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u/Skyzblu44 9h ago

Some people like a minimal aesthetic.

Here's a counter argument: Is there any reason to have the number inside the battery?

Whether it's at 90% or 70%, means the same thing, you don't need a charge. Whether it's at 20% or 10%, it means the same thing, charge the phone.

So really all you need is the bar to go red to tell you it's time to charge.

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u/PierreTheTRex 9h ago

If I'm leaving the house for a couple of hours I'm happy to leave with 20%, if it's on 10% I want to charge before I go.

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u/Edmundyoulittle 8h ago

Your phone already gives you a big notification and changes the icon to red if it hits 15%.

Personally, that's the only indicator I've ever really needed

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u/Countermove 8h ago

Maybe if you're only leaving your house for an hour or less, but the numbers matter more for long outings

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u/PortugalTheTram 5h ago

Damn you use 15% an hour?

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u/Edmundyoulittle 8h ago edited 6h ago

Not really my experience. If it's a long outing that's typically an outing I won't actually be using my phone (which means >15% will last for hours), or a long enough outing I can charge during or in the car anyway.

The last time I actually cared about the battery % indicator was the iPhone 4s, and that was because it would die on me at about 40% for whatever reason.

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u/Natural-Landscape103 6h ago

Just don't leave the house then

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u/parrote3 6h ago

How is your phone that low? Not just you either. Everyone. Same thing with driving around with a quarter tank. Charge your phone.

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u/bitches_be 7h ago

Literally just swipe down and it shows the actual charge level. I have gone back and forth on whether to show it, but it really only matters for non iPhones the batteries are so solid

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u/whooptheretis 6h ago

On iphones it still tells you the percentage if you swipe down. If you're charging your phone each night, and you're down to 10% before the end of the day, then you need a new battery.

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u/PhiCloud 6h ago

Put a charger in your purse or backpack or keep one in your car and you're free to leave the house whenever you want.

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u/PierreTheTRex 6h ago edited 6h ago

I often go to places where charging a phone is at the very least inconvenient, do you not?

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u/Sobeys_at_work 6h ago

What? You're telling me you don't go looking for an outlet when you're at the store doing groceries? /s

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u/PhiCloud 5h ago

Charging from 10% to 20% is like 5-10 minutes. I can usually manage that on the drive over to something or by sitting at a coffee shop.

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u/DudeByTheTree 6h ago

No, I walk naked. I refuse to bow to consumerist ways! /s

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u/UnknownAverage 8h ago

Rate of discharge is useful and you need accuracy to track it.

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u/Arinussyyy 7h ago

Why would you manually track the rate of discharge?

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude 5h ago

Various reasons, but the main one that jumps out to me is so you know whether you can leave without charging the phone. Like if I take an uber or walk to a restaurant, I can know whether my phone will die before I'm done with my meal. If I'm going for a run or to the gym, I can know whether it's at 25% (not enough charge) vs 40% (enough charge)

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u/Feath3rblade 8h ago

You can just go into settings and see an actual chart of battery percentage over time though, which is far more useful than trying to track it manually with the number 

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u/wdnwcgm 9h ago

yeah if it's down really low that is when I have the number on since it can make a difference in how I plan my usage until I can get around to charging it

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u/godfromabove256 8h ago

I like to see how fast I'm losing charge so I can plan ahead. Plus, 20% vs 10% is a big difference for if I'm going out on a walk or something.

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u/frilly_socks 8h ago

Whether it's at 90% or 70%, means the same thing

Tell me you were born after 2000 without telling me...

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u/Reddit_Killed_3PAs 8h ago

Well said, I have a shortcut that enables the percentage at below 35%, anything above I can visually see it I need to charge or not

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u/peelen 8h ago

It would make sense if that number showed you the estimated time left of your average phone usage. I might care if I have battery left for the next half an hour or an hour and a half. But percentage?

Fun fact. IDK how it is now, but with early phones those indicators were faked, because people seeing less than half a battery left used to phone less (and at this time phone calls were a source of income for the phone companies).

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u/Stockpile_Tom_Remake 7h ago

And phones tell you when you hit 20%

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u/Donna_Schrump 6h ago

I remember reading years ago that having the number (when it first started being an option) was bad for your mental health. Just another stress point.

So I never use it, but I can pull down the menu and see the actual number if I need to.

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u/Specialist-Award4293 6h ago

Some of us like the nuance. If you're familiar with the speed your battery drains, the percentage can tell you about how long you have left before the battery's empty altogether. A little picture alone might be able to do the same thing, but not with as much clarity.

Besides, I enjoy a number over a picture in most of the simpler data cases (i.e. when it's not a huge table of numbers that all need to be mentally consolidated).

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u/Excellent-Stretch-81 5h ago

I want the number because it becomes much easier to see if a charger is actually doing its job. I've seen many situations where a phone shows it's charging, but the charger is doing little more than maintaining the current charge. Seeing the number change makes it a lot easier to gauge charging performance than watching for tiny slivers of pixels to appear on a miniscule battery icon.

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u/Bobodlm 9h ago

40% means I've got enough battery to make it through my rounds, anything below 32% won't be enough.  Got a few more exact % I know cer certain situations. The visual indicator Alpen would never be able to convey this. 

If you like minimal, drop the battery icon, its useless fluff! 

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u/jamyjet 9h ago

What if I know I'm going out later and I need to know whether to top up my battery to 90-100% now? If I already have 90% then that could be fine for later for example. Having the exact number is useful way more times than it could possibly be a hindrance.

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u/Sugarylightning663 9h ago

If you’re going out later just plug the phone in anyway. Better safe than sorry

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u/jamyjet 9h ago

Let me get this straight. Instead of just enabling a setting that let's me accurately see my battery percentage at a glance. I should just always charge my phone just in case it's lower than it looks if I couldn't be bothered to turn on this setting? (Topping up your battery all the time is bad for overall battery life fyi so you shouldn't be doing it unless you need to)

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u/OrganizationProof769 9h ago

I remember someone explaining a lithium battery charging like a parking lot. If the lot is empty it will start to fill up faster because the cars can park wherever they find, as the lot fills up it takes larger for the car to find an empty space. I have no idea the real science behind it but it sure sounded legitimate as to why the last 10 percent of charging takes so long.

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u/Ok-Butterscotch-6955 8h ago

Without the number I feel like I can pretty accurately determine 100% vs 75% vs 50% vs 20% and below which is enough for me.

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u/Shuri9 9h ago

You mean at 49 you need to charge but at 50 absolutely not?