On, because I want information, not art.
Exactly.
On. I don’t understand why it always seems to be off by default.
Probably some bullshit legacy design choice from steve jobs
Low power mode all the time, damn phone doesn’t need to be doing fishy stuff in the background anyway.
The only advantage of “number off” is it comes with extra anxiety for free.
Agreeeeeee
Number only, get out of here with superfluous symbols. I don’t need The Status Bar: Illustrated Edition.
Takes too much space but is otherwise alright
A lot of people like to do extra work to ignore hard realities.
I’d rather have the percentage on and with slightly larger digits, because at more than a feet away from the phone screen hard to tell how much battery charge is left without the percentage.
I wish the number was clearly visible. That’s all I want. The numbers are usually too hard to see for me.
Change your display scaling in the Developer Options in Android. “Minimum width” or “Smallest width” is the number you want to adjust. Decrease number to increase scaling, increase to decrease until you’re happy and everything is legible.
I don’t want anything else bigger except that number. And when the percentage is on top of the battery symbol it’s really hard to see when the numbers and background are different colors. My brain finds it difficult to process.
Wow, I actually can’t stand the number. It gives me anxiety.
Please explain how?
For me, constantly knowing the exact percentage gives me anxiety. Seeing just a picture makes the battery look fuller and I feel less of a sense of urgency. I’m not a heavy phone user, so I very rarely have less than 40% at the end of my day.
see number go down -> body goes oh no! panic!
But what about seeing an image of a battery go down and not know what percentage is left, that seems even more stressful to me
it’s a good thing that we can all choose the option that works for us then
Numbers go down all the time. No need to panic, but it may be a reason to plan…
On because of accuracy and its the default
Am a numbers guy, I know you like da number
Because all I need to know is if my battery looks low enough to worry about, like the gas tank gauges on most cars. Nobody needs to see the exact number of gallons or liters of fuel they have left. “Close to F great, middle fine, close to E bad” has been doing the trick for well over a century. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with people who like seeing an exact battery percentage, but it really isn’t necessary.
By seeing your battery percentage number displayed, you’re able to tell if your battery suddenly starts to drain faster than usual. This would be harder without the battery percentage. This indicator helps you to know if an app or process is significantly draining battery life so you can fix it. Although I guess most phone users aren’t bothered by this I’d imagine
I guess most phone users aren’t bothered by this
Bingpot!
Then why doesn’t the phone time display seconds by default if we’re all so number anxious?
I wish it did. Getting seconds is not even easy. Like pressing the clock on the lock screen sometimes works (for the few seconds it shows the screen) but absolutely not consistently…
It’s mind-boggling the complexity we toss at our non-essential stuff but the simplest thing a dollar store wristwatch can manage is just too much.
Leave it off to give myself some additional cognitive space. If my battery saver kicks on I start paying more attention, or if I see a chunk a missing I know I should probably set to charge later.
