it's a fact, sorry, tech people knows that battery life is important, way more than having the display always turned on.
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Test Shows How Much Battery Drain Your Wallpaper Causes on the iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display
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it's a fact, sorry, tech people knows that battery life is important, way more than having the display always turned on.
Was going to say, my wife is 5'1 and has tiny hands. She too has used Plus and Pro Max phones along side me since the 6+ and hasn't looked back. lol. She uses her phone easily 3-4x as much as I do too.
Question for you who owns 14 Pro or Pro Max:
Can you schedule AOD like you can with
"Do not disturb"?
The reason I'm asking is because i probably will get distracted from it when I want to sleep, and the screen will light up the room😊
Edit: or I can just turn the phone upside down.
Problem solved😁
Can you schedule AOD like you can with
"Do not disturb"?
The reason I'm asking is because i probably will get distracted from it when I want to sleep, and the screen will light up the room😊
Edit: or I can just turn the phone upside down.
Problem solved😁
That phone is old enough that the battery could be worn out, especially if you have really bad charging habits (like keeping it charging all the time).
Try watching the actual video next time. They addressed all the test conditions, including enabling airplane mode.
I have an iPhone 14 pro max with always on enabled. I really like it. I charge my phone up to 100% right before I go to bed, remove it from the charger, and put my phone face down on the bedside stand and when I wake up, it's still at 100%. Putting your phone face down at any time, turns off AOD automatically.
I would love to see the numbers on this. I turned AOD off on my Watch because I only need to see it when it's raised, but if it's less energy to go {AOD → raised} as opposed to {off → raised} I'd consider changing my usage. But I can't turn off raise to wake, I need to see my notifications and face complications without using the other hand. So that's a different usage than yours, too.
AOD still wakes and brightens when raised. My duo-tone face only adds color when raised and goes to a dim outline when not. So it is still impacting your battery every time you raise your wrist whether AOD is on or off. If AOD off is saving you a noticeable amount of battery life, don't bother turning it back on.
I’ve always used the AOD in my Watch(es) since it became a feature. I’ve never noticed burn-in. Even if I did, I get a new Watch every two years.
I'm not totally convinced this is true. When Apple first started using OLED with the iPhone X, they used pixel shifting technology, and I wouldn't think they would not still be using it, unless OLED panels now are immune to burn-in.
By your logic, anything that uses or drains the battery of your device is deemed a failure. The AOD on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max is shown to use less battery than the android counterpart that has a larger battery capacity. How is that considered a failure? 😂
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Unfortunately I don't have numbers to support it, but it's what I personally found after years of owning my Series 5.
My theory is that Raise to Wake is more battery intensive because it keeps the relevant sensors & algorithms running constantly, as well as sometimes unintentionally activating as you move your arm around during the day, without you noticing. The screen being awoken/activated for just a few seconds is the energy equivalent of the AOD being on for many minutes.
WoW , impressive
Heck yeah, bigger is always better , be it for the screen or the battery( which is consistently insane on the max )
But you can’t use it one handed…although for writing it doesn’t matter id say. But for taking pics, scrolling and watching videos and stuff, the weight and size do bother me
Guess I gotta lift some dumbbells
With the max being rebranded to ultra next year, I think we could see it’s size going up to 6.9 (like the Samsung s- ultra ) don’t u think
If I'm reading that graph correctly, 0%. Which seems a little low if measuring overall battery but I suppose makes sense if they are somehow testing just display power draw.
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It's honestly worth the extra battery life, and bigger screen and it's so much easier to navigate around the screen. Once you start using it regularly you get used to it. I remember when iPhone 12 Pro/Pro Max came out. I upgraded to iPhone 12 Pro and it was the worst decision ever because I could not adjust to the size of the phone. I ended up ordering the Pro Max when that came out a month late during Covid-19.
Pretty sure they only did the wallpaper thing to try to have something different and flashier, and then immediately realized why people weren't doing it that way.
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I would hope so. I hope Apple is able to offer iPhone 15 Ultra in 2023. I hope Apple makes it highly premium and exclusive. There are people like me who are willing to pay whatever price Apple is going to charge for the high-end premium device. Heck, if Apple offers it in 6.9 sizes. I will by ordering two of them
I agree with all those reasons except I found it just a bit too big to use one-handed. The weight on the Max is less of an issue because one expects it to be heavier. The density of the standard Pro is a bit high.
I too switched from a Max to a standard size Pro and at first had a hard time with the smaller screen. But I also have an iPad and a MacBook and found that it's better personally to have the smaller phone when I need a handy device, and just use the bigger ones when a bigger screen is more important.
Totally a matter of preference and I'm glad Apple offers different sizes. What everyone seems to agree on is that no one wants a "standard" iPhone that's just bigger, but they're more than happy to have one that's smaller.
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and add details that MacRumors left out. The test conditions would have been something useful to report in the article, especially with the screenshot of the graph included that looks a little suspect out of context.
So you are saying my habits have to change to take care of my phone?!