Which still is higher than the SE that, according to the news, got the update.
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Apple Confirms iOS 16 Battery Percentage Display Not Available on Certain iPhone Models
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SE doesn't have a notch. sorry, i thought that was implied but i should have been explicit.
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Fair enough. As said earlier I am looking to adopt and change from Samsung.
It. Won't. Fit.
PPI doesn't matter when there isn't enough physical display space to actually render it in a legible size. It could be 10000 ppi, if the text isn't rendered at a size that's readable, what's the point in showing it at all?
There are multiple widget options to choose for battery. Select the one with the percentage...
You spelt downgrade wrong.
The Xs is getting the icon so this theory is dead in the water. The reason will be purely because it won't meet their standards for UI legibility either through not enough pixels to display a sharp enough text, or the rendered size is too small to be legible.
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This is a bit strange regarding the mini, because the mini uses the exact same internal resolution as the 11 Pro, and the 11 Pro apparently has the percentage, and doesn’t have a smaller notch than the mini.
Makes no sense at all, there is plenty of room on my 13 mini. Stupid move, Apple!
There probably isn’t as far as apple is conferenced. If there was, it would be there.
If it doesn’t matter, why does that feature exist at all? Apple seems to think it does matter.
I guess you mean the physical size, but looking at the battery symbol on my mini right now, I could very well read a number inserted into that symbol. There’s also enough unused space around it that they could even increase the size a bit.
Because they treat you like you were in the market for a toy instead of a real 'pro' device.
I tried it after installing iOS16 yesterday and have already turned it off again. I'm used to glancing at the old icon and seeing roughly how much charge is left by the battery bar. With the battery percentage on the bar remains solid and the number decreases which requires more attention than a glace.
If I really want to see the exact percentage it's not hard to swipe down.
If I really want to see the exact percentage it's not hard to swipe down.
That's because it's a horrendous design. It's almost as if Apple got tired of hearing complaints about it and fed us the worst design they could come up with. This way they can say, "see, we were right all along to just have the icon".
I get your point. And you're right.
But I still think it shouldn't be a problem - I just measured the size of the battery icons on 13 Mini and 14 Pro. It is not 100% accurate (some developer could help here), but icon on 13 Mini is 33x59px and 14 Pro is 36x69px when height being the more important one. It's only a few pixels difference.
I want to believe that this is why they did it though. I don't think anybody would upgrade to the bigger screen just to have a battery percentage back. 😃
Interesting my XS is not showing it.
Wonder if it is a setting option?
Actually it is a setting "battery" show/choose percentage
Your methodology is totally valid. (I'm not an iOS dev but I work in frontend / backend web tech.)
When you're getting to that size literally every single pixel counts. We need enough space to have the text displayed at a legible size, and it needs to be far enough away from the edge of the pill so it maintains contrast. If the text is too close to the edge it gets difficult to read.
It's purportedly bold because it wouldn't be legible at a normal weight.
Open up a text editor and make the text tiny. Toggle bold text and tell me which one is easier to read.