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Where in the world are the Photo Watch Faces?
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I'm guessing pulled for battery impact. Apple can probably rework it and get it to us in an update later.
I'm thinking the same thing, but at the same time, I'm asking myself - what battery impact? The Astronomy watchface calculates realtime positions, draws shadows on textured objects. The Mickey watchface animates continuously. The Photo watchface is just a photo... ?
I'm just surprised that there's almost no talk about it anywhere. It's not a mega feature but it is something that definitely made the watch look nice from the pictures. I would love to have the ability to choose my own image for a background. I'll take it a step further. It would be awesome if you could choose your own set of small videos (like jellyfish or flowers) to animate when looking at the screen. I know customization isn't apples strong suit. But I would expect to get at least what was shown in the keynotes.
But with all of the color. Also, depending on the colors in the corners of the photos the information (weather, battery etc.) may not be easy to see.
Looks like a feature that was pulled to prevent issues. I'm sure we can expect it at a later OS update.
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I just want more faces in general. Getting tired of these ones already 
Changing faces all the time is kind of one of the big draws of a smart watch; come on Apple!
Changing faces all the time is kind of one of the big draws of a smart watch; come on Apple!
On an OLED screen, black pixels are turned off, so a mostly black face will save battery life.
The photo faces light up every pixel, so this could be it.
Also, if you watch the introduction video, these are not just still photos. They convey time by showing a city going from night to day etc.
Now, I'm no expert so don't quote me on this, but because the OLED screens aren't backlit, I'd hazard a guess that having each pixel 'on' - even just displaying a static photo - uses significantly more power than animating a small foot.
As long as we're throwing out speculations, my guess is that Apple is concerned about the appearance of their new jewelry tech product being shown around the interwebz with p0rn on the watch face. I know you can set any photo you want as a background on your iPhone... just my speculation. It may get relaxed once the initial hype is over in WatchOS 1.1
Yea that would be cool. Didn't know they ever showed this. I wish the motion faces allowed complications.
And I did... I think it may relax and come back after the first waves of the release into the wild. For those that want a p0rn screen on their watch (for whatever reason) will find a way.
Haha yeah I don't think you're too far off. They are probably trying to curb initial impressions. Once the product is mature and more people know about it, there will be less care if Porn is being shown on the front.
*Cue for our forum's Phandroid Touter - "My Fugly 360 has gazilions of that ...".*
Edit: Lol I was 4 minutes too late. I was expecting another member.
Edit: Lol I was 4 minutes too late. I was expecting another member.