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

[t0rqx]

I don't want AOD.
Just click on sleep button and I can tell you what time is it.

Or just tap the screen even easier.

 

[t0rqx]

It's useless.

 

[MisterSavage]

Fun fact: tap-to-wake is in Accessibility while raise-to-wake is in Display/Brightness. Gah.

The location of display settings is confusing. I can never remember which one it is.

 

[DeepIn2U]

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.

Um ... this doesn't describe HOW AOD is useful for you?

 

[eyoungren]

Um ... this doesn't describe HOW AOD is useful for you?

Being able to glance at my phone to get the time and see what notifications I have is useful with an AOD. Not so useful having to reach over and turn the screen on in order to do that.

Explained a little farther down in another post of mine.

 

[MacUser09]

I wonder how much energy will be used collectively by those that do use AOD. A lot of it wasted. Not forgetting wear and tear on both screen and battery. Very green Apple.

 

[RedGT]

I have a watch and I’m not really a leave on the table type person when not in use.

But I bet once it’s out there with the new iPhones it will be a case of my phone feels out of date now when you catch a glimpse of it in action on someone else’s shiny new screen. 👀 🙂

 

[Thomas Davie]

It's useless.

For. You. Me, I’ll use it during dialysis. There, I corrected your error; it is not useless for everyone 🇨🇦

Tom

 

[t0rqx]

For. You. Me, I’ll use it during dialysis. There, I corrected your error; it is not useless for everyone 🇨🇦

Tom

I never said for everyone. There I corrected your error. It’s still useless.

 

[Thomas Davie]

I never said for everyone. There I corrected your error. It’s still useless.

Nah man, you didn’t intially issue a qualifier with your statement. ”It’s useless’ not ‘it’s useless for me’.

Yes, it looks as if it is useless for you and your use circumstances. Not so for everyone, therefore your comment does not stand. What’s your point anyway? you don’t like it. I do and have pointed out that others (than you) may also find utility in said feature.

And as long as it is an option that is ‘t forced on anyone, it’s win-win, no? If optional you don’t have to use it while others can.

Tom

 

[Ignacio Russo]

It looks like iPhone 14 will finally have Always On Display. But can someone explain why is it useful?

I have my phone in my pocket most of the day when I’m out. I won’t see the screen.

I have phone in a charging dock away from me when I’m home. I won’t see it.

I have my phone in front of my face when I am using it. I won’t need always On.

I love the AOD on my watch because I can tell time without turning my wrist.

But why is it good for a phone?

I don't know...Nokia 1100 nostalgia?

 

[cynics]

Apples implementation of Always on Display is the continuation of there expanding display tech. Like many features in tech products, if the hardware exist on the device it doesn't mean you have to use it for its intended purpose exclusively. The idea that Apple would put Always on Display on an iPhone should be exciting, here's why...

ProMotion was intended to deliver a very smoother user experience with 120hz refresh rate while also being able to reduce it for lower energy consumption with 10hz. Integrated system wide, automatically scaling to apps frame rates and 120hz modes being accessible to developers.

Meanwhile Apple was focusing on energy efficiency with the Apple Watch. Knowing how many times it inadvertently wakes up all day, the AW got display and display driver tech intended for maximize on energy efficiency with no compromises. Its just as bright and colors just as nice but its 15% more power efficient at 60hz by itself but its also capable of reducing its refresh rate to 1 hertz further reducing energy consumption. Now considering the AW7 has 50% more screen area, much faster SoC, blood oxygen sensor, electrical heart rate sensor, haptics in the crown, always on display and altimeter, compass, U1 chip, fast charging, etc, etc with a SMALLER battery than my AW3 and it gets the same battery life....I'd say they are on the right track. Plus I left out the standard evolutionary upgrades, wifi 5ghz, BT 5.0, better GPS, 50% louder speaker, accelerometer that can be used for fall detection, etc etc...

Point is, the 'always on display' on the Apple Watch wasn't the feature the technology that powers it was designed for. The technology just lends itself to allowing an 'always on display' feature run without negatively effecting the battery life beyond previous models that didn't support the feature.

The reason we should be excited about an 'always on display' on the iPhone isn't because of the 'always on feature' but because of the technology used to implement it. Use the feature or turn it off, it doesn't really matter because the decrease to 15-25%+ decrease in energy consumption from one of the largest energy consuming things on the phone (screen) is what we should be excited about.

That is just speculation though, and matter of fact if I were to speculate further I would look to watch battery sizes decreasing as hardware efficiency offsets the time between charging like the Apple Watch. 16wH battery in a smartphone like the iPhone 13 PM is just treating the symptoms.