Wouldn't the inclusion of a multi dimensional display with all the bells and whistles people are asking for, cause the same kind of battery drain the same people would be complaining about? That's all I would need is some rouge third party app killing my battery.
Seems like a big irony to me. I'm happy Samsung kept it simple here.
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I take a resources/reward outlook on my phones. Does this feature eat a lot of battery? Is it worth the battery it eats?
The answer to those general questions means I use some more battery hungry apps than I would otherwise (because what they do or how they do it is worth it to me), and don't use some that are not huge battery eaters. I try to maximize battery performance based on what I want and need my phone to do.
With that I'm mind, I'll point out that Samsung isn't cutting edges with this AOD feature. Because others have done it, and because Moto is the gold standard with this feature, people are understandably going to compare, either directly or indirectly.
I used Moto Display (I think that's what they call it these days) for a long time and it was great. It was never a huge battery gobbler (the third party apps people mention were for me pre-Droid Turbo) and it worked so well, some drain from it was OK.
The Samsung AOD is fine for the clock feature. If people find value in that, great. Overall, it's a half baked attempt at what an always on feature can really be, though.
For those who say that all it's supposed to be is the clock, clearly that's not true. Otherwise, it would just be...the clock.
~Kevin
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