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iPhone XS Battery percentage not shown on XS unless you swipe down! Apple will change it if....

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I've had multiple iphones and the first thing I do, and my friends do is enable battery percentage on all our friends phones and they love it! I follow this religiously and so do a bunch of people I know. NOW, you can't see it on the XS unless you swipe down from the top of the screen. I'm going this 50 times a day. What can't you just have a toggle so the battery icon at the top right turns into a %?? There is room. Just replace battery icon with percent, and add a toggle in battery settings. That toggle is gone now. It's TOO HARD.

I called apple and they said if more people send feedback they will add a toggle so it will show percent at top right. Hope you guys can help and that you agree??

GO HERE:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
 
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chanerz said:
Never going to happen.
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Do you want to bet on that? :)

I did this before on past items and had maybe 10 people ask and they did it. It was small things, but if apple see's a handful of people asking and they think it's a good idea or didn't think of it, they WILL do it. THis is the only reason I'm asking. Sometimes it only takes a few people, and hopefully more will see this.
 
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Pipper99 said:
Hopefully, they'll change it, but people have been complaining about this since the X came out. We'll see. :)
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Yea, so it's the X, XR and XS, many more people to complain about it. I just don't get apple. There was a toggle before. If you're going to change something, at least leave a toggle to add and remove stuff. Things like this is why I like samsungs, as they give you full control. THis is another reason to want to JB an iphone. You know, for for X there was a hack to get rid of the "Swipe up to open" function if you Jb'd it... That's another thing that needs a toggle. Who wants to swipe up to open, no me! So give me a choice.

cornerexit said:
I have a XR, so it's irrelevant now :D
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Ha, fill out that form :)
 
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MrAperture said:
Why do you need to see the exact percentage at all times?
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When you're a power user and when you get to know how your phone is and your habits, when you oget to say 20%, or whatever, you'll know the threshold of how long you have.

It's also kinda like a car that has an outside temperature display. If they took it away, you'd be pissed, as you'd want to know when your close to freezing temps, so you can prepare :) for those in states with winters and cold temps.

perezr10 said:
battery companies like Mophi or Anker only give you 4 LEDS. Anything more precise is a crapshoot.

I’m guessing that’s why Apple wants to get away from it.
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Still though, I'd rather have 4 dots than a small pic of of battery where I doing know where it's at. 4 dots would even be better than having to swipe down from the screen all the time. You'd be able to figure out 1 and 2 dots left would get ya based on your habits. They shouldn't have just taken it away. That damn notch screwed us. What, next year they'll find a way to have no notch and have everything work.
 
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 has been pulling these stunts since forever. There's an old motto you should memorize: What Apple giveth, Apple taketh away.

They're so in love with their ugly notch, they'll give up anything to keep it.
 
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The corollary to this is that Apple will tell you--not ask you--what you want and need. I love the tech but not sure why they have this mentality.

now i see it said:
 has been pulling these stunts since forever. There's an old motto you should memorize: What Apple giveth, Apple taketh away.

They're so in love with their ugly notch, they'll give up anything to keep it.
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Jason B said:
When you're a power user and when you get to know how your phone is and your habits, when you oget to say 20%, or whatever, you'll know the threshold of how long you have.

It's also kinda like a car that has an outside temperature display. If they took it away, you'd be pissed, as you'd want to know when your close to freezing temps, so you can prepare :) for those in states with winters and cold temps.



Still though, I'd rather have 4 dots than a small pic of of battery where I doing know where it's at. 4 dots would even be better than having to swipe down from the screen all the time. You'd be able to figure out 1 and 2 dots left would get ya based on your habits. They shouldn't have just taken it away. That damn notch screwed us. What, next year they'll find a way to have no notch and have everything work.
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The iPhone tells you when your battery hits 20% and asks if you want to use low battery mode. You really can't tell how much battery is left by quickly glancing at the battery gauge?
 
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Good luck. Seeing battery percentage doesn’t make any difference to me, I’m used to the new interface and it’s not worth the effort to try and change it..
 
the real world benefit is quite negligible.

if you need to monitor your battery % and ration usage because you are a heavy user, get a portable charger. eventually your battery is going to degrade and rationing wont help you get through the day.

if you dont need to, then why does the % matter?
 
MrAperture said:
The iPhone tells you when your battery hits 20% and asks if you want to use low battery mode. You really can't tell how much battery is left by quickly glancing at the battery gauge?
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Well, to be fair, having 1% left is somewhat different than having even 9% left, for example. That's not really something you can tell just by looking st the battery icon.
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Caspavio said:
the real world benefit is quite negligible.

if you need to monitor your battery % and ration usage because you are a heavy user, get a portable charger. eventually your battery is going to degrade and rationing wont help you get through the day.

if you dont need to, then why does the % matter?
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That kind of like saying if you watch TV a lot you are probably sitting close to the TV and can change channels and adjust volume right on it and don't really need to worry about a remote control. And if you don't watch a lot of TV then why would a remote really matter as you won't be really changing channels or adjusting volume much if at all really.
 
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We all went through this questioning last year. Apple could've fit another 2 icons on each side of the notch, but they went for a typically Apple cleaner look.

You should get over it. I thought it'd take me longer than it did. But I did...& now I don't see the battery % as an essential icon to have there 24/7.

It'll be back though...once the notch shrinks/disappears.
 
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C DM said:
That kind of like saying if you watch TV a lot you are probably sitting close to the TV and can change channels and adjust volume right on it and don't really need to worry about a remote control. And if you don't watch a lot of TV then why would a remote really matter as you won't be really changing channels or adjusting volume much if at all really.
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your analogy misses the point. switching channels or volume has real differences; im watching different content or the volume is too loud/soft, but i can still (and probably will) use my phone the same way whether the battery % is 100% or 50% or 10%. furthermore, you also get a warning when battery is low, and the information isnt gone, just not that conveniently visible. how often do you really check the battery %?

for me, i am a pretty light user, so my phone usually lasts me through a day just fine, so i almost never check my battery %. at the end of the day, i just plug in my phone to charge regardless of the battery %. when traveling, i use my phone a lot, as a secondary camera and for directions. i know that my battery wont last me a day, so i carry a portable charger. therefore, i also almost have no need to check the battery %. when the low battery warning pops up, i plug it into my portable charger. the only instance i can think of that knowing the % is useful is when i forgot my portable charger, and i need to keep track if my battery is being drained too quickly, but that is a situation that everyone best avoid.
 
Jason B said:
I've had multiple iphones and the first thing I do, and my friends do is enable battery percentage on all our friends phones and they love it! I follow this religiously and so do a bunch of people I know. NOW, you can't see it on the XS unless you swipe down from the top of the screen. I'm going this 50 times a day. What can't you just have a toggle so the battery icon at the top right turns into a %?? There is room. Just replace battery icon with percent, and add a toggle in battery settings. That toggle is gone now. It's TOO HARD.

I called apple and they said if more people send feedback they will add a toggle so it will show percent at top right. Hope you guys can help and that you agree??

GO HERE:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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Thanks for sharing the site...just sent in the request. Hopefully our MacRumor member friends will do the same.
 
Caspavio said:
your analogy misses the point. switching channels or volume has real differences; im watching different content or the volume is too loud/soft, but i can still (and probably will) use my phone the same way whether the battery % is 100% or 50% or 10%. furthermore, you also get a warning when battery is low, and the information isnt gone, just not that conveniently visible. how often do you really check the battery %?

for me, i am a pretty light user, so my phone usually lasts me through a day just fine, so i almost never check my battery %. at the end of the day, i just plug in my phone to charge regardless of the battery %. when traveling, i use my phone a lot, as a secondary camera and for directions. i know that my battery wont last me a day, so i carry a portable charger. therefore, i also almost have no need to check the battery %. when the low battery warning pops up, i plug it into my portable charger. the only instance i can think of that knowing the % is useful is when i forgot my portable charger, and i need to keep track if my battery is being drained too quickly, but that is a situation that everyone best avoid.
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The point of the analogy was really more to show how if someone wanted to they could come up with ways to fit things in to try to make it seem that pretty much anything can be justified. But it doesn't really mean that it's the right and/or good thing.

Ultimately what it all comes down to is that different people have different approaches to different things, especially when it come to something that has been fairly established and available for years. Someone's approach to something doesn't necessarily invalidate a different approach by someone else that works for them (short of it being harmful or something else of that nature, which doesn't really apply in this type of case).
 
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