What is your feeling on NO battery % indicator?

[aohus]

i love the change. i always saw myself looking at the battery percentage whenever i had it enabled. i like that its hidden enough that you have to perform an action (swipe down) to see it. i personally like this change.

 

[bushman4]

Not having battery percentage is definitely a minus. Now I have to go to the widgets screen. Hopefully Apple will change that in an update

 

[jsf721]

Apple feels the Percentage leads to battery drain documentation complaints.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Could care less. Always have battery to spare on most days so I never look anyway.

 

[AaronM5670]

I turned off the battery percentage on my previous iPhone as soon as I knew the X wouldn't have the percentage, and I haven't missed it. Quite liberating not to have to constantly obsess over the battery percentage!

 

[james1758]

Yeah I miss it. Always had percentage. The battery icon looks nicer than just a percent, but I'd much rather have the option of just a percentage icon.
(But maybe apple doesn't want you to realise how fast iOS11 drains your battery lol)

Absolutely minor though and I'm sure I'll get used to it

 

[Peanut207]

It’s funny the things we complain about now. Lol Shows how awesome this phone is.

 

[DNichter]

You're better off not worrying about it, same with closing apps. Or storage if you use cloud storage and the settings Apple builds into iOS.

 

[DaveOP]

I turned it off a few years ago, because it kept me from stressing about every percentage drop. I always end the day with 30-40% left, so no need to worry. Love having it gone.

 

[furbzv1]

It’s a little weird not seeing the percentage number but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

 

[troubleonline]

I did at first but my thoughts now are:

1. I will be less OCD about battery levels and possible excessive charging
2. It looks nicer just having the battery icon
3. It is super easy to check actual % by swiping left (now I know I can!)

 

[joey561]

Absolutely hilarious how many people are talking about how a feature being taken away is a good thing because it’ll basically make them a better person justification much?!

 

[AidenL]

I don’t miss it at all.

 

[lordofthereef]

At first I hated it but a lot of my reliance on it seems to have been the fact that my 6s Plus had a battery that was king in the tooth (I’d estimate 800+ charge cycles at this point).

The battery on my x outperforms my 6s plus in all aspects (perhaps it wouldn’t with a new battery, but I’m going with what I had the day before getting the X) and I haven’t found myself teaching for a cable. That said, I’m now using a Qi charging dock from Nokia as a means of propping the phone up on the desk. Keeps the device topped off perpetually without fiddling with a cable. This was a long time coming.

 

[bkrbyndr]

Not really, I have widget so I can see my watch and phone battery!! On the notification center

 

[KingslayerG5]

Battery % isn't always accurate. You can't trust it similar to auto-brightness.

I notice on my Pixel, I would charge it to 100%. After 15 minutes unplugged while on idle, it will say 99%. With my iPhone, it takes 30-40 min SOT for that 1% to drain. Some phones are slow burners above 50%-90%. Below it, and what was once 6 min per 1% drain becomes 3 min. You can't trust it.

The only time battery % will be useful is after you updated. If you didn't restore it, you wouldn't notice the drain. Happened to my G5 after update to Nougat. Every 2 min, 1% battery drain. Had to restore it and went back to normal.

Don't trust battery indicators 100%. Don't try to measure per minutes for 1% drain. It completely changes after it reaches a certain lower level percentage. Below 30%, it drains even faster. Again, iPhones are slow burners that first 1%-10%. Then gradually drains faster the lower it goes.

 

[mshcherb]

It's annoying at first, but I got used to the whole tug down the control center thing pretty quickly.

 

[yanki01]

not missing it now. was stressed on looking at it ever so often. easy to swipe if I want to see it but with great battery life...I see no need so a good change for me.

 

[Damstr]

I turned it off back when I had my 7 Plus after a few months and I prefer it that way. I can always swipe to the left screen to see what my battery percentage is but it's just unnecessary IMO.

 

[DDustiNN]

It's just one swipe down on the right ear.

Sure, but previously it was no swipe, which is significantly more convenient.

 

[LD Curb]

I miss it.

 

[jettie1767]

I'd like to have the % over the battery indicator. I do like having the % displayed all the time.

 

[kermontg]

I didnt realize how much I like the percentage. So, far I'm learning to leave without it and plan to get a battery case to eliminate this feeling. But is Apple can provide the user to see percentage or battery icon would be great.

 

[KingslayerG5]

This is just my experience with several phones.

Battery % won't always be calibrated the same on every phone. I notice Apple and LG have it where it takes awhile for the first 10% to drain. Other phones like Pixel or Samsung will drain after a few minutes SOT or even 15 minutes after unplugged from charger while the screen was OFF.

Auto-brightness is also not to be trusted if you go in and out of different places with varying lighting conditions. It will kill battery faster that way as the sensor needs to keep working. This is why I prefer if Apple and Google gave us an option for brightness toggles.

This is no sugarcoat. They are all just different. Once you reach a certain % with iPhone, it will drain faster compared to the first couple hours you used it. Apple iPhones have always been slow burners and also great with standby because it lacks wakelocks found on Android.

 

[DotCom2]

I didn't realize how much I missed it until it was GONE!
(I think there is a song that goes like that)