Apple may have "broken in" the Always on Display on the Apple Watch in view of a debut on the iPhone 13: here's what the rumors from the Far East.
There is a lot of expectation towards the iPhone 13, a line of smartphones that Apple will present presumably a month earlier than last year, then in September. Not surprisingly, therefore, that rumors are focused for several months on the upcoming iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.
To expose in recent hours was Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, on whose reliability there can be few doubts. The journalist has confirmed some aspects on which there were already few doubts: the iPhone 13 will all rely on the new chip developed in house by Apple, the A15 Bionic that is expected to be really powerful, some will have a smaller notch than the current one, which "resists" from the iPhone X, thanks to a miniaturization of the components that make the Face ID, and also a display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, then the highest currently available if we exclude the 144 Hz that are generally used on those smartphones with a distinct propensity for gaming - not to say exclusive.
Always on Display on iPhone 13, possible debut
But the real news given by Gurman can make many tech enthusiasts happy: iPhone 13 should have Always on Display. In all likelihood, it won't be a feature that will arrive on all of Apple's next-generation phones: it should arrive on those iPhones with OLED LTPO displays, which according to rumors so far would be iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.
The LTPO technology is an evolution of OLED displays with organic LED matrix, and for Apple is not new. In fact, it characterizes the screen of the Apple Watch Series 6, and is the reason behind the presence of the Always on Display (AOD) that has been one of the major innovations of the sixth generation compared to the previous one. LTPO technology in fact manages to affect consumption in a not negligible way, thus creating a "treasure trove" of energy for the same battery capacity that can be spent to keep the display always on.
What is AOD and the previous on Apple Watch
This is a possibility that most iPhone users have been waiting for a long time. Thanks to AOD, the display can remain always on in a sort of low-power mode, i.e. with reduced brightness, in order to show that handful of essential information not to lift the iPhone continuously: think of the percentage of remaining battery, the time or maybe even the incoming notifications, all information that those who do not have an Apple Watch on their wrist can have only by holding the phone and consuming, probably, a greater amount of energy than that required by the Always on Display.
The Apple Watch in low-power display mode, that is, when the Always on Display is active, can reduce the refresh rate of the display up to 1 Hz to bring to the minimum possible power consumption: so it can provide roughly the same battery life as the previous generation while having a very convenient innovation in different circumstances.
It's difficult that we will have certainty in this regard before the presentation of the iPhone 13, which according to some will be held on September 14, but the rumors of the coming weeks will give us useful information on the possible presence of the Always on Display.