Hi, no I meant the icons on the springboard - things like the white apple calendar icon inverting to a dark mode form etc.
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iPhone How are people enjoying dark mode
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Hi, no I meant the icons on the springboard - things like the white apple calendar icon inverting to a dark mode form etc.
It is apparently already out but it is slowly rolling out to all users. Google dark mode iOS Gmail and you'll see.
I heard but it’s taking forever. The weird part is if you close the g mail app then watch when it starts up, it will start up in dark mode for 2 seconds then it flips to white.
Dark mode constantly on for me. I love it, and battery life on my iPhone 11 Pro is even better.
I like Dark mode.. maybe it’s a little better on these old eyes. One thing I did find bad and is good to keep in mind - if you do things that require use of a barcode, like item pickup with a barcode scanner, you need to change back to light mode.. found that out when I went to do a pickup at Best Buy. Lot of sales people apparently aren't aware of that..
Love dark mode. The only glitch for me is when I hit “go“ in maps it reverts to light mode. But it’s dark before and after navigation
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I can't stand the sudden change from the relaxing-on-the-eyes dark page to the sudden blinding white of a non-dark mode page which, let's be honest, are the majority.
This.. is what's keeping me from moving over to Dark Mode permanently. It will be better as more apps adopt Dark Mode.
The potential 30% battery savings is almost worth it with just that:
https://mashable.com/article/iphone-dark-mode-battery-life-saving/
It did take a bit to get used to ... but I like it better now.
https://mashable.com/article/iphone-dark-mode-battery-life-saving/
It did take a bit to get used to ... but I like it better now.
With a necessary caveat from the article:
"And there's a one big caveat: Only smartphones with OLED screens will see the battery life improvement, as OLEDs expend less energy when the screen is dark. A phone with an LCD screen, such as the iPhone 11 or the iPhone XR, would likely get no benefit."
I absolutely love dark mode. I wish Apple had included an option in Safari to force dark mode (there are 3rd party and Shortcut approaches but require re-enabling on every page load). Also wish there was an option to change wallpaper between dark and light mode. I am all in with Dark mode.
I may be swimming against the tide here, but I tried several times to give dark mode a chance, and each time I ended up switching back in less than a minute. On one hand, the black look reminds me of an old Android (one from the pre-Lollipop era, back when Android was barely more than an experimental toy). On the other hand, the dark background makes all the fingerprints and smudges (which every smartphone in the world is permanently full of) stick out like a sore thumb. I like the light mode because it makes my iPhone look like an iPhone, not like an ancient Samsung. I really hope that the dark mode will remain an option and won't become the norm.
I'm curious, are your comments specific to using dark mode at night, or dark mode full time? I agree that I don't like dark mode during the day, but I just love it in the evening/night.
I've only tried it during the day. I guess it might be OK if you used the phone in complete darkness, e.g. while lying in bed with the lights off, but I never do that.
