Agreed
It's more distressing that they find this to be a valuable use of R&D time/energy/money
On a phone it's of really questionable value (vs on the Watch for instance)
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iPhone 14 Pro Rumored to Feature Always-On Display Mode
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Agreed
It's more distressing that they find this to be a valuable use of R&D time/energy/money
On a phone it's of really questionable value (vs on the Watch for instance)
Yes, because every time when looking at a phone it's just so much more comfortable to first pick it up to then manually turn the screen on to see if you have warning and/or see the time, so much better than having an always-on display.
Pointless waste of battery life and I can already see the mega-thread in the iPhone section: My display has burned-in! HALP.
there could be a similar implementation with the same proximity sensor that’s used to make the display go to black when you have your iphone up to your ear on a call.
this was expanded at some point with iOS, so if you set your iPhone face down on a table, the display just stays black when a notification appears.
You can literally just tap it
You've made my point from earlier though.
A lot of this just helps ever strengthen a direct and constant tether to the device and it's hold on attention and awareness in all situations.
"check time...oh an email...notification came in...pick it up and use it again..." rinse, repeat, etc
I just wanna see the next iPhone Pro Max support the Apple Pencil.
Looking forward to this. Hopefully Apple doesn’t cut the AOD functionality to a bare minimum.
Very cool! Always on lock screen is something I miss from my old Windows Phone.
I second this.
But….even if it did, I’d prefer to have it built into the iPhone (Which won’t happen). The Galaxy Note line executed this so well with the S-Pen. Otherwise it’s just another item to carry around. Of course, there could be an iPhone case where the Apple Pencil could magnetically attach, so it’s ready at will.
I hate to bring this argument due to who said it, but that's not what the iPhone was intended for... a stylus. But the argument stands, that's what the iPad is for.
See my post above for a solution where the Apple Pencil could be magnetically attached to the iPhone case, that way it’s not built into the iPhone. It’s doable.
I missed your post by a second. On the doable part, it is doable, but unnecessary.
A stylus and Apple Pencil are two different things. The Apple Pencil has loads of potential for the iPhone, it’s just a matter if Apple ever enables that or not.
I agree fundamentally they are different things, but the point is that the pencil is still a stylus type accessory and the iPhone's true history was geared towards not requiring, needing or wanting one in any function.
Yeah, Apple should only spend their time on what you want, not what some other randos would like!
That wasn't exactly what I was getting at
Thx for trying to "be funny" and "dunk on me"
Super great forum behavior
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Yes, that was under Steve’s direction with a stylus, but a lot has changed with Apple. Either way, it doesn’t seem like it’s something desirable that they want to do, as they could have for many years and they haven’t.
Really all I’m asking for and others, is a smaller version of the Apple Pencil, where it can be magnetically attached to an iPhone case as an accessory, and can be readily available. I don’t expect Apple to revamp the iPhone where it needs to be built in to the chassis, as I think that is unnecessary.
That's part of the always-on display tech that came out over a decade ago.
Since we are getting more screen real estate with the "i" cut out... How about in the top left or right corners when the phone screen is off we get like mini notifications that could be the "always on" function. It could be a sold circle like the good old days of the samsung notification LED (I will probably get a thumbs down for this) or miniature icons of the app that has notifications set up for it.
Less pixels lit up, less battery life (probably not much if any but would be a nice, clean feature).
Less pixels lit up, less battery life (probably not much if any but would be a nice, clean feature).
I’d turn this off. I always put my phone face down on the table because I don’t want to look at it.
It works ok on the watch as you can catch it out of the corner of your eye easily without having to do the cartoon style arm lift to get it to wake up.
It works ok on the watch as you can catch it out of the corner of your eye easily without having to do the cartoon style arm lift to get it to wake up.
Apple purposefully delays features their competitors have had for 5 years so they can make every new iPhone seem like a decent update. It is so obvious at this point.
What's weird is how many take the bait and buy into Apple narratives and messaging about it all
It's sort of odd and depressing all rolled into one.