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Who Hates The "Always On" Feature?

Turned mine off. Drained my battery something fierce, and never turned off like it was supposed to, even after several hours of sitting unused on my desk. It seemed to update the display every time I played a different video (or song) over my HomePods (which I use as iMac speakers).

In 10+ years of using a smartphone, I don’t think I’ve ever wished it would show the lock screen at all times, and nothing’s changed in that regard.
 
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Sometimes it's way too bright. Not all the time, but sometimes. It seems a bit lacking the way it just shows you a darker, less useful lock screen. I think I'd prefer something a bit more creative and differentiated from the normal lock screen than that.

One cool thing I just noticed now though is how it speeds up getting into the phone - just swipe up and it unlocks. Rather than having to tap the screen or press the power button to get the screen to come on so you can then swipe up to unlock. But this doesn't necessarily require an always on display, does it?

I like this on the Apple Watch, but it doesn't really serve a purpose for me on the phone. Maybe if I didn't wear a watch it'd be nice to be able to see the time more easily.
 
Inframan said:
I decided that I hate the always on feature. It seems so pointless to me to see a faint clock and a faint wallpaper image. I dont understand why this was such a big deal to have in the iPhone.

Regardless, this is my opinion - What do you think of the Always On Feature?
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I don't really see the point of an Always on Display. The lock screen is available with a single touch.

Always On Display seems to me to be something of a solution looking for a problem.
 
I always love the AOD on Samsung phones, although my Samsung phones have been spare phones / side phones. AOD on Samsung is very simple thing showing only the most essential info. I was so excited to see Apple is finally bringing this feature to iPhone. However when I saw this on the new iPhone 14 Pro I was so disappointed. It's just an Always On Lockscreen. The wallpaper looks so horrible when dimmed, which I would rather it just not show up. Those notifications just stack together at the bottom and basically not displaying anything useful. Apple just hasn't figured out how to utilize the AOD, just the way they did to 3D Touch which was such an awesome idea but horrible implementation.
 
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I found it information overload with an Apple Watch as well. It's also a bit weird in practice having the time always visible when on the table, I kept looking at it. Not for me.
 
I really enjoy being finally able to glance at the phone to see time/widgets/notifications without having to touch it.
Nothing to hate about it at all for me
 
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I'd love to use AOD... but not at 10% daily battery drain (home and lock screen) which is what I'm seeing so far. Big Fail so far.
 
I like it and will leave it on for now. I have to watch the battery drain.

I guess in the next iOS release(s) Apple will adjust a lot. So you hopefully can set the brightness or the elements you want to see and so on.
 
It's too early for opinions, IMO.

In time, come back and (if you didn't return it after 5 hours, like most people posting here), then give a review.

I think it's safe to say it's a nice option to have. Something you can shut off and soon forget it ever existed. I think it's interesting, and depends on the trade-off with battery life. This is the entire issue.
 
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On paper it seems like a useful feature and I’ve been trying to work out why it leaves me cold and… it’s because I have an Apple Watch. As others have said here, there’s really no point to this if you’re a watch wearer; I don’t ever just glance at my phone for updates because they’re always on my wrist. The phone is just for picking up and using, hence no need for an AOD (for me).
 
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solq said:
I had a Galaxy Alpha and it had no battery drain issues, quite the opposite.
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Not surprising, the Android experience is so inconsistent across the board
Some users have good experience on the midrange phones while other have the opposite on flagships
 
Immediately turned mine off when I got my 14 Pro. Then tried keeping it on for a day and didn't care for it so I turned it off again.
 
Dented said:
On paper it seems like a useful feature and I’ve been trying to work out why it leaves me cold and… it’s because I have an Apple Watch. As others have said here, there’s really no point to this if you’re a watch wearer; I don’t ever just glance at my phone for updates because they’re always on my wrist. The phone is just for picking up and using, hence no need for an AOD (for me).
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This is definitely an individualistic thing. I have an AW and use it all the time, yet I also find phone AOD to be pretty useful. During my workday my phone sits to the side and I can easily see my next appointment as well as whether I have any notifications and what sort they are. While my watch easily gives me the time at a glance, it doesn't provide the other info quite as easily.

Outside the workday - while preparing supper I can glance at my phone on the counter to see what song/artist is playing - and yesterday the weather widget showed impending rain which was helpful in realizing I best take the dog out sooner than later.

Can my watch provide that with a turn of the wrist and perhaps a tap or two? Sure. Still pretty handy to just glance at my phone.

All that said, is it a killer feature? Not as currently implemented. I still find it useful and look forward to what it can become going forward.

(personally I've not seen any noticeable impact on battery life, but I also have enough Qi chargers scattered around that battery just hasn't been a concern with my prior phone or this one)
 
usagora said:
Then simply set a cloth over it.
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It so happens that Apple makes such a cloth

MM6F3_AV2
 
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salutcemoi said:
Not surprising, the Android experience is so inconsistent across the board
Some users have good experience on the midrange phones while other have the opposite on flagships
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I had consistently good experience on Android. I used to have Nexus phones which were all good. Then I got the Samsung Galaxy Alpha which had relatively poor screen time (it very tiny and very slim though) but amazing, like 2-day background drain time.

Then I got a Huawei P9 which I still use as a secondary phone. This was my last Android. I get maybe 2-3 days background drain time, and in low power mode 4 days comfortably. Its battery has not deteriorated at all, after all this time, which I cannot say, with one exception, about any Apple device I've ever owned and it's been lots of iPads, Macbooks, now a couple of phones. The exception being the original Steve Jobs iPad (I had a 32Gb cellular model, it rocked), no iPad, including my current 12.9" M1 Pro, has honored the battery life listed by Apple and they have all degraded year-on-year.

My current iPhone, an 11 Pro, needed a battery replacement after less than 3 years, it couldn't get past 3pm basically anymore, no matter what I did, from 100% charge at 7am.

So it's not like Android is inconsistent while Apple is this shining beacon of battery success. They all have good and bad.
 
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I like Apple's take on the AoD a lot. It just needs to be a whole lot dimmer.

It's way too bright at the moment. Just feels like the screen is actually on and set at a dim brightness.
 
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Pilot Jones said:
It just needs to be a whole lot dimmer.

It's way too bright at the moment. Just feels like the screen is actually on and set at a dim brightness.
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This a thousand times. Just give me a literal black screen with very dim time and maybe some widgets, also very dim.
 
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silver25u said:
This a thousand times. Just give me a literal black screen with very dim time and maybe some widgets, also very dim.
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I actually like it the way it is, so I can actually see easily what‘s displayed. In fact I‘m surprised how used to it I already am after some days.

An option set to configure it to anyone’s needs would be nice though.
 
im liking it, especially i like it when its sat on a wireless charging stand.

however i said to my boss it goes off when i walk too far away, due to my watch, as i read this on here. left him looking at it and walked about 100 metres away. still stayed on.
 
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