Rogifan
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Is this animated wallpaper for the home screen or the lock screen? Good thing is those that don't want to use it don't have to. But they'll complain about it all the same. 😛
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'iPhone 6s' to Feature Apple Watch-Like Motion Wallpapers
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PlainviewX
macrumors 6502a
I'm all for OS tweaks to improve battery life, but, I'm not ok with reducing battery capacity. I don't want similar battery life expediency. I want it extended. If Apple announces the same battery life expectancy, I will be disappointed. It's not deal breaking by any means, but, it's a not a direction I want them to become comfortable with. I think battery life in mobile iOS devices is an area where they can greatly advance and set a precedent for all other makers to try and catch.
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SvP
macrumors 6502
I agree. I just also think constraints help drive innovation.. And that regularity is important; for me a 50-60% battery(life!) increase would make me stop checking the battery life alltogether (wich Seems the ultimate goal to me) as it did with my Apple watch (to my surprise).
The actual capacity of the battery is itrelevant for that; just as the processor speed is irrelevant when everything works without waiting or lag...
ipadpro
macrumors 6502a
LordVic
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as someone using Samsung's latest AMOLED display in the S6, your claims are untrue anymore.
This was the case in older panels. As AMOLED is relatively new tech, it has been advancing. Samsung's latest panels (whether you like to admit it or not) are some of the best display panels in the world. The S6 is entirely usable with a super bright display in direct sunlight. And it has a very VERY wide display angles (I Believe 179degrees).
Now, I assume if Apple were to go AMOLED (though not convinced), they wouldn't be using "last years throw aways". They'd be using the top of the line, latest, greatest tech. Which does NOT suffer from what you've mentioned in any way
kmj2318
macrumors 68000
Yeah but if there are ones with white backgrounds (the possible goldfish one) to match the white phones, OLED would have no benefit there. Plus the black wallpapers on the space grey 6 look good enough to give the impression. I'm not expecting OLED screens. I think the main issue will be performance.
beergotmeripped
macrumors newbie
Not sure why this is so exciting... Apple always has the most generic-looking, outdated, boring wallpapers... animated or not.
It could be that this is one of those surprise announcements, which is why nothing has leaked yet, but you'd expect with all the images floating around of screens and backs and so on that someone would have figured out if OLED would be used.
GoodWheaties
macrumors 6502a
The interesting thing with the S6 display is that, according to AnandTech, the manual brightness will only go to like 350 nits if I remember right, but the auto brightness will let it go to 600 nits. I don't know why they are doing that unless it is to let it push past thermal limits temporarily and I have to wonder about the affects of that long term. Also if your ambient light sensor goes bad you have a 50% brightness display.
LordVic
Cancelled
Yeah, I don't get that at all. This screen can get super bright, but only in auto mode.
I think it's a battery saving thing. it CAN go to 600nitts, but running that bright all the time will likely destroy the battery (which is already questionable in performance). by only allowing it when on auto, they can control just how much it goes full brightness.
The device hardware is beautiful, but Samsung's software still leaves a lot to be desired. There are serious issues with it. I've used Stock 5.1.1 and Touchwiz 5.1.1. Touchwiz is NOT, and SHOULD NOT be an indication of the performance and experience of Android. Touchwiz itself is changed so much that performance and UI interaction isn't true to Android. Two year old Nexus 5 hardware running Stock Android 5.1.1 runs much smoother and cleaner than Samsung's software on the highest end hardware
Because it will destroy the screen... I think Anandtech even mentioned that. Auto brightness would probably push it to 600 if in broad sunlight with the sun reflecting directly into the screen, which is not the usual use of most phones, because even with a high luminosity, the reflexions will kill your eyes 🙂. High luminosity of UI elements doesn't help if the background is darks and the screen reflects the sun; contrast will be horrible.
kdarling
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Hardly any battery life is required for animated wallpapers, unless of course someone spends all day looking at it!
Most people barely look at a homescreen before choosing an app. I once did some tests, and the animated wallpapers used less than a couple of minutes of CPU time out of an entire day of typical phone usage... sometimes far less.
This is just Apple doing their usual measured release of common features that the competition had a half decade or more ago. It not only draws some people back to iOS, it also helps pad the keynotes 😉
One question is, will it be like the Apple Watch and only Apple-designed animations are allowed? Or will they let developers do them too.
sudo1996
Suspended
Yeah, I remember jailbreaking my iPhone 1 and putting the animated Ferrari wallpaper on it. It got boring quickly.
MacAddict1978
macrumors 68000
Not at all.... every android phone can do it to... for like a decade... and you can download anything you want....
Maybe next the iPhone will get Live Wall paper and everyone can get excited about something people already grew bored with.
I hope it is only Apple designed ones, many developers have the problem of bad taste like Microsoft and Google. Too much customising often leads to tastelessness.
That's exactly what I hope for. At least we know they will be tasteful if Apple-only, like the Jellyfish.
Seriously hoping that at LEAST the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus get it too...
PhillyGuy72
macrumors 68040
If they have the motion wallpapers, I don't see why they wouldn't have the Apple Watch animated Emojis using Force Touch. I'd use those.
Or the "ping" tap. No one I know has the Apple watch so the "tap" feature is useless.
Mac 128
macrumors 603
Yes, the Jellyfish. now it makes sense that Apple built their own tank, and shot it at 4K, only to shrink it down to 1" square. It's not just for the watch. I suspect the iPad won't be far behind.
Jony Ive said the iPhone display looked old fashioned when he was contrasting it with the decisions made on the watch. What chief designer would say that if plans were not already in place to upgrade it?
Yes, but I'm still mad at the possibility of the iPhone 6 (Plus) and iPad Air 1/2 getting left out of the fun!
kdarling
Contributor
Don't you use a custom image for your iPhone / iPad lockscreen or homescreen? Most of us have a picture of our family, or favorite place, or characters or other interest.
It's fine if Apple provides some nice ones for people who have no other desires. But the ultimate taste in backgrounds should be left up to the user, not just somebody in Cupertino.