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Latest iOS 16 Beta Further Suggests Always-On Display Coming to iPhone 14 Pro
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It's not at all needed on watches either. You have to move your wrist towards yourself to see it anyway, so just use that and you avoid wasting battery.
I often can get through the day with 30% left on my Series 5 (cellular model but with cellular unused) with AoD turned on. However, I sit at a desk all day and perhaps I interact with my watch less than some people. For example, if I'm at my desk and see a notification for a text, I'll pull up Messages on my Mac to read the email than try to read it on my Watch. Plus, if I need to take off my Watch for whatever reason, I'll put it on the charger so sometimes I'll end the day with the Watch almost fully charged.
OTOH, my wife says that battery life sometimes doesn't last the day for her, also with a Series 5 (cellular model but with cellular unused) with AoD on. But then again, she's not always the most disciplined with keeping her Apple Watch charged. She'll be home watching TV after work and then complains later that her watch is out of juice for the dinner party later... because she didn't bother charging it when she was home not using her Watch, even though I put a charger right in the TV room for this reason.
Ideally we wouldn't have to pay attention to charging these devices, but it is what it is.
While I agree it is not necessary on a Watch either, I think it's a nice thing to have on a Watch. Personally I find it annoying to have to move my whole arm just to take a quick glance at the time. AoD would be nice on an iPhone too if you didn't have a Watch, but for those of us with an AoD Watch, it's less critical.
BTW, now that I can unlock my Macs automatically with my Watch, I don't really care about FaceTime unlock or Touch ID for the Mac. Too bad this Watch-based unlock feature isn't supported on the iPad.
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I don’t use always on even on Watch.
Don’t use energy for no reason.
Have you see energy prices and the energy war?
Each of us has to save any small amount of energy we can.
If just 1 billion people save a some pointlessly wasted energy a day imagine the savings globally.
I won’t use always on.
Don’t use energy for no reason.
Have you see energy prices and the energy war?
Each of us has to save any small amount of energy we can.
If just 1 billion people save a some pointlessly wasted energy a day imagine the savings globally.
I won’t use always on.
If AOD is a feature on the iPhone 14 (any model) I will upgrade, it's one of the things I miss when I'm not using an Android phone. To be able to look across the desk and see I have a message or email waiting without waking the phone will be nice to have.
I was a former Blackberry user back in the day. For years and years I wanted some sort of front facing LED to be able to show notifications at a glance for the iPhone. I used a Blackberry app called BBAlerts. I could set a different color for SMS, BBM, email, VM, missed call etc. I could see the phone from afar and determine if I really needed to look at it without unlocking the screen etc. I have an AOD Apple Watch but still like it on the phone device itself. Unfortunately I just bought a 13 Pro Max 5 months ago and disappointed to see that this will not come to 13 Pro/Max.
Would there be any harm in enabling this an option for the 13 Pro/Max? I am one of the few that would sacrifice diminished battery life for this feature. I am guessing it would cause havoc for those who don't know about it and may have it enabled by accident causing a PR nightmare around the new iOS 16 itself.
Regardless it is disappointing.
Would there be any harm in enabling this an option for the 13 Pro/Max? I am one of the few that would sacrifice diminished battery life for this feature. I am guessing it would cause havoc for those who don't know about it and may have it enabled by accident causing a PR nightmare around the new iOS 16 itself.
Regardless it is disappointing.
This was on a XS. It does have an OLED display but I can't see them putting it on anything older than the 14. To answer the question in your other post there are two drawbacks, the battery is the obvious one, but it would also take away one of the 14's main headlining features. I doubt they have interest in that, not in iOS 16 at the very least.
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Sounds great but the 13 was my last lighting port iPhone.
I will not buy anything else until they give us an USB-C connector.
All my devices (MacBook, Switch, IPad, power Bank, even my iqos smoking device) use usb-c.
I will not buy anything else until they give us an USB-C connector.
All my devices (MacBook, Switch, IPad, power Bank, even my iqos smoking device) use usb-c.
Regularly switching between the iPhone and Android devices this is definitely a welcome feature for me.
AW7 here - literally zero difference for me between the display on 24/7 or not - like a few % at the end of the day....
Is it really that much of a technological difference between the display of the 13 Pro and the 14 Pro or is it Apple just walling off this feature to the 14 series?
I wasn't sure about always on purely from a privacy point of view if it's displaying notifications for everyone to see (even if they are abbreviated). However given the number of times a day I pick up and "shake" my phone to get it to show the time or date, it might be a useful feature.
Hoping either way there's an option to toggle it on or off, to please everyone.
Hoping either way there's an option to toggle it on or off, to please everyone.
Can't wait for the dog-and-pony show where Tim says that Always on Display is a spectacular, innovative new feature and that you're going to love it!
Some have said that an LPTO display was much preferred for AoD for battery life reasons, but the iPhone 13 got LPTO, so it could have be been a marketing decision not to include it on iPhone 13.
Apple tends to ration new features year to year for obvious marketing reasons.
Technically older iPhone displays could also implement AoD, but that would likely have been too much of a battery life hit since they are not LPTO.
This may follow the path of the Apple Watch. IIRC, Watch 4 got LPTO but no AoD. Watch 5 got LPTO with AoD.
Waiting so long for this feature!
I am still using my iPhone XS because of Apple’s CSAM/spying debacle… does anyone know if that’s still happening? It was announced almost a year ago.
I am still using my iPhone XS because of Apple’s CSAM/spying debacle… does anyone know if that’s still happening? It was announced almost a year ago.
Quite pointless for as it will still require direct face interaction to show any meaningful content (I wouldn't want my lock screen to show my messages or notification if it hasn't validated that it is me). Like others have said, I think it is great on a watch that is always with you, but on a phone I don't see the appeal.
If it's like Android, it won't show content. It will show time and the widgets, and then the phone, message and email icons with the number after them.