After several days with the new Apple devices, there is one thing that has been curious about the screen of the iPhone 13 Pro (including the ‘Max’). A possible bug in the operating system that will probably be resolved in a future update but that, however, could be revealing a hidden feature on Apple’s part such as the “Always On Display”. We will tell you.
This is the small failure of the iPhone 13 Pro
As we indicated previously, some iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max users have detected a small problem with the screen of their devices. This is not a serious bug , but it is understandable that it may be annoying for some and therefore should be solved soon. The problem in question is that when the iPhone is unlocked with the screen locked, for a few thousandths of a second the brightness of the screen is much dimmer to display with normal brightness later.
This is something that we have tried to record on video, however we have not been able to do it in such a way that it is appreciable. But, as we said, in person if you can see how several users have already reported. The device works perfectly and little or nothing affects performance or consumption. Its provisional solution could be to format the equipment, according to what some subscribers have told us, who indicate that after doing so the failure disappears. In any case, we insist that iOS 15.0.1 could be the next version of the system that ends with this and other bugs.
Did Apple scrap the always-on display feature?
The Apple Watch Series 5, Series 6 and Series 7 offer a functionality called “Always On Display”, which allows the device to always display content on the screen even when not in use. Of course, with dimmed brightness and much duller colors that favor not excessively consuming the battery. It is achieved thanks to LTPO panels that move with a 1 Hz refresh rate.
Precisely the iPhone 13 Pro incorporate panels that, for the first time in an iPhone, reach 120 Hz refresh rate, which adapts to the circumstance. And based on this and the LTPO technology, one of the rumors that gained more force was the fact that the “Always On Display” function was going to be available, being able to display some content on the screen permanently with low consumption. However, this did not end up being announced in the official presentation.
It does not seem that it will end up arriving even in future updates , but who knows if the bug that we discussed could be related in some way to this possibility. Perhaps the company was testing it until the last minute and for some reason they ended up discarding it. It would not be the first time that Apple tests functions like these and finally they are deactivated via software, as happened with the iPhone 12 and its refresh rate of 120 Hz that was discarded at the last minute.