TechPhonesiPhonesThis is how the iPhone 14 always-on display will workMore reasons to buy the iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max instead of the standard model just droppedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesThis is how the iPhone 14 always-on display will workMore reasons to buy the iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max instead of the standard model just droppedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
More reasons to buy the iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max instead of the standard model just dropped
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(Image credit: Parvez Khan)
(Image credit: Parvez Khan)
With just days to go before theiPhone 14launch eventwe’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect from theiPhone 14 Proand theiPhone 14 Pro Max. But a last-minute leak toMacRumorshas put some meat on the rumour bones regarding the pro models' always-on display and how it’ll work.
If you haven’t been following the rumour mill, the cheapest twoiPhone14 models – the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Max – will have similar 120Hz displays to the current Pros, but the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will be getting always-on OLEDs that display widgets even when the phone is asleep. They can do that because their displays will have variable refresh rates capable of going down to positively glacial slowness, which means the widgets won’t be a significant drain on the battery.
I really like the widgets iniOS16 and they’re a big reason why I intend to buy the iPhone 14 Pro when I can afford it, and from what I’ve read via MacRumors it sounds like the always-on display is going to be really useful and really rather clever too.
How always-on widgets will work on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max
According to MacRumors' source, when the phone is asleep the widgets will be displayed almost constantly, but they will fade out from time to time to prevent OLED burn-in. The background of any wallpapers with a depth effect will be removed completely, and the foreground will be dimmed considerably; you’ll be able to customise the foreground “with colour and feature edge highlights”.
You won’t be able to have different designs for your Lock Screen and your Always-on screen – they can’t be separated – but the always-on display will show notifications as well as your widgets. They will be displayed according to how you’ve configured them in Settings > Notifications, so will appear as a counter, a stack or a list depending on how you’ve set the feature.
According to the leaker, the always-on display is unusually buggy for a headline feature this close to launch:Appleis apparently “scrambling engineers” from other teams, including theApple Watch 8team, to fix the always-on experience before it’s unveiled next week. That may mean a rushed iOS 16.0.1 or 16.1 update shortly after the 7 September event: the iPhones shipping after the launch event will have already been installed with iOS 16, so they won’t get any changes made to the OS between now and launch.
We’re expecting the new iPhone 14 range to be announced next week on 7 September with pre-orders starting on the 9th and deliveries beginning the following week, 16 September.
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