen.
 
My face stays face down when I'm not actively using it, without exception.

Always-on screens would serve me no purpose.
 
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I turned off wallpaper and notifications. Thankfully now playing and timer notifications still persist which is exactly the way I wanted it.

Not sure it makes that much of a difference over the fully enabled options, but I'd like to think it does 😂

Doesn't seem to make a difference compared to when it's off though.
 
It's on for me with time and notifications enabled and I shut off "Raise to wake" as I hate the glare when I pick up the phone at night. The AOD for time is just the right amount of lumens to check the time at night.
I usually keep the phone face down as well.
 
Came from a 14 Pro Max to a 15 Pro Max, so I’ve been with the Always on Display for a little over a year. If I find my display completely dark, something is wrong. I mostly leave all the default settings on that comes when I first boot up the phone.
 
When I first got it, I was tempted to do all on except wallpaper. I was curious to try out the default experience though, so I left everything on, including wallpaper, to test it out. And it's great! It took a couple days but I quickly got used to it and now enjoy having the AoD.
 
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