iPhone 13 Still Doesn't Display Battery Percentage in the Status Bar, Despite Smaller Notch

[MacRumors]

Despite a smaller notch, the iPhone 13 lineup will not show users their battery percentage in the status bar, or at least, not by default, according to the iPhone 13 simulator embedded within Xcode.

The entire iPhone 13 series features a smaller notch, allowing for more area to display content. While many customers may have hoped that a smaller notch would lead Apple to show the battery percentage in the status bar, that doesn't seem to be the case, at least for now.

As noted on Twitter, the Xcode 13 simulator for the iPhone 13 Pro Max shows the status bar without a battery percentage, despite ample room to shift the signal and Wi-Fi bars to the left. While the simulator in the release candidate of Xcode 13, released after yesterday's event, shows no battery percentage, Apple may offer it as an option within Settings.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1437928672460255233

Apple is unlikely to place the battery percentage in the status bar with no way for users to turn it off. With older iPhones that feature no notch, Apple includes an option within settings to toggle the percentage on or off, and a similar play could be in-store with the iPhone 13. Although it's worth noting that none of the iPhone 13 or updated iOS 15 marketing images depict that as a possibility.

The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro will begin shipping to customers on Friday, September 24, but we do expect reviews and hands-on impressions of the devices to be released before that. Those reviews and impressions will give us a definitive answer on whether Apple will finally allow customers to show their battery percentage in the status bar, rather than having to drag down on the right corner of the screen.

Article Link: iPhone 13 Still Doesn't Display Battery Percentage in the Status Bar, Despite Smaller Notch

 

[Hayden_]

iOS 15.1?

 

[Serban55]

miss opportunity , they really need to "embrace" the smaller notch with software too, at least dnd or alarm icon...good for marketing too on selling the 13 models

 

[IMPOSSIBLEMAN]

This was a very underwhelming launch of iOS 15, iPhone 13, iPad OS 15, and Watch 7.

 

[Serban55]

No need to have the battery bar and percentage bar..but a DND/alarm icon should be on iOS15, or at least iOS15.1

 

[Serban55]

So the notch is smaller by 28% in width but 10% increase in height ?! ok, at least give us more icons there, since you made that from the start an "visible and informative area"

 

[alexiaa]

DND icon is already in iOS 15, but it only shows if location is not being used.

 

[contacos]

because they got lazy and go by one development fits them all. We will see a weather app on iPad before that. However, maybe they are waiting for M2 and 16 GB of RAM for that. The rain drop animations are very power consuming

 

[iDento]

Just add the Battery widget to Today screen folks.

 

[Gruffydd]

😂 How lazy can one get. You swipe down to see the control center and there is the battery percentage. Takes like one second.

I don’t even care about seeing battery percentage until it goes into power save mode. Then I just swipe down and look in control center when ever I want. One second is all it takes …

 

[Kylo83]

Apple has lost the plot no reason we can’t have the number there they are screwing up so hard, also remove the dam home bar

 

[Kylo83]

😂 How lazy can one get. You swipe down to see the control center and there is the battery percentage. Takes like one second.

I don’t even care about seeing battery percentage until it goes into power save mode. Then I just swipe down and look in control center when ever I want. One second is all it takes …

Maybe some people just want it without doing that, no reason we can’t they just don’t want us seeing the number go down so quick

 

[The_Interloper]

That’s okay, the new Always On Display will show your battery percentage below your clock in the centre of the screen. Oh, wait…. 😜

 

[Pakaku]

😂 How lazy can one get. You swipe down to see the control center and there is the battery percentage. Takes like one second.

I don’t even care about seeing battery percentage until it goes into power save mode. Then I just swipe down and look in control center when ever I want. One second is all it takes …

Good for you if you don't care, but I think many of us would rather not have to stretch our hands to the top of the screen just to look at a battery percentage, especially those of us with Max-size phones

 

[ian87w]

I don't think it matters, no? I mean we're no longer in the age where 30-40% of battery means the phone could die at any moment. And there's the auto warning for low power mode once you reach 20%. Besides, it diminishes that battery anxiety.

 

[BvizioN]

This was a very underwhelming launch of iOS 15, iPhone 13, iPad OS 15, and Watch 7.

While I agree about the iPad OS 15, I think the rest of updates are decent. Not groundbreaking (and they can't be every year) but IMO fairly decent.

 

[555gallardo]

So the notch is smaller by 28% in width but 10% increase in height ?! ok, at least give us more icons there, since you made that from the start an "visible and informative area"

How exactly do those 10% affect you?

 

[Xtir]

This was a very underwhelming launch of iOS 15, iPhone 13, iPad OS 15, and Watch 7.

But ios 16 and iphone16 wil be the wait worthwhile.

 

[Xtir]

How exactly do those 10% affect you?

10%

 

[BvizioN]

Good for you if you don't care, but I think many of us would rather not have to stretch our hands to the top of the screen just to look at a battery percentage, especially those of us with Max-size phones

I agree with the person you quoted on your comment. I can't remember the last time I reached for the battery % on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. Kind of pointless, since I very rarely, if ever, fall to the lower part of battery %. That being said, an option for the ones who like to see it would be great, so I understand your point.

 

[svenning]

I wonder if they will actually go for a under display Face ID / Touch ID next year when they have now introduced the smaller notch. I fear they might want to keep that for a year or 2 since I imagine some engineering effort has gone into reducing the size. Thoughts ?

 

[radus]

Does anybody now if there is:
1. external Monitor support ("extended display") like in Samsung Dex
2. pencil aka pen support what is standard in the S21 Ultra 5G
in the iPhone 13 Pro Max ?

There will be a desktop class CPU inside the new iPhones and they did not implement such basic thinks we see in android phones.

 

[Kylo83]

The notch looks worse it’s taller now looking like pixel one, what’s the point having smaller notch when it doesn’t benefit anything software wise

 

[mightysashiman]

Does anybody now if there is:
1. external Monitor support ("extended display") like in Samsung Dex
2. pencil aka pen support what is standard in the S21 Ultra 5G
in the iPhone 13 Pro Max ?

There will be a desktop class CPU inside the new iPhones and they did not implement such basic thinks we see in android phones.

You don't need an MBA to guess that it wouldn't be in Apple's best interest to make the iphone line a viable replacement to a laptop... They already go to streches to separate ipads from macbooks...

 

[ian87w]

Does anybody now if there is:
1. external Monitor support ("extended display") like in Samsung Dex
2. pencil aka pen support what is standard in the S21 Ultra 5G
in the iPhone 13 Pro Max ?

There will be a desktop class CPU inside the new iPhones and they did not implement such basic thinks we see in android phones.

I doubt there will ever be a Samsung Dex-like feature. Apple wants you to buy an iPad instead. It's not about what the device can do, it's about getting more money from customers.

Apple Pencil can be a maybe, as now they bring Promotion to the iPhone Pros. Maybe on future iPhones or when Apple finally do a foldable Ultra Max iPhone...