I'm pining for an always-on Apple Watch that has a *decent* battery life (i.e. I'm still waiting). I couldn't care less about an always-on display on my phone (which spends most of it's life in my pocket) - it'd be the very first thing I turn off so the phone would last longer.
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iPhone 13 May Feature Apple Watch-Inspired Always-On Display
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On my Series 6 Watch, I quickly turned this feature off. It's implemented fairly poorly and drains the battery too fast.
Really? I have never heard anyone having it drain in under 12 hours. Maybe you need to get it RMA'ed.
While I will not be getting an iPhone 13, I do think this is an awesome feature! When I switched from my pixel 3 to iPhone, the feature I missed the most was definitely the always on display. I used to think it was a pointless feature, but it turned out to be really handy. I would say it’s probably not quite as useful if you have an Apple Watch, but lots of people don’t have Apple watches who do have iPhones.
This has been a feature for many Android phones with OLED screen. Since Apple just switched to OLED for iPhones fairly recently (iPhone X), it's not surprising that they are "late" in getting this feature. At the same time, it's quite wise waiting for LTPO for the power savings. iPhone batteries are not as large as Android so anything that requires constant power would need to be considered very carefully.
For the time We would appreciate an always on bedside mode in the Apple Watch. Thank you very much.
Yes blah blah blah, we know Android has had for a while.
But I welcome this as it’s really the only thing I like about Android.
But I welcome this as it’s really the only thing I like about Android.
To make this a case for a superefficient solution like the 1hz always-on display of the Apple Watch is stretching it a bit far.
You can really like a company’s products without feeling the need to lie about that company being the greatest in the world at everything.
I’ve never understood the people who come on here and fawn as if being nice about Apple will somehow inspire them to improve their products.
My Samsung form years ago had tis feature and it was very nice to have. Glad to see it coming to my iPhone.
You do realize that is the standard consumer electronics methodology perfected by the Japanese and has been how most consumer electronics have been designed and sold for over 40 years now?
Yep that’s why I finally bought one. Being able to see the time all the time.
about time AoD officially comes to iOS
one of my favourite features on Apple Watch, as well as android and jailbroken OLED iPhones
one of my favourite features on Apple Watch, as well as android and jailbroken OLED iPhones
Depends on what one values and what phone one is upgrading from, in addition to upgrade habits
I am far more impressed with this year's purported upgrades than last year. iPhone 12 was a design refresh yes but same notch, we've had OLED for years, 5G mmWave is not available outside of USA...For me, the 12 was a pretty boring upgrade otherwise, and the major camera improvements for the year were limited to the Pro Max model. I did not like the finger print magnet Pro models (they get really gross), I found Magsafe to be good but not great (magnets were quite weak overall), and it felt like a weird half-way upgrade from the 11 series...design and 5G aside, more or less the same experience
This year we actually get Quality of Life improvements, of interest to me particularly 120Hz and purported AoD, in addition to global mmWave, 6GHz-band wifi support, actually improved camera tech across the board
And minor bonus things such as reported less finger print prone Pro models as well as a smaller notch (finally)
Much more exciting than the 12 series for myself. Perhaps not for you, but they've already won "some people" over - just depends on what category you fall in
I think it may be actually true. I was thinking about it a some weeks ago. It could be a natural way to implement the ”always on” display in the new iPhones after Apple Watch. It may be even the same display technology used in iPhone 13 lineup.
Has anyone seen an iPhone with an OLED screen with burn in? We use android devices at work and I see it occasionally. Guys change the screen time-out settings to the max (30 minutes), despite being told that you can change the lock-out settings to 30 minutes. So I see burned in lock screens and burned and home screens.
It makes sense on a watch but I"d think it would drain your battery on the iPhone?
Hell as soon as you touch it or move its on anyway, that's fast enough for me!
You think anything anyone says in this forum, positive OR negative a out Apple has any impact on Apples decisions?
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Given that the way the AppleWatch feature works is different than the way many (all?) Android phones do it, yes it makes sense to say this feature is inspired by the AppleWatch.
Not to mention always on screens vastly predate Android phones. Or mobile phones in general.