Auto-Brightness

[Resist]

Why is it that the Auto-Brightness function on the iPhone an iPad doesn't work like it does on the Macbook Pro? My Macbook Pro version of this function is fantastic and adjusts accordingly to ambient lighting conditions. Yet on my iPhone and iPad it's just a pain in my side because in order to get it to work I have to hit the power/sleep button to get it to do anything. What the heck was Apple thinking with this?

 

[celticpride678]

It would probably take more battery and performance to continue to change the brightness.

 

[Resist]

True, but they aren't going to do it right, then why do it at all? Besides, the iPad already has more battery time than my 13' Macbook Pro with Auto-Brightness done right.

 

[Resist]

Auto-Brightness getting on my nerves now. I run the Sling app during the day on my iPad and then when I want to use it at night, I keep forgetting to change my brightness settings, because auto-brightness doesn't change it much at all.


UPDATE: Sorry, this post was supposed to be in the iPad thread.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Just as some input Auto-Brightness never worked correctly for me on the 3G. On my original and 4 usually it changes the brightness level within 10 seconds of a drastic ambient lighting change.