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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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To me, the icon shows the battery level at a glance. It's pretty obvious to me if the battery is at 1/4 (25%) 1/2 (50%) etc....
I suppose it could be argued Apple should add it as an accessibility feature for those with poor spacial awareness?
If I need to know exactly, I swipe down or look at the battery widget. More often, I look at the battery widget just to see if my BeatsX headphones are charged, rather than the iPhone battery.
I suppose it could be argued Apple should add it as an accessibility feature for those with poor spacial awareness?
If I need to know exactly, I swipe down or look at the battery widget. More often, I look at the battery widget just to see if my BeatsX headphones are charged, rather than the iPhone battery.
I don’t obsess over it, but to me it’s just like always having the time visible. It’s information that I would rather have visible at all times if given the choice.
[doublepost=1542378990][/doublepost]Can add the widget. Will show your phone and watch (if you are using one) percentages by swiping to the right...pretty easy.
But not that obvious when it's between those values. Are you almost down to 25% or somewhere closer to 40% (if your gauge only shows 1/2 and 1/4 essentially)?
And then you do mention checking percentage anyway, so isn't it simpler just to have it there than to have it behind some extra actions that need to be performed (no matter how seemingly inconsequential they are)?
That's not that much different than accessing Control Center to get that information.
Swiping right and left anywhere on the screen is quicker and easier than having to go to the specific top right corner to access.
I do, however, understand it’s terribly troublesome to have to swipe a thumb either down and up or right and left, but I’m sure we can all pull through and support each other to make it work.
By that logic not having to do anything at all to simply see the percentage that is essentially always available at the top of the screen is way simpler than any of that.Swiping right and left anywhere on the screen is quicker and easier than having to go to the specific top right corner to access.
I do, however, understand it’s terribly troublesome to have to swipe a thumb either down and up or right and left, but I’m sure we can all pull through and support each other to make it work.
The phone is going to consume a different amount of battery every time (due to cell towers, screen brightness/content, background tasks, etc...). The actual number isn't really a more relevant predictor of future battery life over the icon alone. You should easily be able to estimate the level within 10% just by looking at the icon, and to within 5% close to empty and full.
I mentioned that when I look at the battery widget, it's to see the charge of my headphones. I can easily tell how much battery I have by looking at the icon.
Of course, I was demonstrating so.
Read on and other have their opinion, too. It is how these forums work.
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At the same time you can't quite tell if you are at 1% or 8% remaining from the icon, for example, and there's a fair bit of difference between those.
Getting rid of the battery % helped me enjoy my phone more so I didn't feel like I had to plug it in all the time. I realize this is my problem but, really has helped me enjoy my phone more. Maybe getting older has something to do with it too.
I have to totally agree with this. I used to stress a lot about how much percentage I was using on my phone, but since I got the iPhone X, I feel much more free to not worry about the battery. I charge it up while I am working, and if for some reason I don't make a full day charge, the phone will let me know once it hits 20%. Life is too short to worry about percentages on a phone, let alone the "minor inconvenience" of having to swipe down to see the percentage of battery on your phone...Getting rid of the battery % helped me enjoy my phone more so I didn't feel like I had to plug it in all the time. I realize this is my problem but, really has helped me enjoy my phone more. Maybe getting older has something to do with it too.
I’ll speak to Ive (he’s the software and hardware boss nowadays-right?) about it the next time we are at tea.By that logic not having to do anything at all to simply see the percentage that is essentially always available at the top of the screen is way simpler than any of that.
I actually wished that the non notched iPhones didn’t show the battery percentage when in low power mode. I don’t like having the percentage on my phone it adds clutter IMO.
Getting rid of the battery % helped me enjoy my phone more so I didn't feel like I had to plug it in all the time. I realize this is my problem but, really has helped me enjoy my phone more. Maybe getting older has something to do with it too.
Sounds daft but it’s the same for me too. I used to get a bit niggly about seeing it drop from 100 to 99, now I just use it and don’t worry about the percentage.
Realistically same thing could be said about many other things, like spending time on mostly inconsequential posting on online forums.
It's kind of like the whole "first world problem" thing. Realistically neither here nor there in the context of online discussions.I seriously doubt 11 people were able to change the mind of a trillion dollar company.
I think asking people what they want is a bad idea. Which people do you listen to and who decides what actually does or doesn’t make it into the final product?
I suggest starting with an IQ test to weed out 90% of the bad ideas.