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Wait, a new iPhone will have a larger battery?
Why, this has never happened ever!
either trying to be reddit clever or they're like 14
Same thing
300mah actually
Always on display is a software thing. Not sure why they're bringing it up only w iPhone 14
It can be done with software, but it “needs” to be paired with hardware in order for the battery impact of the feature to be negligible.
I know that LTPO is required to make it battery efficient. But I can’t help but reminisce my Lumias back in the day have both Always-On and stellar battery life. I do feel a bit miffed that Apple gated a lot of features that would be possible with older hardware as well and in a lot of instance do feel people defending them is drinking a bit of kool aid.
Yeah, it’s pretty lame that Apple locks features older hardware can support to the new iPhones. There’s no reason the 13 Pro and Pro Max couldn’t support this, it’s just Apple locking features to get people to upgrade.
I also don’t get why people defend Apple doing that either tbh
Apple tends to not want to provide a user configurable option that can lead to a shittier experience. In this case the shittier experience is decreased battery life because your always on screen is running at 60hz (series 12 and older) or at 10hz (series 13). It’s minimal yes, but there’s a hit none the less. They could give us the choice yes, but then eventually you have a system settings full of options that slightly hurt your battery life, and now when you’re hurting for juice you have to go through settings pages and decide what’s worth it and what’s not. I honestly think Apple’s approach of deciding that 1hz is a requirement for this feature is a better UX for most people.
It’s easy to have stellar battery life when the phone you use has no apps to actually use up your battery.
I don’t think that 10hz uses that much more power than 1hz.
Heck phones with locked 60hz screens only lost 1-2% per hour of used AoD so per day that would be like 8-16% at most per day with OLEDs that were a lot less efficient than the ones we have now (not because of VRR but because of the sub pixel arrangement)
Apple limiting it to the 14 series makes it clear that they need a differentiating extra because they won’t have that much of an upgrade otherwise
8-16% percent isn’t insignificant and even if new screens are more efficient, a 5% hit is still 5%. We sat out on AOD all these years and it seems like going forward all new iPhones will have the feature so those on older devices can just wait a few years for an upgrade instead of having options that take a chunk out of your battery life/health unnecessarily.
Idk, I wouldn't put it past Apple to gatekeep features to make a sale. Remember, the first iPhone couldn't record videos "due to hardware". Jailbreak community made it record videos.
Came here to say this, was not disappointed.
Are the quotes sarcasm? I can't tell
No, not sarcasm, just avoiding overly strong language. The point is that with hardware they can mitigate efficiency issues related to an AOD without also needing to cripple the feature.
My phone was jailbroken for awhile and I had an always-on tweak and it worked great. Didn’t really impact my battery that much. So I mean if the community can do it, surely apple engineers can do it and optimize it better. Maybe.
apple moment
something tells me that this is gonna end up like reverse wireless charging was with iPhone 11 and be super hyped up before launch and then never make it to the phone
NO IT IS NOT.
iPhones have come with battery size reduction in the past.
Thank you, captain obvious.
They’ve also gotten bigger.
I bet it will have a better camera too!