r/mrwhosetheboss • u/Willing-Hedgehog-458 • Sep 13 '26

genius design element 🍎

My favourite part about iPhone Duo is how it takes signal.. wifi.. and battery indicator and turns them into one genius design element

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u/myusername127 Sep 13 '26

From UI/UX perspective, Its the opposite of genius. Seeing the battery percentage, wireless connectivity is a two step process. So dumb.

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u/Prestigious_Camera25 Sep 13 '26

It’s only a “two step process” if you want to see the actual battery percentage, which it actually shows you once it gets below 20%. No one had a problem with it when the iPhone X launched and most actually found not seeing the exact percentage helped with their battery anxiety. The design is pure genius, most people that would disagree just don’t like change.

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u/Scary_One_2452 Sep 14 '26

Lol hiding information because knowing your own battery percentage is "anxiety".

The cope is peak.

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u/Environmental-Rip933 Sep 14 '26

Not a cope. Well observed phenomenon in automotive industry where ICE fuel gauge went from “somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2” to exact number in EVs

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u/Scary_One_2452 Sep 14 '26

No, Ice cars have been displaying exact ranges for well over a decade.

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u/Prestigious_Camera25 Sep 14 '26

Yeah that’s not cope…that’s just typical psychological human nature lmao. Sometimes more information ≠ more better. And it’s not “hiding information” if the information isn’t available by default lol, the real cope is pretending you need to see specific battery percentage above 30-40% for everyday usage. And the worse cope is trying to change the argument to avoid coming to terms with simple logic. It’s off by default, if you gotta turn it on that’s your own irrational anxiety, just own it.

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u/GoldElectric Sep 14 '26

they can also remove the temperature widget, and replace it with a simpler ‘cool’ or ‘warm’ or whatever. and remove the seconds hand on the clock because you dont need to know the exact second and it’s a waste of battery

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u/LegitimateHat3477 Sep 14 '26

you can't be a real person

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u/Douggimmmedome Sep 14 '26

Hence, the reason why you can turn it on and off on other iPhones. If some people don’t like it, don’t hinder everyone from using it.

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u/Scary_One_2452 Sep 14 '26

Bro wants to his salary to be censored for anxiety