The asymmetrical combat of Always On Screen

Learn first-hand the differences between both jobs in a personal experience.

exist Careers On mobile devices Unique In some companies, it now comes to mind to refer, for example, to dynamic island from Apple. However, the Cupertino company usually makes us accustomed to presenting its software features that were already in use by the competition and which, to put it mildly, ended up poorly and overdue. The always on screen is a clear example of that.

An asymmetric confrontation in which Apple must lose

Those who do not wear a watch on their wrist, whether they are smart or analog, usually trust the advice of hourThe Date or his own climate to her cell phone. It is not a revolution, but to look at this information without touching the device in question is very interesting in computers with so-called always on screen. In this article, the writer wants to tell you about it personal experienceafter you are a user of Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

Apple: smart design with a little smart use

Regarding the technology that Apple applied in its new work iPhone 14 Prowhich we have already told you at length in the corresponding article, if Something that stands out and catches the eye Is to verify that you can activate a file Function Why does the terminal screen never turn off? The theory he is interestingalthough this practice is not much.

We told you before, in this case our colleague Robin Dale Urban Tech YouTube ChannelFrom to technical levelWhat has Apple achieved? worthy of appreciationbut according to the exams We did, this feature consumes a lot of battery Not recommended For those users who stress their phones every day.

The Minimum brightness he is Very long On some occasions, resulting in excessive consumption of Always On Screen. We are talking about comparing it to the iPhone 13 Pro, in a year of use and with the battery at 95% of its useful life, iPhone 14 Pro can be one Slight independence reach to an hour and a half less. If it is usually with last year’s device Our partner arrived at eleven o’clock at night with a 20-25% battery, using new station The percentage can be reduced 10%.

Samsung: Experience and good work done by the years

Samsung has been offering Always On Screen feature on its devices for years

in case if south korea companywe are using this example since it’s the terminal I used earlier that I’ve been able to use for several years, Management subordinate always on screen It is quite Reverse. As you can see in the image above, this screen can be configured to give the impression of a stop, except for the details the user wants to show, be it the time, date, battery or any other graphic.

it is clear that Battery consumption It will change by using or deactivating Always On Screen, but the differences are minimal, at least in the configuration I show you with the terminal. keep this function active, Autonomous teams located around 23%what was translated in time may be there 15 minutes of use. There will always be a higher energy expenditure with these jobs, but Samsung he has optimum performance Wonderful job.

Samsung Always On Display customization options make it more interesting

As for the useThis is another one Big differencessince on the iPhone you can only activate or deactivate the function, while on the Note8, as I show you in picture Above, it can be configured. You can’t just do that to pick what or what screen type Active you want, but you can Download new themesSome are free and some are paid, configure this functionality as you wish.

How Abstractthis is evidence of manzana You still have a lot of work to do on the always on display, but you won’t go wrong Looking at other companieswith years of experience behind them, and Listen to the user’s opinion They have used this function in other phones and they have not deactivated it because it is not compatible with the normal use of the device. Apple will get better, but Currently In the Kapos for active screens.