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Ahead of the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has been making some predictions about what the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will come packed with.
One of his more interesting predictions is that the latest iPhone will come with an always-on display feature, similar to that of the Apple Watch Series 5 and up.
This feature, potentially released with iOS 16, will allow the iPhone to display various bits of information on the screen even when it’s locked.
The idea is to use the newer Apple Watch screen technology – a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) display – to drop the lock screen’s frame rate with always-on mode enabled.
This should let the device conserve energy while the display remains powered on.
Something like this:
The Verge reported that analysts thought that the iPhone 13 would come with an LTPO display to enable an always-on display last year, but alas, it didn’t happen.
A number of Android devices already support this feature, showing the time, battery level, widgets, and more, all while the phone stays locked:
Gurman expects iOS 16 to come with similar functionalities, including wallpapers with “widget-like capabilities.”
Always-on display isn’t the only feature said to be exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, as past leaks indicate that Apple may only include its new A16 chip with the two premium devices.
If this feature happens, it’s a big deal.
Gurman also has some iPad predictions, particularly that Apple could introduce enhanced windowing and multitasking features on the device.
There’s also a possibility of an Apple app overhaul, with new features added to Messages and a revamping of the System Preferences menu.
It’s a waiting game now, with these changes possibly coming to light as we get nearer to the WWDC time.
[source:verge]
