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iOS 16 Beta 5: Battery Percentage Now Displayed in iPhone Status Bar
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I'm so glad it's back. Hopefully, they'll keep it. I'm tired of constantly having to enter Control Center to find out my battery life.
Yep higher PPI but the real estate on either side of the notch was cramped. I'm guessing it wasn't enough room or looked too cramped even though pixel density was good enough.
Well, I guess it is time to throw away my 13 mini and get myself the 14 Pro for this life essential!
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The first example the battery icon looks full, the second example the battery looks empty.Solution. Only display the battery icon outline and only the number inside.
That way the background of the icon wouldn’t trick you to think the battery is full.
Quick example.
instead of this:
it could be like this
Oh trust me I'm sure they brainstormed how they could spin that... but in the end probably decided they would look silly and get ridiculed... But if there was a way for them to spin that being an iPhone 14 only feature you better believe they would have done that.
So it would trick you in to thinking the battery is empty instead...Solution. Only display the battery icon outline and only the number inside.
That way the background of the icon wouldn’t trick you to think the battery is full.
Quick example.
instead of this:
it could be like this
Personally, I would prefer these icons to be like these:Solution. Only display the battery icon outline and only the number inside.
That way the background of the icon wouldn’t trick you to think the battery is full.
Quick example.
instead of this:
it could be like this
(colors could be adjusted for better readability)
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The clear seems to be the way to go! They already know how to program text black or white based on whatever the background is. Green and white can be difficult to read, so can orange/red and white.
…Or they could just make black battery/white text, or white battery/white text. And on low power only show an empty battery with a little orang/red color in the little sliver at left of battery. With the white/black in the other part.
OR: green/yellow/red outline… clear inside with white/black text for number.
Like this attached in images. Sketched it out. I don’t know how to attaché images to feedback… so maybe someone else can that’s in the beta program.
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OMG really? Ok yeah you're technically correct but "on notched devices" doesn't need the word all as it implies all. Crazy how people can justify anything these days SMH
You never needed the battery widget unless you had airpods or an apple watch. Ever since the iphone X launch with iOS 11, it has been possible to see the battery percentage by swiping down from the right corner to reveal the control center.
It wasn’t completely removed. You could still check the percentage by swiping down to reveal the control center.
Yeah I don’t have AirPods or the watch. Also by having the battery percentage in the right corner all you have to do is tap to wake to see it now and that’s one less movement you have to do. Swiping down to reveal the control center is two steps while just tapping to wake the phone to see the battery percentage in the right hand corner is one step. Get it?
The bar doesn't deplete, no. It only changes colors when you charge up the phone.
Apparently Apple eliminated the depleting in the iOS 16 beta when they added the percentage. We’ll see if it stays that way in future betas and the public release.