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Gurman: iPhone 14 Pro to Feature Always-On Display Showing iOS 16's New Lock Screen Widgets
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If it's possible at 10Hz, add it as a feature for the 13 line and let the user decide if the possible hit in battery life is worth it. The way that Apple optimizes everything, I doubt it would be a problem.
Every time I go to look at my watch it turns on and i can see it fine. I really do not have a need for it to be always on. I appreciate others will love the feature, but some you like, some you don't. And this one I have no interest in - just the way I use my devices I guess.
Maybe with the phone it will be a bit different I guess, since I have to tap to view anything at the moment. So maybe I'll give it a try. But it's certainly not a feature I'm excited about.
It is for me. I don't have to use my watch the way you use your watch - or even the way Apple intends for people to use their watches. It has nothing to do with battery, and never have I mentioned it's because of battery drain. As I stated above, for me and the way I use my watch, it's on every time I want to look at it. That's all I need.
Again, as I said above, I appreciate others will be excited about this feature. I am not, and I'm just voicing my opinion. I respect the fact it's a feature that will be helpful for you and I wouldn't try to persuade you any other way. This is exactly why Apple allow features to be switched on and off. Personalise and enjoy your device the way you want to.
I hope you can choose to turn off the always on…lol even though it’s available it’s not always needed.
They are gonna probably feature their own communication chips soon, like the 5G Modem, maybe they will have something else for satellite support
It irritates me to no end when people turn off features that are meant to be on, without any justification whatsoever.
It’s more than possible. Android devices with OLED screens have been running AOD’s with screens for a long time starting with most being 60hz … The difference on battery gain between 1hz and 10hz would be tiny in the overall scheme of things - indeed as already stated AOD was planned to be implemented for the 13 pro line. The only reason Apple will not implement the feature on the 13 Pro / Pro Max is to give the 14 pro range a false advantage. We know apple likes to withhold features from older products which can handle them fine, simply to make upgrading more desirable. If Apple truly cared about their ‘eco’ ness, they would add as many software features and AOD is a software feature, to their existing capable products and reduce the requirement of people to purchase newer phones. But of course this doesn’t make sense where $ is the true motivator of these kind of decisions.
No you’re absolutely right. I overlooked that, and the comparison is between the two Max’s. Absolutely.
I still think the comparison shopping applies, and any shopper paying attention will easily move to the Pro, since there is a big difference in better features in Pro, and you’re “already spending a bunch of money, so why not get the best?”
It’s surprising to me to see the number of people who don’t care about cellphones (e.g. put them in gaudy large cases) own a Pro.
For me it’s battery life. I really enjoy not having to worry about my watch needing a charge everyday. Also battery health: Watch will last longer.
So it’s really that the AOD brings no value other than “cool factor”, and I value battery life more.
I’ve been wearing Apple Watch for almost seven years now and I’m used to lifting my wrist to activate. And the sensors are so good, they detect a slight wrist movement to activate screen which is good enough!
It certainly does use more battery. I’ve had AW6 since release date.
Are you implying that sales of the different iPhone 14 models will plummet?
I'll turn off the feature immediately because I don't need it but I still see this as great news because of what I hope will be a consequence of adding the feature. I assume that Apple isn't going to want to announce reduced battery life vs the 13 Pro/Pro-Max when the feature is enabled so will have got some good power efficiency improvements elsewhere to offset whatever extra power drain always-on does add. Hopefully that will mean that people like me who disable the always-on feature will see another worthwhile jump in battery life from the 13 Pro models to the 14 Pro models. Apple has been on a bit of a roll in the last 5 years or so with good, sometimes great, battery life improvements most years (I's say only the 11 to 12 series was when it stalled a bit). This makes me hope that 2022 might continue the trend.
No, I was saying it is nothing special in terms of upgrades and that AOD is nothing new (except to apple users).
Justified it for MYSELF with MY uses.
My use case differs from yours, so there's no reason why it should irritate you. Nothing says the feature is 'meant to be on'. That's why there are options to switch features off!
You don't have a use case.
Yep, the fact that it was on to begin with.
That's not why. It's because lawyers have the final say at Apple, not engineers.
It doesn't matter who has the final say, the option is there for people to use.
Sorry I don't use my handset the way you want me to!
I guess my concept of boring is the opposite of people excited to purchase. While we know a lot of the hardware details and a lot of the software details we still don’t really know how Apple is going to combine these, and that remains exciting to me… So I’m not bored at all.