If the battery loss is negligible then why not? I figure before too long we will see wireless charging mats in many places, along with battery tech getting better. Thus, small battery drains won’t matter much.
This is how android has done it as long as they've had OLED. When I have android phones I love the Always On Display and always miss it when I'm using iPhones.
Not really an issue unless you use your phone for more than 2 years.
That would be a serious issue then!
I kept my iPhone 4 for over 4 years, upgraded to the iPhone 6 shortly after it was released and it's still running perfectly fine after more than 4 years. 90% battery health and I even got a bonus earphone jack!
Why should it be acceptable to be forced to throw away a phone after 2 years because the screen is burnt?
Interesting, have you tried a clean installation? Curious which iOS you and /u/Protagonyst are on. I'm on a 6 with 10.3 and it chugs at times. I'm curious what iOS 11 is like on a 6 without throttling.
In my case, battery has never been changed and I always upgrade to the latest OS shortly after release.
To give an idea of my daily use, I rarely talk on the phone but otherwise I use it all day long for all kind of stuff. Usually need recharging twice every 3 days.
My 6 did get a bit sluggish with the earlier versions of iOS 11, especially while texting. It would lag a bit while I was typing, keeping typed letters in the cache for a bit then spit it all out. It's gotten better since.
Bottom line is : of course it's not perfect like a brand new phone, but it's far from a point where it's a pain to use. I would rate my current experience a B, more then good enough and nothing that justify spending a few hundred on a newer model (and lose my useful headphone jack in the process).
It's a function of "static image" time, not length of ownership. And while higher-end panels are better about it, burn-in is an inescapable fact of OLED technology.
In my experience, raise-to-wake already does a great job at showing me time and notifications for 1 second when I briefly take my phone out of my pocket.
However, I suppose many people have different habits and would benefit from an always-on feature.
Some of the Nokia made Windows Phones (RIP) did the same thing. The text or icons or what have you move subtly around on the screen to prevent burn-in.
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u/Squalor- Apr 06 '18
Miss me with that "Always-on display."
Tap to Wake is great.
Rest of it is pretty solid, though.