Is "Raise to Wake" redundant if "Always On" is enabled?

[pedzsan]

The subject pretty much is the complete question. The follow is what I think (and therefor could be wrong -- please correct me if that is so).

Raise to Wake brought you to the Lock Screen if you raised the iPhone. With "Always On", is that now redundant? I can see why Apple has both options because older phones can't(?) or shouldn't(?) do "Always On" but I'm just trying to make sure I understand things correctly.

 

[antiprotest]

Depends.

It is redundant for going directly to the home screen now that you can swipe without first waking the screen.

It is not redundant if you want to interact with widgets and notifications on the lock screen, since without raise to wake you will have to tap twice (once to wake screen, once to tap widget).

 

[pedzsan]

Depends.

It is redundant for going directly to the home screen now that you can swipe without first waking the screen.

It is not redundant if you want to interact with widgets and notifications on the lock screen, since without raise to wake you will have to tap twice (once to wake screen, once to tap widget).

I see. Yes, you are right. I guess (making up my own terms perhaps), there is the Lock Screen where things like the widgets are dimmed slightly and the Awake Screen where the widgets brighten slightly and are now active.

Thank you.