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The iPhone 14 With An Always-On Display: What’s the Point?
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max potentially could have an Always-On Display, and after looking into iOS 16, there are some frameworks there, indicating that this could be the case. While this seems to be considerable news to some people, I keep asking myself, “Why do we need this”?
I keep trying to think of reasons of why this would be useful, in what scenarios I would use it, and honestly, I can’t think of any. I actually think it would be more distracting for me to have all notifications being seen all the time.
The Always-On Display uses a muted screen that is not as vibrant. Now, If you are one that picks up your phone a lot, an AOD can actually help save your battery, by not having to turn the screen on all the time. It also has the ability, if your battery is getting low, or if it is in your pocket, to self-deactivate.
As I mentioned earlier, if you use your phone a lot, the AOD will save your battery, but It could also use more battery if you are somebody who does not pick your phone up too much throughout the day.
Privacy is also an issue, in my opinion. If all your notifications are on your screen all the time, doesn’t that mean that anyone who comes around can also see whatever is on your screen. I don’t know how you feel…
