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> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display > the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down
by michaelmior 7y ago
> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display
> the screen intelligently dims when a user’s wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap
These two statements seem somewhat contradictory.
- Cpoll 7y agoThat probably means that the screen is clear enough to read in most ambient light (since they're talking about an always-on display), but won't keep you awake or distract people in a movie theatre.
- drinchev 7y agoWell I assume you can still see it when it's dimmed, however if you can't, you can simply lift your wrist.
- warp 7y agoSo it still does the wrist motion detection thing. I wonder if you can turn this feature off so that it behaves like the previous Apple Watch and save more battery.
- pazimzadeh 7y agoBased on how carefully they worded it during the keynote, I'd say yes for sure.
- scarejunba 7y agoThey're not. There's an animation. It doesn't turn off. It dims. Like they said.
- michaelmior 7y agoI understand that. But if it's easy to see, why do I need to do something to make it brighter?
- totally 7y ago> it’s easy to see the time and other important information, without raising or tapping the display I love that they're touting this amazing feature which exists on any cheap $5 drug store watch.
- saagarjha 7y agoThey had an ad in the keynote to address your concerns, funnily enough.
- handedness 7y agoEveryone on stage today wore an S5, and you can see that it looks dimmer, yet still legible.