roeeeeeeeeeiOS 17 new "StandBy" clock frame feature only works while charging. Do they want to drain our phones battery life as early as possible or what?
How would that affect battery life? The battery would charge a little slower since some power is being used by the screen, but the slower charging would actually improve battery life slightly.
The most basic option is a clock on the left side and nothing on the right, both with a black background. With an OLED screen, I don’t think it will take very long to complete full charge.
Your point being?
I think OP is worried about keeping their charged phone on the charger just for this feature. I also heard that keeping devices with batteries connected to a charger for a long time is not good because it generates a lot of small charging cycles pushing the battery to 100% repeatedly. I’m actually curious whether that’s true for the modern smartphones or not.
FWIW my Pixel has an “adaptive charging” feature that slowly charges the phone to 90% overnight and then tops it to 100% just before an alarm. It seems to be aimed at reducing this exact effect so I wouldn’t be surprised if there is something to it.