Other Can anyone explain why you are excited about Always On Display?

[MacCheetah3]

What does "unlocked" have to do with it?

Perhaps related to notification preview options (i.e., only When Unlocked).

Speaking of hiding notification previews, it would greatly inhibit any benefit for me of AOD on iPhone.

This ain't like the always on display of the Apple Watch, a device that actually has a reason to be always on since it's a watch.

I feel the opposite. The benefit of AOD on Watch seems to apply to very few cases, in my experience/perspective — namely activities/positions when your watch is frequently/constantly facing up. My Watch is fairly good at activating the display during any instance of turning my wrist upwards. Notwithstanding, YMMV.

 

[Mark Stone]

Always On Display could be useful. I usually set my phone on the arm of my chair or a nearby table, and it would be nice just to glance over and see what’s up. Two things:

1. If it is like the AOD on Apple Watch, it can be turned off in Settings.
2. It’s not an important enough feature to justify the expense of an upgrade.

 

[NewBench]

Don't care for it.

Have my phone in my pocket 90% of the time. When I want to check the time or notifications the display turns on with raise to wake anyway.

It saves maybe 2 seconds of time but that's it.

 

[Al Rukh]

There are some people who just want to look at their iPhones and admire all of its glory without waking it up. Having an AOD adds on to the experience. It’s a strange world we live in.

 

[MacCheetah3]

There are some people who just want to look at their iPhones and admire all of its glory without waking it up. Having an AOD adds on to the experience. It’s a strange world we live in.

😆
That made me imagine someone cradling an iPhone in their arms while speaking “baby talk” or singing to it softly.
Surprisingly, I could not find such an image.

 

[Feyl]

It’s a mindless feature just to keep up with Android. Apple could’ve done this years ago

 

[The_Auryn]

I'll tell you simply why Apple will have Always On Display. Because they have nothing else to offer you. And in the next iPhone iteration, they'll take it away from you. Just like in current OSX, the Wi-Fi indicator has only 3 bars at max. And yet, a few iterations earlier, it had 4. Guess what, in a few iterations from now, it will have 4 again. Or like the dock. It started out 2D back when, Puma? Tiger? then it went 3D (cutting edge technology), now it's back to 2D. Guess if it will go back to 3D again (especially since Ive isn't around). It's all mature technology and they're trying to sell you old crap refurnished to look like new. And guess what ... Apple fans everywhere will buy it.

 

[erikkfi]

My iPhone sits in a cradle that faces me on my desk, so that's a use case for an always-on display for me. Literally to show the time. But I am someone who is genuinely trying to spend less time on my iPhone and to be exposed to fewer notifications. An always-on display is at cross purposes with that so I would turn it off.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

It’s a bit redundant to me as I have an Apple Watch on my wrist so I’d likely disable it on the iPhone. Nice for people who don’t have the watch though.

 

[JahBoolean]

One could argue that being allowed awareness of information without having to direct intent is nice.

Redundant with the watch although we'd have to wait and see the outcome of the revamped watchface ecosystem.

 

[Eso]

It’s a mindless feature just to keep up with Android. Apple could’ve done this years ago

Pretty much. I’ve had AOD on some of my phones and always end up turning it off. It seemed to be primarily for showing the time, as anything else it tried to display would require picking the phone up to look more closely. In that case, however, the display wakes up anyways.

I frequently got mixed up with when the display was on or off too, since the AOD (on Android) is very much like the Lock Screen in grayscale. For example, sometimes I’d swipe to unlock on the AOD, however it wouldn’t work because the screen was “off”. Converselly, I’d pick the phone up and would be in the habit of pressing the lock button to wake up the screen - only it had already awoken when raised, so I would turn it back off and swiping wouldn’t work again.

It didn’t help that there are so many ways to wake the screen either (tap screen, lift phone, press lock button).

 

[MisterSavage]

It already does that if you have it unlocked. It's convenient yes, but worth buying a whole new $1000 phone for? PFFFT god no! This ain't like the always on display of the Apple Watch, a device that actually has a reason to be always on since it's a watch.

Okayyyy. What about the 90% of the time it's locked? If there's no incoming notification then I get nothing from a blank screen.

 

[kstewart61]

Doesn't matter to me I have my apple watch which is better to have then AOD.

 

[1@@@]

I'm not getting the iPhone 14, but I do have the Pixel 3a XL which has AOD.

Not everyone shares your lifestyle. I work from home and when not at work am frequently online. So, collectively I spend over 12 hours in front of a computer. For every minute of those hours, my iPhone(s) are sitting on my desk with my primary phone in a business card holder. When I go to bed, the phone sits on my nightstand in a business card holder.

So for the majority of the day, my iPhone is next to me, not in a pocket or on a charger (only at night). That's entirely different to what you do. AOD is therefore a useful thing for me.

Before the pandemic, this was still a thing, only my iPhone sat in a business card holder on my desk at work. Different locale, but same thing.

But what do you actually use AOD for? I don't think you've said here.

 

[tenordrum]

not interested in it, and turned off AOD on my AW5. More interested in battery life.

 

[eyoungren]

But what do you actually use AOD for? I don't think you've said here.

A clock. Plus showing what notifications I have.

Actual lockscreen…



AOD…



Note, this is my Pixel 3a XL, Android 12.

 

[1@@@]

A clock. Plus showing what notifications I have.

Actual lockscreen…

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AOD…

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Note, this is my Pixel 3a XL, Android 12.

Thank you for your reply. So, I have to ask - since you spend so much time in front of your computer - isn't time and date always shown on your monitor? Is there an advantage you find to having it duplicated on a second screen?

I get the notifications thing, if you looked away when a non AOD screen lit up, you'd miss it.

 

[eyoungren]

Thank you for your reply. So, I have to ask - since you spend so much time in front of your computer - isn't time and date always shown on your monitor? Is there an advantage you find to having it duplicated on a second screen?

I get the notifications thing, if you looked away when a non AOD screen lit up, you'd miss it.

Time is easier to see on my MP because I have an app running. The menubar is hidden, but I don't normally use that to get the time anyway. I have to move in close. Sometimes, I use another phone for the time as well. The Pixel which has AOD is not my primary phone though (that's my 11 Pro Max) - I was just mentioning that AOD makes it useful for this.



It's a little harder to see the clock on the Mac when I have it switched over to my work Mac though. Only the two primary displays can be driven by the work Mac.

 

[1@@@]

Makes sense. Thank you. The purpose of phone AOD had been eluding me for years, so I appreciate your explanation.

 

[jav6454]

I'm not excited for it. In fact, if I do get an iPhone 14 Pro, I'll deactivate said feature.

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

Only Apple users will actively desire less features on a device that costs an arm and a leg. If you don't like a feature just turn it off LOL.

Also for anyone saying it will kill battery life or disturb you at night, the screen refresh rate will most certainly be 1Hz and almost every AOD in the market has near-zero backlight illuminating it. Just look at any half decent Android phone and you'll understand. It is inherently designed to be non-intrusive until you choose to look at it.

It absolutely reduces battery life.

AW Series 6. I charge it in the morning only, and leave it off the charger the rest of the day and night.

AOD turned off ~50% left

AOD turned on ~10% left

Display is the largest power consuming component. Always on will definitely use more battery power.

 

[jav6454]

It absolutely reduces battery life.

AW Series 6. I charge it in the morning only, and leave it off the charger the rest of the day and night.

AOD turned off ~50% left

AOD turned on ~10% left

Display is the largest power consuming component. Always on will definitely use more battery power.

People think the 1Hz cycling will mean it lasts as well as "off".

 

[Pilot Jones]

It absolutely reduces battery life.

AW Series 6. I charge it in the morning only, and leave it off the charger the rest of the day and night.

AOD turned off ~50% left

AOD turned on ~10% left

Display is the largest power consuming component. Always on will definitely use more battery power.

Are you seriously comparing the AW battery life to the iPhone's? That is comically lopsided.

Most regular folk are able to make their iPhone 13 Pros last almost 2 days. I'm sure that if those who have been wanting AOD for years finally get it, they wouldn't mind knocking off 1-2 hours of an already phenomenal battery life in exchange for the convenience.

 

[jav6454]

Are you seriously comparing the AW battery life to the iPhone's? That is comically lopsided.

Most regular folk are able to make their iPhone 13 Pros last almost 2 days. I'm sure that if those who have been wanting AOD for years finally get it, they wouldn't mind knocking off 1-2 hours of an already phenomenal battery life in exchange for the convenience.

Bigger screen means more battery drain, that's not rocket science.

 

[Pilot Jones]

Bigger screen means more battery drain, that's not rocket science.

My point still stands. The iPhone battery life is more than enough to provide the convenience of an AOD for those who want this feature.

You guys are acting like AOD is gonna be the death of the iPhone or something. There are plenty other phones in the industry with AOD and really great battery life. And if those phones can have such well-optimized AODs, I'm dead sure that the iPhone can do the same. This tech has been around for ages. It isn't rocket science.