iPhone 14 Pro Rumored to Feature Always-On Display Mode

[Hele]

... It's nice to know the time or if you've received an SMS/DM in a certain app with zero interaction.

I don't have an AW, but in my case, I enjoy zero-interaction whenever I'm wearing my AirPods Pro.

 

[ngextreme]

Oh, gee, iPhones may get what Android OLED phones had for ages.

Actually Nokia released this on the Symbian OS phones in 2010, most Android oled phones had it as a standard feature by 2013.

 

[Mercury7]

Image retention is a very real side effect to AOD, but it’s also not immediate and isn’t as drastic as others portray, where it’s highly visible. In some cases, you’d really have to look to even see any retention left behind. I also suspect as OLED panels have matured and been tweaked over the years, image retention has been reduced significantly, but still exists to a slight degree.

FYI…..That’s not what ‘Gate’ means.

Just predicting the next iphone crisis, personally I think oled will burn in, I would disable this feature if it becomes available, but mostly because I plan on keeping my mini for several years since I won’t be able to upgrade anymore

 

[Sunshoopa]

All of our postings on rumor threads are opinions in the end.

Yeah, true. I didn't mean any offense, just random forum talk in the end. Have a nice day!

 

[Menneisyys2]

Oh, gee, iPhones may get what Android OLED phones had for ages.

and even Nokia ones around in 2008... or at least 2010 (N8 etc.)

 

[JarekPL]

LOL, and ofcrouse only pro version, cause its sooo pro...when android got this for years.

 

[Tagbert]

But we all know it wouldn’t be. That’s not the Apple way, sadly.

An always on display requires a screen that can slow down to 1Hz refresh rate. The current iphone screens can only slow down to 10Hz, which is 10 time faster. That eats up too much power for always on. It requires new hardware to allow that.

 

[Tagbert]

As someone who suffered first hand with the expensive results of a prematurely aged OLED, I too would not enable this feature, no matter how small the risk to modern panels. Mitigation techniques are just that - mitigations - not eliminations.

Of course we assume that Apple would make it optional, and in all likelihood they will, but then this is the company who positions itself as the paragon of privacy and security yet doesn't give users an option to stop strangers/bad actors/pranksters from accessing the camera and flashlight shortcuts from the lock screen. TLDR; we shouldn't be surprised by any design choices made by Apple. They have form for doing the unexpected.

The Apple Watch already had an always on OLED display and Apple does allow you to turn that feature off. Why do you think they wouldn’t for the phone, too?

 

[nottorp]

What's this for? The battery lasts too long?

 

[Jim Lahey]

The Apple Watch already had an always on OLED display and Apple does allow you to turn that feature off. Why do you think they wouldn’t for the phone, too?

I said in all likelihood they will. My only point was that Apple has form for making some unfathomable design choices, so we shouldn’t actually expect them to do anything that makes sense.

 

[calstanford]

I really don't see why I'd want that feature. Even if it just uses 3-4% of battery in a day I'd rather turn it off and conserve that. I got an Apple Watch for any kind of 'always on' functionality I'd ever need

 

[jav6454]

I really don't see why I'd want that feature. Even if it just uses 3-4% of battery in a day I'd rather turn it off and conserve that. I got an Apple Watch for any kind of 'always on' functionality I'd ever need

Agreed, waste of R&D.

 

[Kar98]

My Windows Phone from Nokia had that a decade ago.

 

[ericwn]

Useful for the time I guess…

Seems equally likely to just keep people even more locked in and always paying attention to their phone

I’ve been at some dinners where things were literally worse just because somebody has their phone on the table. I also have a couple friends who have boxes in their house where both parents have to agree to stash their phone each night so they can actually have some quality family time that’s not interrupted by calls, texts, notifications or just the pull to do something on the device.

It’s incredible how distracting and damaging these devices are to normal in person human interactions and activities

Sure sure, it’s always the tool, and never the user.

 

[ericwn]

Yeah, Apple should only spend their time on what you want, not what some other randos would like!

No that would stop them from their main job: whine on MR about any new rumours of Apple products.

 

[AppleFan1998]

This would be nice to have, like a screensaver.

 

[frownface]

This would be nice to have, like a screensaver.

For an amoled screen, turning the screen off is the best screen saver.

on samsung's implementation; the clock moves subtly around the screen to help prevent burn in.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Why oh why do people complain about something that they don't HAVE to use/wear/buy/leave enabled...

Like whining about iMac colors when it's also available in plain-old silver.

As a former Android user, this is one of the features I miss and welcome it.

 

[frownface]

Why oh why do people complain about something that they don't HAVE to use/wear/buy/leave enabled...

Like whining about iMac colors when it's also available in plain-old silver.

As a former Android user, this is one of the features I miss and welcome it.

Definitely, I miss this feature!

 

[1madman1]

Oh, gee, iPhones may get what Android OLED phones had for ages.

I recall an always on LCD display on my Symbian based Nokia 7610 back in 2004...

And an always on *and illuminated* OLED display on my Nokia N8 in 2010.

 

[The Game 161]

Why oh why do people complain about something that they don't HAVE to use/wear/buy/leave enabled...

Like whining about iMac colors when it's also available in plain-old silver.

As a former Android user, this is one of the features I miss and welcome it.

people love to moan about anything.....

 

[mjs916]

If it does arrive I hope “we” includes those with devices capable of it and not just the latest models.

Apple almost always finds some reason to withhold features from previous models regardless of capabilities though so I won’t hold my breath.

 

[mjs916]

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)

I just want them to leverage the tech’s strengths which is illuminating specific areas of the screen. I tap my phone while on the table just to peek at the time and notifications. If I didn’t have to wake the *entire* display for this what would be valuable to me and save battery life, I’d think.

I want the screen to be off while the phone sleeps and display only the time if I tap once. If I raise the phone or tap twice, the screen fully awakens.

I think the Watch is a better fit for this only when it’s in nightstand mode. I don’t really have a use for my screen being on if I’m not looking at it. That applies to the phone as well.

 

[jamezr]

Hoping we get this feature this year. Long overdue. It is finally time. I just hope it does not kill the battery life.

Can't wait for this to come to iPhone! Very long overdue. Then they should give epople the option to turn AOD on or off if they do not want this feature.

 

[The Game 161]

Can't wait for this to come to iPhone! Very long overdue. Then they should give epople the option to turn AOD on or off if they do not want this feature.

I hope they can schedule it like on android that’s quite handy