iPhone 14 Pro Status Bar Rumored to Include Classic Battery Indicator

[technole]

I always liked the network name on the header, when you travel globally on TMobile, you don't always end up on the same network all the time

 

[t0rqx]

Instead of the classic way, give the space to something useful.

 

[usagora]

Sort of stupid that the percentage ever went away (whether it had to be overlayed or adjacent). This is pretty basic UI design that should be a constant. It shouldn't be treated like, "Hey, you're lucky we're giving you this" lol!

 

[Ronald Reagan]

Am I the only one who wants to see a VPN indicator and simplified battery indictator?

 

[Thebrochure]

So basically, the iPhone 14 is going to finally have the same visual advantages the 4s had, one decade ago.

Genius.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

So much COURAGE ! Wow !!
headphone jack to return in 2026? You heard it here first.

I hope it's sooner.

(As I look down at my iPhone 6s+ with my wired headphones plugged in, wondering if I'll ever be able to get a new iPhone.)

 

[Mr.Blacky]

But where will the time be displayed? On the left side?

 

[Cyberius11]

lol. "Our Pro line of iphones have a BATTERY PERCENTAGE INDICATOR!"

OoooooooOOOOOooooooooh

It's oh so Pro.

 

[bejib66000]

Sure, iPhones with home button still has that icon directly on status bar as well as alarm icon, sleep(focus)… …

But not the silent mode icon for some reason. I wish it were there too.

 

[Born2Wonderful]

I am still paying for my iPhone 13 for a few more months!

 

[martint235]

This just seems to be getting a bit messy and overkill for something so simple. I don’t see the purpose of having it back to the classic way over the current way on the iOS 16 beta.

I didn’t like the ios16 method as the bar itself did change so I went back to just the depleting bar. I would like that with the %age but I’m not going to die in a ditch over it

 

[JM]

It's oh so Pro.

Only Pros need to know what their battery percentage is.

 

[mikethemartian]

So much COURAGE ! Wow !!
headphone jack to return in 2026? You heard it here first.

Apple will never bring back the headphone jack. It will be the Headphone Jack Pro.

 

[Mr. Dee]

This was always a first world problem since you could always drag down the Control Center shade to see battery life at a glance anyway. We are really in a period of aesthetics and refinements right now with the iPhone. The areas they can probably spend more time really is Siri and Maps.

To those voting my comment, you lived without it for 5 years.

 

[ipedro]

I really wish we could get some type of status light up there. A blinking light for missed calls, emails, texts would be awesome.

Good idea, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that. Unlike the old school BlackBerry that sported that fan fav feature, iPhone will have the luxury of an always on display and OLED with individually lit pixels so you don't need a colour coded light. A little phone icon for missed calls and a message bubble for missed messages are viable. If not in that space between the holes, then it's very likely to be below the clock on the always on display.

 

[HK-Dragon]

It works also on my old iPhone X

 

[MrRom92]

I hope it's sooner.

(As I look down at my iPhone 6s+ with my wired headphones plugged in, wondering if I'll ever be able to get a new iPhone.)

At this point if this is so important to you, I would just get a new iPhone that will still let you plug in headphones through the lightning port, before they make an iPhone that goes fully portless and you can’t plug anything in at all.
I don’t use wireless headphones either, not as they currently exist, but I couldn’t imagine torturing myself by daily driving an iPhone 6S in 2022.

 

[willchris]

I really wish we could get some type of status light up there. A blinking light for missed calls, emails, texts would be awesome.

That and always-on display are the two things I've been missing the most since I switched to iphone. I also wish that custom icons had notification badges but I kinda made my peace with that because I know Apple would never hand us that much control over theyPhone...

 

[Paddle1]

To those voting my comment, you lived without it for 5 years.

Not really, it causes a previously unnecessary amount of control center openings (likely in the thousands over time) for people who want to keep track. I'm sure Apple has telemetry about how often control center was opened without anything being pressed, AKA opened just to look at the battery percentage.

I've come to realize people are pretty particular about this indicator, there are people who do not care at all, there are people who prefer to have it but don't mind, there are people who miss it and really want it back, and there are people who get battery anxiety with percentage enabled.
In fact, I'd hazard a guess that there are likely some that have refused to use the notch iPhones because of it being missing.

 

[Paddle1]

View attachment 2050710It works also on my old iPhone X

This is not the version the article is referring to that has the percentage beside the battery.

 

[svish]

Having both options will be good. Excited to see how Apple will finally implement it.

 

[_Spinn_]

Looks great! Very happy to see this coming back.

 

[Veinticinco]

Will this battery % indicator be included in the “off” setting of AOD?

 

[Denzo]

"Can't innovate my ass".

I read that, in Joe Dirt.

 

[sdf]

(As I look down at my iPhone 6s+ with my wired headphones plugged in, wondering if I'll ever be able to get a new iPhone.)

If that's where you're making a stand, then probably not. There are plenty of alternatives, though.